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Portland, OR--WA Urban Area

2,084,045 Population
519.4 square miles 4,012.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$51,857 ±$1,008 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$94,771 ±$1,938 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9.4% ±0.5% (193,333  ±11,191) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.6 minutes ±0.5 (21,580,416  ±556,847) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

872,251 ±5,618 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (2,047,845  ±10,436) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.4% ±0.6% (23,045  ±3,242) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

912,382 ±3,206 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$559,100 ±$6,359 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.4% ±0.8% (296,256  ±16,092) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

93% ±1.2% (1,403,689  ±19,687.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
46.4% ±0.8% (700,890  ±12,731.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

19.4% ±0.8% (385,017  ±16,428.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

13.5% ±0.5% (282,249  ±9,807) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.5% ±0.3% (92,779  ±4,796) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
92,779 Total veterans ±4,796 83,053 Male ±4,450 9,726 Female ±1,555

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