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Population (year 2000): 529,121. Estimated
population in July 2005: 533,427 (+0.8% change)
Males: 261,565 (49.4%), Females: 267,556 (50.6%)
Multnomah County
Zip codes:
97201,
97202,
97203,
97204,
97205,
97206,
97209,
97210,
97211,
97212,
97213,
97214,
97215,
97216,
97217,
97218,
97219,
97220,
97221,
97222,
97223,
97224,
97225,
97227,
97229,
97230,
97231,
97232,
97233,
97236,
97266,
97267.
Median resident age: 35.2 years
Median household income: $40,146 (year 2000)
Median house value: $154,900 (year 2000)
Races in Portland:
- White Non-Hispanic (75.5%)
- Hispanic (6.8%)
- Black (6.6%)
- Two or more races (4.1%)
- Other race (3.5%)
- American Indian (2.3%)
- Vietnamese (2.0%)
- Chinese (1.4%)
- Other Asian (1.3%)
- Filipino (0.5%)
- Japanese (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (18.8%), Irish (12.2%),
English (11.7%), Norwegian (4.5%), United States (3.8%), Italian
(3.7%).
Elevation: 50 feet
Land area: 134.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Portland
- High school or higher: 85.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 32.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.4%
- Unemployed: 6.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Portland city
- Never married: 34.6%
- Now married: 44.1%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 5.9%
- Divorced: 13.3%
13.0% Foreign born (5.0% Asia, 3.3% Latin
America, 3.3% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +41,272 (+8.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Portland:
- ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER (10123 SE MARKET)
- EASTMORELAND HOSPITAL (2900 SE STEELE STREET)
- LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL & HEALTH CTR (2801 NO
GANTENBEIN AVENUE)
- LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSP & MED CTR (1015 NW
22ND AVE)
- OHSU HOSPITAL AND CLINICS AND DOERNBEC (3181
SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD)
- PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER (4805 NE
GLISAN)
- PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER (9205 SW
BARNES ROAD)
- WOODLAND PARK HOSPITAL (10300 NE HANCOCK ST)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Portland:
- PORTLAND INTL (about 6 miles; PORTLAND, OR; ID: PDX)
- MC MINNVILLE MUNI (about 42 miles; MC MINNVILLE, OR;
ID: MMV)
- MCNARY FLD (about 50 miles; SALEM, OR; ID: SLE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Portland:
- PORTLAND DOWNTOWN (about 2 miles; PORTLAND, OR; ID:
61J)
- PEARSON FIELD (about 7 miles; VANCOUVER, WA; ID: VUO)
- EVERGREEN FIELD (about 11 miles; VANCOUVER, WA; ID:
59S)
Amtrak station:
PORTLAND (800 NW 6TH AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully
wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities,
paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for
car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus service,
public transit connection.
Biggest Colleges/Universities in Portland:
- PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY (Full-time
enrollment: 13,255; Location: PO BOX 751; Public;
Website: www.oirp.pdx.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FT enrollment:
12,132; Location: PO Box 19000; Public; Website:
www.pcc.edu)
- LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE (FT enrollment:
2,795; Location: 0615 S W PALATINE HILL RD; Private,
not-for-profit; Offers Master's degree)
- UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (FT enrollment: 2,683;
Location: 5000 N WILLAMETTE BLVD; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.up.edu; Offers Master's
degree)
- OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY (FT
enrollment: 1,683; Location: 3181 SW SAM JACKSON PK RD,
L109; Public; Website: www.ohsu.edu; Offers Doctor's
degree)
- REED COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,336; Location:
3203 SE WOODSTOCK BLVD; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.reed.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment: 942;
Location: 2811 NE HOLMAN; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.cu-portland.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- MULTNOMAH BIBLE COLLEGE AND BIBLICAL SEMINARY
(FT enrollment: 737; Location: 8435 NE GLISAN ST;
Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.multnomah.edu;
Offers Master's degree)
- THE ART INSTITUTE OF PORTLAND (FT enrollment:
588; Location: 2000 SW FIFTH AVE; Private, for-profit;
Website: www.aipd.artinstitutes.edu)
- WARNER PACIFIC COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 580;
Location: 2219 SE 68TH AVE; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.warnerpacific.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- NATIONAL COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE (FT
enrollment: 571; Location: 049 SW PORTER; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.ncnm.edu; Offers Master's
degree)
- WESTERN CULINARY INSTITUTE (FT enrollment:
568; Location: 1316 SW 13TH AVE; Private, for-profit;
Website: westernculinary.com)
- ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (FT enrollment: 469;
Location: 6035 NE 78TH CT; Private, for-profit; Website:
www.itt-tech.edu)
- CONCORDE CAREER INSTITUTE (FT enrollment:
453; Location: 1827 NE 44TH AVE; Private, for-profit;
Website: www.concordecareercolleges.com)
- WESTERN BUSINESS COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 449;
Location: 425 SW WASHINGTON; Private, for-profit)
- WESTERN SEMINARY (FT enrollment: 403;
Location: 5511 SE HAWTHORNE BLVD; Private,
not-for-profit; Offers Doctor's degree)
- APOLLO COLLEGE-PORTLAND INC (FT enrollment:
382; Location: 2600 SE 98TH AVE; Private, for-profit;
Website: www.apollocollege.com)
- WESTERN STATES CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE (FT
enrollment: 363; Location: 2900 NE 132ND AVE; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: wschiro.edu)
- LINFIELD COLLEGE-PORTLAND CAMPUS (FT
enrollment: 320; Location: 2215 NW NORTHRUP ST; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.linfield.edu/portland)
- CASCADE COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 312;
Location: 9101 E BURNSIDE; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.cascade.edu)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Portland:
- CLARK COLLEGE (about 9 miles; VANCOUVER, WA;
Full-time enrollment: 5,106)
- CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; OREGON
CITY, OR; FT enrollment: 3,446)
- MT HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles; GRESHAM,
OR; FT enrollment: 4,867)
- GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; NEWBERG, OR;
FT enrollment: 2,032)
- CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles; SALEM,
OR; FT enrollment: 5,253)
- WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; SALEM, OR; FT
enrollment: 2,325)
- LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE (about 50 miles; LONGVIEW,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,237)
Biggest public high schools in Portland:
- DAVID DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,569;
Location: 1001 SE 135TH AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,339;
Location: 4200 NW 185TH; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,923;
Location: 13840 NW CORNELL RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- GRANT HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,835; Location:
2245 NE 36TH AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WILSON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,580;
Location: 1151 SW VERMONT ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,528;
Location: 5405 SE WOODWARD ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- BENSON POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
1,498; Location: 546 NE 12TH AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,483;
Location: 1600 SW SALMON ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,388;
Location: 3400 SE 26TH AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- MADISON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,194;
Location: 2735 NE 82ND AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Biggest private high schools in Portland:
- CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 800;
Location: 2401 SE STARK STREET; Grades: 9 - 12)
- OREGON EPISCOPAL SCHOOL (Students: 723;
Location: 6300 SW NICOL ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
- THE CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL (Students: 676;
Location: 8825 SOUTHWEST BARNES ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
- PORTLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 615;
Location: 12456 NE SAN RAFAEL ST; Grades: PK - 12)
- ST MARY S ACADEMY (Students: 527; Location:
1615 SW FIFTH AVENUE; Grades: 9 - 12; Girls only)
- PORTLAND LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 443;
Location: 740 SE 182ND AVENUE; Grades: PK - 12)
- FRANCISCAN MONT. EARTH SCHOOL (Students: 326;
Location: 14750 SE CLINTON; Grades: PK - 12)
- BIBLE TEMPLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 305;
Location: 9200 NORTHEAST FREMONT; Grades: KG - 12)
- PORTLAND ADVENTIST ACADEMY (Students: 266;
Location: 1500 SOUTHEAST 96TH AVE.; Grades: 9 - 12)
- COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (Students: 265;
Location: 413 NE 91ST AVE; Grades: PK - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Portland:
- STOLLER MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,058;
Location: 14141 NW LAIDLAW RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CEDAR PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 989;
Location: 11100 SW PARKWAY ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 971;
Location: 17650 SE BROOKLYN ST; Grades: 07 - 08)
- WEST SYLVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 897;
Location: 8111 SW WEST SLOPE DR; Grades: 06 - 08)
- PARKROSE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 876;
Location: 11800 NE SHAVER ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- HAUTON B LEE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 812;
Location: 1121 NE 172ND AVE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- FLOYD LIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 771;
Location: 10800 SE WASHINGTON ST; Grades: 07 - 08)
- JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 768;
Location: 10625 SW 35TH; Grades: 06 - 08)
- LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
742; Location: 13200 SE LINCOLN ST; Grades: KG - 06)
- MT TABOR MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 729;
Location: 5800 SE ASH ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Portland:
- HOLY REDEEMER AREA SCHOOL (Students: 411;
Location: 127 N PORTLAND BLVD; Grades: KG - 8)
- WEST HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 408;
Location: 7945 SW CAPITOL HILL RD.; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST ANTHONY S SCHOOL (Students: 406; Location:
12645 S W PACIFIC HWY; Grades: KG - 8)
- ALL SAINTS SCHOOL (Students: 382; Location:
601 NE 39TH; Grades: PK - 8)
- FRENCH AMERICAN SCHOOL (Students: 365;
Location: 8500 NW JOHNSON ST; Grades: PK - 7)
- PORTLAND CHRISTIAN ELEM SCH (Students: 295;
Location: 11845 SE MARKET ST; Grades: PK - 6)
- PORTLAND WALDORF SCHOOL (Students: 283;
Location: 109 NE 50TH AVE; Grades: PK - 9)
- ST PIUS X ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 269;
Location: 1260 NW SALTZMAN ROAD; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST JOHN FISHER SCHOOL (Students: 267;
Location: 7101 SW 46TH AVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- ARCHBISHOP HOWARD SCHOOL (Students: 265;
Location: 5309 NE ALAMEDA; Grades: PK - 8)
Libraries in Portland:
- MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$38,100,726; Location: 205 NE RUSSELL; 1,400,021 books;
140,731 audio materials; 87,763 video materials; 5,019
serial subscriptions)
- CEDAR MILL COMMUNITY LIBRARY (Operating
income: $1,647,698; Location: 12505 NW CORNELL RD;
127,872 books; 9,450 audio materials; 8,803 video
materials; 361 serial subscriptions)
- GARDEN HOME COMMUNITY LIBRARY (Operating
income: $150,517; Location: 7475 SW OLESON RD; 10,388
books; 287 audio materials; 1,262 video materials; 45
serial subscriptions)
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