On central northern border of OR; organized Dec 22, 1854 (prior to statehood) from Clackamas and Washington counties. The smallest county in OR by size and largest by population.Name Origin:For the Multnomah Indian village on Sauvie Island; Lewis and Clark applied the name to all local India...
Estimates from 2003 suggest that African immigrants make up 2% of the foreign-born population in the Portland Metro (tri-county) area. Nearly half (45%) of the tri-county area's African foreign-born population is from eastern Africa, including Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, ...
Multnomah County Notice of Adopted Amendment (2008-12-03) The Board of County Commissioners adopted amendments that clarify the geographic area representative of the historic landmarks commission and correct a typ... M County - 《Deschutes County》...
reporting by The Oregonian/OregonLive.com tallied just 37 peoplewho had been housed as a result of the program. The goal of housing 300 people by this June was a reset after a rocky start meant county leaders had to adjust their timeline and change their target po...
But so far, the program has housed just 18 people. County officials said they failed to anticipate the challenges of working with a high-needs population. “That has been my biggest disappointment,” she said. “I really want us to be successf...
The 2017 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count of Homelessness provides a snapshot of people who were experiencing homelessness on the night of Wednesday, February 22, 2017, in Portland, Gresham, and Multnomah County, Oregon. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires communities ...
Understandably, there was a lot of finger-pointing by all parties involved and both law enforcement and regulatory agencies from Multnomah County and the State of Oregon are investigating. And then there’s the future law suits……. Drinking… ...
The Slavic community in Multnomah County: An unsettling profile. Portland, OR: Portland State University.P.54 in Curry-Stevens, A. & Coalition of Communities of Color (2014). The Slavic community in Multnomah County: An unsettling profile. Portland, OR: Portland State University....
All pedestrians seriously injured during a five-year period in Multnomah County, Oregon comprise the population of interest. Variables of interest include sociodemographic risk factors, key street environment attributes (intersection location, posted design speed, street type), and ...
The Market Street Shelter in Southeast Portland run by All Good Northwest receives nearly 100% of its funding from the county. The shelter, which costs $4 million annually to operate, offers 100 cots lined up side-by-side in a large gymnasium. While there is little privacy...