Wasco County Facts

Census Statistics

	Wasco County	Oregon
Population, 2003 estimate	23,591	3,559,596
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-0.8%	4.0%
Population, 2000	23,791	3,421,399
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	9.7%	20.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.5%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.4%	24.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.7%	12.8%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.5%	50.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	86.6%	86.6%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.8%	1.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.5%	0.2%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	5.6%	4.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.4%	3.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	9.3%	8.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	83.9%	83.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	50.2%	46.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	6.2%	8.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	10.5%	12.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.1%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	15.7%	25.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	4,299	593,301
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	18.6	22.2?
Housing units, 2002	10,706	1,495,582
Homeownership rate, 2000	68.4%	64.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	13.8%	23.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$105,500	$152,100?
Households, 2000	9,401	1,333,723
Persons per household, 2000	2.47	2.51
Median household income, 1999	$35,959	$40,916
Per capita money income, 1999	$17,195	$20,940
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.9%	11.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	715	101,003
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	7,495	1,364,924
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.6%	0.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,166	212,165
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	374,728	47,665,990
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	256,935	33,396,849
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$11,120	$10,297
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	6.2%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	16.3%	27.6%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	23	22,186
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	163,703	19,839,214
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	2,381	95,997
Persons per square mile, 2000	10.0	35.6
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	065	41

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