People QuickFacts Washington County Oregon Population, 2012 estimate 547,672 3,899,353 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 529,710 3,831,073 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.4% 1.8% Population, 2010 529,710 3,831,074 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.1% 6.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.3% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.4% 14.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.8% 50.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 83.6% 88.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.0% 2.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 1.8% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 8.9% 3.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.8% 3.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 16.0% 12.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 69.4% 78.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.2% 81.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 16.8% 9.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 22.9% 14.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 90.5% 88.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 39.5% 29.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 34,454 338,527 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.1 22.3  Housing units, 2011 213,993 1,684,193 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 62.3% 63.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 30.9% 23.3% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $300,200 $252,600 Households, 2007-2011 198,593 1,509,554 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.61 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $31,165 $26,561 Median household income, 2007-2011 $63,814 $49,850 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.4% 14.8%     Business QuickFacts Washington County Oregon Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 14,150 107,397 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 219,441 1,351,164 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 2.3 -0.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 33,028 258,805  Total number of firms, 2007 43,601 348,154 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.2% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.2% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 7.3% 3.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.2% 0.2% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.7% 3.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 32.9% 29.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 24,048,993 66,880,653 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 11,021,762 51,910,777 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,754,390 50,370,919 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $16,886 $13,494 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 849,401 7,555,764 Building permits, 2011 1,409 7,663     Geography QuickFacts Washington County Oregon Land area in square miles, 2010 724.23 95,988.01 Persons per square mile, 2010 731.4 39.9 FIPS Code 067 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