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People QuickFacts | Columbia County | Oregon
Population, 2013 estimate | 49,344 | 3,930,065
Population, 2012 estimate | 49,233 | 3,899,801
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 49,353 | 3,831,073
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | Z | 2.6%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.2% | 1.8%
Population, 2010 | 49,351 | 3,831,074
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.4% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.9% | 22.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 15.5% | 14.9%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.0% | 50.5%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 93.5% | 88.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 2.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.5% | 1.8%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.0% | 4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.4%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 3.4% | 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 4.4% | 12.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 89.8% | 77.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 86.5% | 82.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.4% | 9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 4.8% | 14.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 88.9% | 89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 17.4% | 29.2%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 5,463 | 333,395
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 31.5 | 22.4
Housing units, 2012 | 20,659 | 1,682,502
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 75.5% | 62.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 11.3% | 23.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $220,400 | $246,100
Households, 2008-2012 | 19,060 | 1,512,718
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.57 | 2.48
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $26,123 | $26,702
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $55,358 | $50,036
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.9% | 15.5%
Business QuickFacts | Columbia County | Oregon
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 928 | 106,340
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 6,948 | 1,341,841
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 0.5% | -0.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 2,641 | 259,810
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,017 | 348,154
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 1.1% | 1.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.5% | 29.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 826,200 | 66,880,653
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 96,784 | 51,910,777
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 357,383 | 50,370,919
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,306 | $13,494
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 44,223 | 7,555,764
Building permits, 2012 | 28 | 10,608
Geography QuickFacts | Columbia County | Oregon
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 657.36 | 95,988.01
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 75.1 | 39.9
FIPS Code | 9 | 41
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts