People QuickFacts Hood River County Oregon Population, 2012 estimate 22,584 3,899,353 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 22,346 3,831,073 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.1% 1.8% Population, 2010 22,346 3,831,074 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.5% 6.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.5% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.0% 14.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.0% 50.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.1% 88.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 2.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 1.8% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 3.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.5% 3.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 29.8% 12.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 65.4% 78.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.8% 81.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 18.8% 9.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 28.7% 14.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 82.5% 88.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 26.5% 29.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,380 338,527 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.9 22.3  Housing units, 2011 9,339 1,684,193 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 67.6% 63.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 13.9% 23.3% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $326,900 $252,600 Households, 2007-2011 8,204 1,509,554 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.52 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,030 $26,561 Median household income, 2007-2011 $54,109 $49,850 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.0% 14.8%     Business QuickFacts Hood River County Oregon Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 951 107,397 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 8,725 1,351,164 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 13.6 -0.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,716 258,805  Total number of firms, 2007 2,251 348,154 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.7% 1.2% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 6.0% 3.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.2% 29.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 245,734 66,880,653 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 224,366 51,910,777 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 293,665 50,370,919 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,872 $13,494 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 55,651 7,555,764 Building permits, 2011 72 7,663     Geography QuickFacts Hood River County Oregon Land area in square miles, 2010 521.95 95,988.01 Persons per square mile, 2010 42.8 39.9 FIPS Code 027 41 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Hood River, OR Micro 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