People QuickFacts Columbia County Oregon Population, 2012 estimate 49,286 3,899,353 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 49,351 3,831,073 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.1% 1.8% Population, 2010 49,351 3,831,074 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.5% 6.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.2% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.6% 14.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.0% 50.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 93.6% 88.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 2.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 1.8% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 3.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.2% 3.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.2% 12.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 90.1% 78.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.5% 81.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.5% 9.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.5% 14.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.4% 88.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 16.8% 29.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,749 338,527 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 31.2 22.3  Housing units, 2011 20,811 1,684,193 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.8% 63.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 10.4% 23.3% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $221,200 $252,600 Households, 2007-2011 19,173 1,509,554 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.55 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,440 $26,561 Median household income, 2007-2011 $56,270 $49,850 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 11.8% 14.8%     Business QuickFacts Columbia County Oregon Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 952 107,397 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 6,915 1,351,164 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -23.5 -0.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,712 258,805  Total number of firms, 2007 4,017 348,154 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.2% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.1% 1.2% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 3.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 3.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.5% 29.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 826,200 66,880,653 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 96,784 51,910,777 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 357,383 50,370,919 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,306 $13,494 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 44,223 7,555,764 Building permits, 2011 27 7,663     Geography QuickFacts Columbia County Oregon Land area in square miles, 2010 657.36 95,988.01 Persons per square mile, 2010 75.1 39.9 FIPS Code 009 41 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts