2024 population: 2,537,904 ( 25,054 from 2020)
Land area: 6687.5 square miles
Population density: 379.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,735,969	68.40%	3.4%
Black:	84,222	3.32%	11.2%
Indian:	16,801	0.66%	0.4%
Asian:	225,482	8.88%	15.1%
2+ races:	104,143	4.10%	9.7%
Hispanic:	371,287	14.63%	11.9%

Total non-White:	801,935	31.60%	12.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	102,997	10.2
Deaths:	89,534	8.9
Net Migration:	-30,288	-3.0
Net Immigration:	41,380	4.1

Change in White population:	-61,605	-2.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	86,659	3.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
2,512,850
1,797,574	71.54%
75,739	3.01%
16,871	0.67%
195,983	7.80%
94,974	3.78%
331,709	13.20%
715,276	28.46%

2010
2,226,009
1,698,126	76.29%
60,589	2.72%
15,408	0.69%
135,485	6.09%
70,827	3.18%
241,844	10.86%
527,883	23.71%

2000
1,927,881
1,573,607	81.62%
49,773	2.58%
14,633	0.76%
92,629	4.80%
51,551	2.67%
142,842	7.41%
354,274	18.38%

1990
1,523,741
1,368,890	89.84%
40,187	2.64%
14,053	0.92%
51,138	3.36%
n/a
49,473	3.25%
154,851	10.16%

1980
1,341,491
1,242,277	92.60%
33,315	2.48%
8,936	0.67%
28,530	2.13%
n/a
26,622	1.98%
99,214	7.40%

1970
1,083,977
1,029,663	94.99%
23,030	2.12%
4,461	0.41%
9,244	0.85%
n/a
15,542	1.43%
54,314	5.01%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
253,110	11.4
156,592	7.0
121,473	5.5
47,983	2.2

99,448	4.5
187,393	8.4

Number	Rate
2000's
267,329	13.9
137,903	7.2
121,957	6.3
73,697	3.8

124,519	6.5
173,609	9.0

Number	Rate
1990's
254,644	16.7
135,555	8.9
173,871	11.4
53,665	3.5

204,717	13.4
199,423	13.1

Number	Rate
1980's
215,008	16.0
114,764	8.6
86,412	6.4
n/a

126,613	9.4
55,637	4.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
174,429	16.1
n/a

212,614	19.6
44,900	4.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.0
519,672	20.5%
2,018,232	79.5%
391,229	15.4%

986,857
2.50

614,951	62.3%
476,497	77.5%
50,065	8.1%
371,906	37.7%

2010
Number	Percent
36.8
527,233	23.7%
1,698,776	76.3%
252,218	11.3%

867,794
2.52

551,008	63.5%
419,682	76.2%
53,301	9.7%
316,786	36.5%

2000
Number	Percent
34.9
490,554	25.4%
1,437,327	74.6%
199,847	10.4%

746,142
2.54

489,153	65.6%
388,656	79.5%
44,491	9.1%
256,989	34.4%

1990
Number	Percent
33.7
392,607	25.8%
1,131,134	74.2%
182,352	12.0%

593,092
2.53

399,945	67.4%
326,699	81.7%
33,889	8.5%
193,147	32.6%

1980
Number	Percent
30.4
367,345	27.4%
974,146	72.6%
146,966	11.0%

512,722
2.58

353,599	69.0%
297,833	84.2%
29,609	8.4%
159,123	31.0%

2022 Housing Data for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	36,711	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	27,515	2.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	24,626	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	25,809	2.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	26,704	2.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	28,857	2.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	29,214	3.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	29,906	3.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	30,714	3.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	62,062	6.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	87,741	8.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	130,785	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	109,079	11.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	86,021	8.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	111,483	11.3%
$200,000 or more	139,630	14.1%

Median Household Income	90,565
Per Capita Income	47,763

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	121

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	40,468	4.1%
Public Assistance	40,557	4.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	131,282	13.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,069,226	74.1%
Unemployed	56,279	3.9%
In Armed Forces	1,381	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,126,886	78.1%
Not in Labor Force	316,289	21.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	506,630	367,998	57.9%
Non-Profit	42,244	83,754	33.5%
Self-Employed	76,033	60,246	55.8%

Local Government	33,749	49,842	40.4%
State Government	16,981	28,470	37.4%
Federal Government	13,674	11,617	54.1%

Total Private + Self	582,663	428,244	57.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	106,648	173,683	38.0%
Total	689,311	601,927	53.4%

Pct. Govt.	12.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	243,684	18.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	252,210	19.5%
Professional, Technical	347,941	26.9%
Service Occupations	196,499	15.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,384	0.6%
All others	253,524	19.6%

White Collar		65.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	185,387	14.3%
Manufacturing	156,848	12.1%
Retail trade	144,704	11.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	125,452	9.7%
Educational services	98,727	7.6%
Construction	87,987	6.8%
Accommodation and food services	84,058	6.5%
Transportation and warehousing	60,197	4.7%
Other services	57,857	4.5%
Finance and insurance	53,928	4.2%
Public administration	49,898	3.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	48,593	3.8%
Wholesale trade	35,956	2.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	26,191	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	25,447	2.0%
Information	22,134	1.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	14,586	1.1%
Utilities	11,989	0.9%
Management	3,084	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	835	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	241,830	9.65%
Puerto Rican	10,194	0.41%
Cuban	6,107	0.24%
Dominican	1,280	0.05%

Total Central American	22,156	0.88%
Costa Rican	1,320	0.05%
Guatemalan	9,546	0.38%
Honduran	1,772	0.07%
Nicaraguan	1,708	0.07%
Panamanian	1,391	0.06%
Salvadoran	6,087	0.24%
Other Central American	332	0.01%

Total South American	13,593	0.54%
Argentinean	1,134	0.05%
Bolivian	558	0.02%
Chilean	1,277	0.05%
Colombian	3,375	0.13%
Ecuadorian	1,747	0.07%
Paraguayan	70	0.00%
Peruvian	3,064	0.12%
Uruguayan	646	0.03%
Venezuelan	1,656	0.07%
Other South American	66	0.00%

Other Hispanic	24,116	0.96%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	35,504	1.42%
Vietnamese	32,388	1.29%
Indian	28,218	1.13%
Filipino	18,281	0.73%
Korean	14,064	0.56%
Japanese	10,948	0.44%
Laotian	3,887	0.16%
Cambodian	3,666	0.15%
Hmong	2,904	0.12%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,944,210	81.9%
Spanish	192,419	8.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	42,114	1.8%
Other Asian	38,835	1.6%
Other Indo-European	37,371	1.6%
Vietnamese	28,427	1.2%
Chinese	27,330	1.2%
Other	15,457	0.7%
German, other Germanic	10,363	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	404,725	16.2%
English	308,349	12.3%
Irish	263,350	10.5%
American	112,759	4.5%
European	92,283	3.7%
Italian	89,844	3.6%
Norwegian	86,652	3.5%
Scottish	68,465	2.7%
French	64,892	2.6%
Swedish	61,403	2.5%
Polish	43,870	1.8%
Dutch	41,327	1.6%
Russian	31,270	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	25,786	1.0%
British	25,734	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,359,430	94.2%
Not a citizen	145,882	5.8%

Native	2,190,495	87.4%
Foreign-born	314,817	12.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
54,722	3.1%	73,751	4.1%	356,819	20.0%	560,106	31.4%	454,349	25.5%	282,009	15.8%
Average years of education: 14.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	54,722	3.1%
9-12 Years	73,751	4.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	356,819	20.0%
Some College	560,106	31.4%
Bach. Degree	454,349	25.5%
Grad Degree	282,009	15.8%
Average years of education: 14.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,696,340	1,623,002	73,338	4.3%
1991	1,728,134	1,637,770	90,364	5.2%
1992	1,779,352	1,662,728	116,624	6.6%
1993	1,827,938	1,721,464	106,474	5.8%
1994	1,887,986	1,806,434	81,552	4.3%
1995	1,935,274	1,863,358	71,916	3.7%
1996	2,014,634	1,928,450	86,184	4.3%
1997	2,083,828	1,997,966	85,862	4.1%
1998	2,128,516	2,038,472	90,044	4.2%
1999	2,147,792	2,053,896	93,896	4.4%

2000	2,158,588	2,060,646	97,942	4.5%
2001	2,166,492	2,036,510	129,982	6.0%
2002	2,176,632	2,009,132	167,500	7.7%
2003	2,175,070	1,997,508	177,562	8.2%
2004	2,173,694	2,018,868	154,826	7.1%
2005	2,189,698	2,060,048	129,650	5.9%
2006	2,234,916	2,119,956	114,960	5.1%
2007	2,278,702	2,165,766	112,936	5.0%
2008	2,332,580	2,196,656	135,924	5.8%
2009	2,349,696	2,106,340	243,356	10.4%

2010	2,413,094	2,169,448	243,646	10.1%
2011	2,426,066	2,211,932	214,134	8.8%
2012	2,407,008	2,218,600	188,408	7.8%
2013	2,375,156	2,209,014	166,142	7.0%
2014	2,412,026	2,267,066	144,960	6.0%
2015	2,460,248	2,335,068	125,180	5.1%
2016	2,540,916	2,425,862	115,054	4.5%
2017	2,597,292	2,497,326	99,966	3.8%
2018	2,611,412	2,513,026	98,386	3.8%
2019	2,656,260	2,563,086	93,174	3.5%

2020	2,646,732	2,441,338	205,394	7.8%
2021	2,681,898	2,544,952	136,946	5.1%
2022	2,735,708	2,627,458	108,250	4.0%
2023	2,715,814	2,618,060	97,754	3.6%
2024	2,767,672	2,656,522	111,150	4.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,036,369
Median Value	$487,935

Occupied	986,857	95.2%
Vacant	49,512	4.8%

Owned	613,831	62.2%
Rented	373,026	37.8%
Median Rent	$1,564

Single-Family Units	693,302	66.9%
Detached	633,331	61.1%
Attached	59,971	5.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	234,729	22.6%
Mobile Homes	35,531	3.4%

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area