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Portland, Oregon QuickFacts

	Portland, Oregon	United States
Total population	529,121	281,421,906
State	Oregon
City	portland

Portland, Oregon Population

	Portland, Oregon	%, Portland, Oregon	United States
Male	261,565	49.43%	49.06%
Female	267,556	50.57%	50.94%
Median age (years)	35.2		35.3

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	Portland, Oregon	%, Portland, Oregon	United States
18 years and over	417,667	78.94%	74.31%
21 years and over	396,152	74.87%	69.97%
62 years and over	70,761	13.37%	14.66%
65 years and over	61,163	11.56%	12.43%

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	Portland, Oregon	%, Portland, Oregon	United States
White	412,241	77.91%	75.14%
Black or African American	35,115	6.64%	12.32%
Asian	33,470	6.33%	3.64%
Some other race	26,340	4.98%	5.46%
Two or more races	21,955	4.15%	2.43%

Portland, Oregon Housing

	Portland, Oregon	%, Portland, Oregon	United States
Total households	223,737		105,480,101
Family households (families)	118,447	52.94%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	105,290	47.06%	31.94%

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	Portland, Oregon	%, Portland, Oregon	United States
Total housing units	237,269		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	13,570	5.72%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	223,737	94.3%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	124,767	52.58%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	98,970	41.71%	30.77%

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	Portland, Oregon	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	861	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	10,435	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	41,252	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	30,028	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	18,645	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	8,475	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	2,311	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	289	0.57%
Median (dollars)	154,900	119,600

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	Portland, Oregon	%, Portland, Oregon	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	57,489	25.69%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	67,883	30.34%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	34,602	15.47%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	27,917	12.48%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	16,907	7.56%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	18,954	8.47%	9.65%

Portland, Oregon Education

	Portland, Oregon	%, Portland, Oregon	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	128,867		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	8,015	6.22%	6.47%
Kindergarten	5,638	4.38%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	49,344	38.29%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	24,441	18.97%	21.38%
College or graduate school	41,429	32.15%	22.81%

Portland, Oregon Economy

	Portland, Oregon	%, Portland, Oregon	United States
Population 16 years and over	429,528		217,168,077
In labor force	295,601	68.82%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	295,425	68.78%	63.39%
- - Employed	276,081	64.28%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	19,344	4.5%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	176	0.04%	0.53%
Not in labor force	133,927	31.18%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	219,415	51.08%	51.66%
In labor force	138,396	32.22%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	138,331	32.21%	29.65%
- - Employed	130,347	30.35%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	35,945	8.37%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	21,902		12,787,501

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	Portland, Oregon	%, Portland, Oregon	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	223,987		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	22,245	9.93%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	14,023	6.26%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	29,823	13.31%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	31,186	13.92%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	38,638	17.25%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	44,516	19.87%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	20,667	9.23%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	14,735	6.58%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,761	1.68%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	4,393	1.96%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	40,146		41,994

	Portland, Oregon	%, Portland, Oregon	United States
With earnings	183,786	42.79%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	51,807		56,604
With Social Security income	48,928	11.39%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,298		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	8,787	2.05%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,598		6,320
With public assistance income	9,655	2.25%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,634		3,032
With retirement income	31,216	7.27%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,081		17,376

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