Selected Pages from the 1980 Special Census Tabulation for the City of Bellingham (Neighborhood Statistics)

 

See also the EGEO-314 page which uses this report for the class project

 

In 1980 the City of Bellingham contracted with the US Census Bureau for a special tabulation of Census data by City Neighborhoods. To do this the Census Bureau approximated City Neighborhoods as best they could using existing Census boundaries. As a result of this refitting of the City Neighborhoods to conform to Census boundaries the results are somewhat specific to this tabulation only. These 1980 Census neighborhood boundaries do not match the 1980 City Neighborhoods exactly, nor do they match the 2000 or current City Neighborhoods. Note that in 1980 the City of Bellingham had 22 neighborhoods total but now has 23 (the former Guide Meridian neighborhood having been expanded due to annexations and the divided into the Guide Meridian and the Meridian neighborhoods).

The full 1980 Census Neighborhood Statistical report is available in the Huxley Map Library. Key pages have been scanned and are posted here. Refer to the copy in the Map Library for the complete report.

Included below you will find:
    - Census Neighborhood definitions/names and number (001, 002, 003...)
    - City Neighborhood Map
    - Table P1 (Total Population, Urban, Rural, Race, Ages, Household type, # in household)
    - Table P5 (Income, Household income, Poverty status)
    - Table H1 (Housing Units, Race, Vacancy, Value, Rent)

NOT included below (but available from the paper copy in the Huxley Map Library):
    - Table P2 (Place of birth, language, transportation, disability status)
    - Table P3 (Ancestry, Family, Fertility, Residence in 1975)
    - Table P4 (Labor and occupation data)
    - Table P6 (more detailed Race, Gender and Age breakdowns)
    - Table H2 (Housing information on rentals, bathrooms, kitchen, heating, etc.)
    - Table H3 (Year built, # bedrooms/units/stories, etc.)
    - Table H4 (Heating fuel, Mortgage)
    - Table H5 (Owner, Tenure, Mortgage)