Income 2000: per capita $20,940; median household $40,916; Population below poverty level: 11.60% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $28,097-$28,734 Unemployment (2004): 7.30% Unemployment change (from 2000): 2.20% Median travel time to work: 22.20 minutes Working outside county ...
East County Library Concept Rendering - Entry from South Civic Hub. Image © Adjaye Associates Adjaye Associates, in collaboration with Holst Architecture, the prime architect of record, have unveiled the first renderings for the new East County Library in Portland, Oregon, a new facility that wi...
There are two pronounced copper zones in the state one in Baker County, the other in the southwestern section. Oregon coals are lignitic, the largest bed uncovered being in the vicinity of Coos Bay. The largest iron beds in the state are in the Willamette Valley. The ore is of limonite ...
Salem, capital of Oregon, U.S., and the seat (1849) of Marion county. It lies along the Willamette River, 43 miles (69 km) southwest of Portland. Methodist missionaries, led by Jason Lee, settled the site in 1840. Its Kalapuya Indian name, Chemeketa, mea
By 1883, following several conflicts with the U.S. settlers, most of the Native Americans of Oregon had been moved to reservations. That same year a railroad was begun, linking Oregon with the rest of the country and vastly improving the opportunity for economic growth. Agriculture and forestry...
Population grew in all regions of Oregon between 2000 and 2010, and the proportion of Oregonians living in the three-county metropolitan Portland region inched up to nearly 43 percent, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data. Central Oregon grew by 30.5 percent during the decade —...
Population - Total (2000) - Density 3,421,399 (28th) 13.76 /km² (39th) Admittance into Union - Date - OrderFebruary 14, 1859 33rd Time zonePacific: UTC-8/-7 Mountain: UTC-7/-6 (all but majority of Malheur County is in Pacific) ...
The property tax rate in Jackson County is $9.97 to $17.27 per $1000 of assessed value, depending on location. Homestead Exemption The homestead deferral program exempts from property taxes those 62 and older or disabled who meet certain income requirements. There is a 6 percent interest on ...
Largest county by population and area:Multnomah, 795,083 (2022); Harney, 10,226 sq mi. State parks/recreation areas:255 Seeadditional census data Tourism office Oregon, a constituent state of the United States, joined the Union on February 14, 1895, as the 33rd state. It is bordered to...
At the beginning of the 19th century Oregon County included the present states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and parts of Montana, Wyoming and British Columbia. On 18th January, 1803, PresidentThomas Jeffersonrequested permission from Congress to explore the vast lands to the west of the Mississippi...