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People QuickFacts |
Oregon |
USA |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
3,790,060 | 304,059,724 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
10.8% | 8.0% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
3,421,437 | 281,424,602 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
6.3% | 6.9% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
23.0% | 24.5% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
13.0% | 12.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
50.3% | 50.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
90.3% | 80.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
2.0% | 12.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
1.4% | 1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
3.7% | 4.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.3% | 0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
2.4% | 1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
10.6% | 15.1% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
80.5% | 66.0% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
46.8% | 54.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
8.5% | 11.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
12.1% | 17.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
85.1% | 80.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
25.1% | 24.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
593,301 | 49,746,248 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
22.2 | 25.5 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
1,609,595 | 127,901,934 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
64.3% | 66.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
23.1% | 26.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$152,100 | $119,600 |
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Households, 2000 |
1,333,723 | 105,480,101 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.51 | 2.59 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$48,735 | $50,740 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$20,940 | $21,587 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
13.0% | 13.0% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Oregon |
USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
110,6841 | 7,601,160 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
1,461,6641 | 119,917,165 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
7.8%1 | 5.1% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
248,194 | 20,768,555 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
299,505 | 22,974,655 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.7% | 5.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.0% | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
3.0% | 4.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.1% | 6.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
29.5% | 28.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
45,864,552 | 3,916,136,712 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
56,855,958 | 4,634,755,112 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
37,896,022 | 3,056,421,997 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$10,756 | $10,615 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
5,527,223 | 449,498,718 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
21,1011 | 1,398,414 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
25,241,8421 | 2,536,629,4052 |