Multnomah County, Oregon Demographics

Multnomah County is 50th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Current population (2012)

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Households

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Housing units

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Two or More

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Retail sales

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Multnomah County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Multnomah County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	759,256	1st	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	431.3	36th	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,704.9	1st	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Multnomah County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	11th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.2%	20th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.2%	35th	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Multnomah County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.3%	12th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	38.3%	3rd	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Multnomah County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	80.9%	35th	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.8%	1st	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.5%	18th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	6.9%	2nd	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.6%	5th	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.4%	1st	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	13th	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	71.9%	29th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Multnomah County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	50.6%	14th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	14.0%	4th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Multnomah County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	326,227	1st	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	36.9%	1st	23.3%	25.9%
Households	302,224	1st	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	55.2%	36th	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$281,900	5th	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.3	22nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,377	1st	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Multnomah County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$29,544	3rd	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$50,726	8th	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.5%	15th	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Multnomah County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	24,664	1st	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	375,965	1st	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	75,230	1st	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$9,868,453	1st	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,157	8th	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,048,635	1st	$7,555,764	$613,795,732