Bellingham , Washington had more than 200,000 residents by 2016 , being the sixth-largest in the state behind Seattle-Tacoma , Spokane , the northern side of the Portland metropolitan area , the Tri-Cities , and Yakima .
It is the thirteenth-largest city in the state , with 80,885 residents as of the 2010 US Census , and is part of the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the state .
Bellingham, Washington