People QuickFacts Wasco County Oregon Population, 2012 estimate 25,487 3,899,353 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 25,213 3,831,073 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.1% 1.8% Population, 2010 25,213 3,831,074 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.4% 6.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.0% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 17.7% 14.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.4% 50.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 90.9% 88.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 2.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.9% 1.8% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 3.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.1% 3.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 15.6% 12.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 76.7% 78.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.3% 81.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 11.5% 9.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 16.2% 14.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.4% 88.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 21.2% 29.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,590 338,527 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.1 22.3  Housing units, 2011 11,544 1,684,193 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 66.4% 63.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 16.4% 23.3% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $189,300 $252,600 Households, 2007-2011 9,857 1,509,554 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.19 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,246 $26,561 Median household income, 2007-2011 $43,742 $49,850 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.4% 14.8%     Business QuickFacts Wasco County Oregon Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 723 107,397 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 6,998 1,351,164 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -8.1 -0.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,352 258,805  Total number of firms, 2007 1,828 348,154 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.2% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.2% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.0% 29.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 66,880,653 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 51,910,777 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 381,866 50,370,919 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $16,089 $13,494 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 47,598 7,555,764 Building permits, 2011 0 7,663     Geography QuickFacts Wasco County Oregon Land area in square miles, 2010 2,381.52 95,988.01 Persons per square mile, 2010 10.6 39.9 FIPS Code 065 41 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area The Dalles, 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