Washington County, Oregon Demographics

Washington County is 49th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Asian

Washington County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income per household

Washington County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Asian

Washington County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Washington County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Current population (2012)

Washington County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Foreign born residents

Washington County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Households

Washington County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Housing units

Washington County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income per capita

Washington County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Washington County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	547,672	2nd	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	724.2	31st	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	731.4	2nd	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	6th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.0%	6th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.9%	36th	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.5%	7th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	39.5%	2nd	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	83.0%	34th	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.1%	2nd	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	29th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	9.3%	1st	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.5%	6th	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.9%	4th	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	7th	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	68.9%	30th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	50.7%	10th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	16.8%	2nd	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	213,993	2nd	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	30.9%	2nd	23.3%	25.9%
Households	198,593	2nd	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.3%	31st	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$300,200	3rd	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.6	7th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,056	2nd	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$31,165	2nd	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$63,814	1st	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.4%	33rd	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	14,037	2nd	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	223,496	2nd	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	43,601	2nd	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$8,754,390	2nd	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,886	4th	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$849,401	2nd	$7,555,764	$613,795,732