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Population (year 2000): 143,560. Estimated
population in July 2005: 157,493 (+9.7% change)
Males: 70,644 (49.2%), Females: 72,916 (50.8%)
Clark County
Zip codes:
98660,
98661,
98662,
98663,
98664,
98665,
98682,
98683,
98684,
98685,
98686.
Median resident age: 33.1 years
Median household income: $41,618 (year 2000)
Median house value: $142,900 (year 2000)
Races in Vancouver:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.2%)
- Hispanic (6.3%)
- Two or more races (3.8%)
- Other race (2.9%)
- Black (2.5%)
- American Indian (2.1%)
- Vietnamese (0.9%)
- Chinese (0.9%)
- Filipino (0.7%)
- Other Asian (0.7%)
- Korean (0.6%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (18.8%), English (11.4%),
Irish (11.2%), United States (6.2%), Norwegian (5.2%), French
(3.8%).
Elevation: 150 feet
Land area: 42.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Vancouver
- High school or higher: 86.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.4%
- Unemployed: 6.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Vancouver city
- Never married: 25.4%
- Now married: 52.3%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 5.8%
- Divorced: 14.4%
12.2% Foreign born (5.0% Europe, 3.7% Asia, 2.5%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +37,831
(+35.8%).
Hospital/medical center in Vancouver:
- S W WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER (600 NE 92ND
AVENUE, P O BOX 1600)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Vancouver:
- PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles;
PORTLAND, OR)
- WOODLAND PARK HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; PORTLAND, OR)
- LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL & HEALTH CTR (about 8 miles;
PORTLAND, OR)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Vancouver:
- PORTLAND INTL (about 4 miles; PORTLAND, OR; ID: PDX)
- MC MINNVILLE MUNI (about 48 miles; MC MINNVILLE, OR;
ID: MMV)
- MCNARY FLD (about 58 miles; SALEM, OR; ID: SLE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Vancouver:
- PEARSON FIELD (about 4 miles; VANCOUVER, WA; ID: VUO)
- EVERGREEN FIELD (about 7 miles; VANCOUVER, WA; ID:
59S)
- FLY FOR FUN (about 7 miles; VANCOUVER, WA; ID: W56)
Amtrak station:
VANCOUVER (FOOT OF W. 11TH ST.). Services: ticket office,
fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi
service.
Colleges/Universities in Vancouver:
- CLARK COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 5,106;
Location: 1800 E MCLOUGHLIN BLVD; Public; Website:
www.clark.edu)
- INTERNATIONAL AIR ACADEMY INCORPORATED (FT
enrollment: 250; Location: 2901 E MILL PLAIN BLVD;
Private, for-profit; Website: www.airacademy.com)
- WESTERN BUSINESS COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 215;
Location: 120 NE 136TH AVE STE 130; Private, for-profit;
Website: www.cci.edu/)
- BUSINESS COMPUTER TRAINING INSTITUTE (FT
enrollment: 210; Location: 204 SE STONEMILL DR STE 200;
Private, for-profit; Website: www.bcti.org)
- GOLDEN GATE BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY-NORTHWEST (FT enrollment: 48; Location:
3200 NE 109TH AVE; Private, not-for-profit; Offers
Master's degree)
- PHAGANS ORCHARDS BEAUTY SCHOOL (FT
enrollment: 25; Location: 10411 NE 4TH PLAIN BLVD STE
109; Private, for-profit)
- REAL ESTATE SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON (Location:
12004C NE FOURTH PLAIN BLVD; Private, for-profit)
- VANCOUVER SCHOOL OF BEAUTY (Location: 114
WEST 6; Private, for-profit)
- CEDAR MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR MASSAGE INC
(Location: 5601 NE ST JOHNS RD; Private, for-profit;
Website: www.Cedarmountainmassage.com)
- MAGEE BROTHERS BEAUTY SCHOOL (Location: 8078
E MILL PLAIN BLVD; Private, for-profit)
- EMIL FRIES PIANO HOSPITAL AND TRAINING CENTER
(Location: 2510 E EVERGREEN BLVD; Private,
not-for-profit)
- CLARK COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
(Location: 4420E NE ST JOHNS RD; Private, for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Vancouver:
- UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (about 10 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; Full-time enrollment: 2,683)
- PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 13,255)
- LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE (about 14 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 2,795)
- MT HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles; GRESHAM,
OR; FT enrollment: 4,867)
- PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 17 miles;
Portland, OR; FT enrollment: 12,132)
- CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles; OREGON
CITY, OR; FT enrollment: 3,446)
- GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; NEWBERG, OR;
FT enrollment: 2,032)
Biggest public high schools in Vancouver:
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,249;
Location: 7825 NE 130TH AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- EVERGREEN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,208;
Location: 14300 NE 18TH STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
- MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,098;
Location: 1500 SE BLAIRMONT DR; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SKYVIEW HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,772;
Location: 1300 NW 139TH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- FORT VANCOUVER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,616;
Location: 5700 E 18TH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HUDSON'S BAY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,484;
Location: 1206 E RESERVE ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- COLUMBIA RIVER HIGH (Students: 1,272;
Location: 800 NW 99TH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- LEWIS AND CLARK HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 360;
Location: 2901 GENERAL ANDERSON RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 225; Location:
2205 E 138TH AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- EVERGREEN INTERNET ACADEMY (Students: 66;
Location: 13501 NE 28TH STREET; Grades: 07 - 12)
Private high schools in Vancouver:
- VANCOUVER CHRISTIAN HIGH SCH (Students: 75;
Location: 8100 E MILL PLAN BLVD; Grades: 9 - 12)
- COLUMBIA RIDGE ACADEMY (Students: 73;
Location: 9914 SE SIXTH STREET; Grades: 1 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Vancouver:
- ALKI MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,222;
Location: 1800 NW BLISS RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- PACIFIC MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,057;
Location: 2017 NE 172ND AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- GAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,011;
Location: 18814 SE 36TH CIRCLE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 964;
Location: 7600 NE 166TH AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WYEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 958;
Location: 1112 SE 136TH AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- JASON LEE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 928;
Location: 8500 NW 9TH AVE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SHAHALA MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 898;
Location: 601 SE 192ND AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MCLOUGHLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 894;
Location: 5802 MACARTHUR BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- COVINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 844;
Location: 11200 NE ROSEWOOD RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CHINOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 787;
Location: 1900 NW BLISS RD; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Vancouver:
- KINGS WAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 554;
Location: 3300 N E 78TH ST; Grades: PK - 8)
- CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN SCH (Students: 460;
Location: 7708 N E 78TH STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Students: 400;
Location: 6500 HIGHLAND DRIVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL (Students: 308;
Location: 4701 FRANKLIN STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- PORTLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CLARK COUNTY C
(Students: 190; Location: 7915 N E BURTON RD; Grades: PK
- 6)
- SKINNER MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 99;
Location: 400 E EVERGREEN BLVD; Grades: PK - 4)
- VANCOUVER MONTESSORI (Students: 85; Location:
10316 NE 14TH STREET; Grades: PK - KG)
- VANCOUVER COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN (Students: 49;
Location: 10800 NE 76TH ST; Grades: 1 - 8)
- HAZEL DELL MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 30;
Location: 7207 N.E. HAZEL DELL AVE.; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Vancouver:
- FORT VANCOUVER REGIONAL (Operating income:
$12,795,631; Location: 1007 E. MILL PLAIN BLVD; 711,293
books; 18,120 audio materials; 18,593 video materials;
2,139 serial subscriptions)
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