Wasco County, Oregon Demographics

Wasco County is 47th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Wasco County is 3rd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Wasco County is 3rd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Wasco County is 6th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Foreign born residents

Wasco County is 6th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income below poverty line

Wasco County is 6th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Wasco County is 8th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Wasco County is 9th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Wasco County is 12th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Wasco County is 14th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Size in square miles

Wasco County is 14th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Wasco County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	25,487	22nd	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,381.5	14th	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	10.6	25th	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wasco County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	6.3%	9th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.8%	12th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.6%	17th	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wasco County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.4%	31st	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.2%	15th	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wasco County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	91.1%	26th	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	18th	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	4.5%	3rd	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	24th	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.7%	3rd	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	31st	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	8th	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	76.5%	28th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wasco County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	50.4%	18th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.5%	6th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wasco County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	11,544	24th	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.4%	14th	23.3%	25.9%
Households	9,857	24th	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.4%	23rd	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$189,300	20th	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.2	29th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	33rd	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Wasco County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$23,246	17th	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$43,742	16th	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.4%	6th	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wasco County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	704	23rd	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,936	22nd	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,828	26th	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$381,866	19th	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,089	6th	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$47,598	20th	$7,555,764	$613,795,732