KGMI News
By Tracy Ellis

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – New numbers for the State show Whatcom County grew over the past year.

More than 216,000 people now call our county home.

That’s about a 1.8% increase compared to last year.

Nearly 87,000 of those people live in Bellingham.

It grew 2.2%.

All of the cities and the unincorporated areas of Whatcom County saw population increases.