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Whatcom County ranked 18th among counties in Washington by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Whatcom County residents was $27,396 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 85,008 households with a population of 216,812.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was King County with $42,772 per year after adjusting for inflation – $15,376 more than Whatcom County. It had 865,627 households with a population of 2,163,257.

The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Whitman County with $17,153 per year after adjusting for inflation – $10,243 less than Whatcom County. It had 17,910 households with a population of 48,593.

Washington counties by earnings per resident (2018)

Rank	County	Earnings per resident
1	King County	$42,772
2	Snohomish County	$38,522
3	Thurston County	$35,954
4	Pierce County	$34,523
5	Kitsap County	$34,483
6	Clark County	$34,463
7	Island County	$31,912
8	Benton County	$31,649
9	San Juan County	$31,568
10	Columbia County	$30,995
11	Skagit County	$30,705
12	Skamania County	$28,940
13	Spokane County	$28,666
14	Douglas County	$28,066
15	Jefferson County	$27,941
16	Chelan County	$27,575
17	Franklin County	$27,453
18	Whatcom County	$27,396
19	Clallam County	$27,250
20	Wahkiakum County	$27,215
21	Lincoln County	$27,167
22	Walla Walla County	$26,942
23	Mason County	$26,869
24	Asotin County	$26,656
25	Pend Oreille County	$26,494
26	Cowlitz County	$26,466
27	Garfield County	$25,968
28	Grant County	$25,692
29	Kittitas County	$25,540
30	Klickitat County	$25,410
31	Lewis County	$25,381
32	Stevens County	$25,114
33	Grays Harbor County	$24,480
34	Yakima County	$24,475
35	Adams County	$23,809
36	Okanogan County	$23,783
37	Pacific County	$23,025
38	Ferry County	$21,329
39	Whitman County	$17,153

* All values are inflation-adjusted