page_title: Deschutes County, Oregon
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Deschutes County, Oregon / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Oregon Population Growth by County, 2000-2007. Population growth in the green counties was higher than the national average, while growth in the purple counties was lower than the national average. Oregon's total population growth was 9.5%, compared with the national average of 7.7%. The fastest growing county was Deschutes at 39.4%. Leading the way in the Portland metro area was Washington County at 14.8%, followed by Clackamas at 10.0%, Yamhill at 9.5%, and Multnomah at 7.5%.
context_page_description: Deschutes County is a county in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 157,733. The county seat is Bend. The county was created in 1916 out of part of Crook County and was named for the Deschutes River, which itself was named by French-Canadian trappers of the early 19th century. It is the political and economic hub of Central Oregon. Deschutes comprises the Bend, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area. Deschutes is Oregon’s fastest-growing county.
caption: Deschutes County grew by 39.4% from 2000 to 2007, making it by far the fastest-growing county in Oregon, at more than four times the state average.
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