SOCDS Census Data: Output for Portland city, OR

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NOTE: Racial and Ethnic Characterizations in the 1970 Census do not match those in the 1980, 1990, and 2000 Censuses. Therefore, Race/Ethnicity data are only reported for 1980,1990, and 2000. For 2000 data, "White, Non-Hispanic" and "Black, Non-Hispanic" include only persons identifying themselves as "White alone" and "Black or African American alone" respectively. "Other Races, Non-Hispanic" includes those identifying themselves as "American Indian and Alaska Native alone", "Asian alone","Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone","some other race alone", or of more than one race.


Population by Race/Ethnicity

Portland - Vancouver, OR - WA PMSA Central city of:
Portland city, OR		 Suburbs*
White, Non-Hispanic 1980 1,230,748 312,466 878,211
1990 1,361,067 363,476 955,807
2000 1,564,685 399,351 1,047,376
Black, Non-Hispanic 1980 33,147 27,427 5,087
1990 40,187 32,589 6,700
2000 49,743 34,395 11,866
Other Races, Non-Hispanic 1980 42,977 18,683 22,897
1990 64,854 28,208 34,516
2000 161,137 59,317 88,735
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1980 26,700 7,807 18,160
1990 49,344 13,125 34,651
2000 142,444 36,058 97,351


Race/Ethnicity Groups as Percent of Total Population

Portland - Vancouver, OR - WA PMSA Central city of:
Portland city, OR		 Suburbs*
White, Non-Hispanic 1980 92.3 85.3 95.0
1990 89.8 83.1 92.6
2000 81.6 75.5 84.1
Black, Non-Hispanic 1980 2.5 7.5 0.6
1990 2.7 7.5 0.6
2000 2.6 6.5 1.0
Other Races, Non-Hispanic 1980 3.2 5.1 2.5
1990 4.3 6.4 3.3
2000 8.4 11.2 7.1
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1980 2.0 2.1 2.0
1990 3.3 3.0 3.4
2000 7.4 6.8 7.8


Foreign Born Population

Portland - Vancouver, OR - WA PMSA Central city of:
Portland city, OR		 Suburbs*
Total Foreign Born 1970 41,584 19,293 20,995
1980 66,516 25,983 38,668
1990 88,072 33,601 52,259
2000 208,075 68,976 121,593
Foreign Born
as Percent
of Total
Population		 1970 3.9 5.1 3.2
1980 5.0 7.1 4.2
1990 5.8 7.7 5.1
2000 10.8 13.0 9.8

*Suburb data are defined as the total for the Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA less the sum of data for these cities: Portland city, OR ; Vancouver city, WA ; click a highlighted city to see its Race/Ethnicity table.

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