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in the

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and

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. It has 5 principal cities, the largest being

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. The U.S.

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(OMB) identifies it as the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used by the

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(USCB) and other entities. The OMB defines the area as comprising Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah,

, and Yamhill Counties in Oregon, and

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and Skamania Counties in Washington. The area had a population of 2,512,859 at the 2020 census, an increase of over 12% since 2010. The Oregon portion of the metropolitan area is the state's largest urban center, while the Washington portion of the metropolitan area is the state's third-largest urban center after

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and

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(the Seattle Urban Area includes

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and Everett). Portions of the Portland metro area (Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties) are under the jurisdiction of

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, a directly elected regional government which, among other things, is responsible for

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in the region.

Metropolitan statistical area

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, there were 2,512,859 people within the MSA.

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, there were 2,226,009 people, 867,794 households, and 551,008 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA were as follows: *

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: 76.3% *

Hispanic or Latino ''Hispanic'' and '' Latino'' are ethnonyms used to refer collectively to the inhabitants of the United States who are of Spanish or Latin American ancestry (). While many use the terms interchangeably, for example, the United States Census Bureau ...

(of any race): 10.9% (8.5%

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, 0.4% Spanish or Spaniard, 0.3% Guatemalan, 0.3% Puerto Rican, 0.2%

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, 0.2%

Salvadoran Salvadorans (), also known as Salvadorians, are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvadoran diaspora, particularly in the United States, with smalle ...

, 0.1%

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) * Asian: 5.7% (1.2%

Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

, 1.2%

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...

, 0.7%

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Associated with India * of or related to India ** Indian people ** Indian diaspora ** Languages of India ** Indian English, a dialect of the English language ** Indian cuisine Associated with indigenous peoples o ...

, 0.6% Filipino, 0.6%

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, 0.4%

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

) * Black or African American: 2.9% * American Indian and Alaskan Native: 0.9% *

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: 0.5% (0.1%

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, 0.1%

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or Chamorro, 0.1%

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) *

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: 4.1% * Some other race: 4.9% In 2010 the median income for a household in the MSA was $53,078 and the median income for a family was $64,290. The per capita income was $27,451. The Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the 23rd largest in the

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, has a population of 2,226,009 (2010 Census). Of them, 1,789,580 live in

(46.7% of the state's population) while the remaining 436,429 live in

(6.7% of state's population). It consists of Multnomah,

, Clackamas, Columbia and Yamhill counties in Oregon, as well as

and Skamania counties in

. The area includes Portland and the neighboring cities of

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, Beaverton, Gresham, Hillsboro, Milwaukie,

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Oregon City Oregon City is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, located on the Willamette River near the southern limits of the Portland metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 37,572. Established in 1829 ...

, Fairview, Wood Village, Troutdale, Tualatin, Tigard,

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, Battle Ground, Camas and Washougal. Changes in house prices for the metro area are publicly tracked on a regular basis using the

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; the statistic is published by

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and is also a component of S&P's 20-city composite index of the value of the U.S. residential real estate market.

Portland-Vancouver-Salem Combined Statistical Area

As of July 2022, the Portland–Vancouver–Salem, OR–WA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) consists of five Metropolitan Statistical Areas, covering nine counties in Oregon and three counties in Washington: * Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (five counties in Oregon - Multnomah,

, Clackamas, Yamhill, Columbia; two counties in Washington State -

and Skamania); population 2,509,289 (2022 estimate) * Salem, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area (

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and

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counties); population 436,317 (2022 estimate) * Albany, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area (

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county); population 130,467 (2022 estimate) *

Longview, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Cowlitz County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 110,730. The county seat is Kelso, and its largest city is Longview. The county was formed in April 1854. Its name derives from the ...

( Cowlitz county); population 111,956 (2022 estimate) * Corvallis, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area ( Benton county); population 97,630 (2022 estimate) The 2022 population estimate is 3,285,275, ranked 19th largest in the United States (3,280,736 based on the 2020 Census). This area includes the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area; Salem, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area, and other surrounding areas.

Cities and other communities

Major cities in the region in addition to Portland include Beaverton, Gresham, Hillsboro in Oregon, and

in Washington. The area also includes the smaller cities of Cornelius, Fairview, Forest Grove,

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, Happy Valley, King City,

, Milwaukie,

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, Tigard, Troutdale, Tualatin,

, Wilsonville, Wood Village in Oregon, as well as Battle Ground, Camas, Washougal, Ridgefield and La Center in Washington. It includes the unincorporated suburban communities in Oregon of

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, Beavercreek, Boring, Cedar Mill, Clackamas,

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, Dunthorpe,

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, Raleigh Hills, and West Slope, as well as Hazel Dell,

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, Salmon Creek, Walnut Grove and

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in Washington. ;Major: *

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* Hillsboro * Gresham * Beaverton ;Other: * Amity * Battle Ground *

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* Barlow * Camas * Canby * Carlton * Clatskanie * Columbia City * Cornelius *

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* Estacada * Fairview * Forest Grove *

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* Happy Valley * Johnson City * King City * La Center * Lafayette *

* Maywood Park * McMinnville * Milwaukie * Molalla * Newberg * North Bonneville * North Plains *

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* Rainier * Ridgefield * Rivergrove * St. Helens *

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* Scappoose * Sheridan *

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* Tigard * Troutdale * Tualatin *

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* Washougal *

* Willamina * Wilsonville * Wood Village *

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* Yacolt * Yamhill

Transportation

Portland is where Interstate 84 starts at

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, both major highways in the

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. Other primary roads include

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, an eastern bypass of the urban core,

U.S. Route 26 U.S. Highway 26 (US 26) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that runs from Seaside, Oregon, to Ogallala, Nebraska. When the U.S. Numbered Highway System was first defined, it was limited to Nebraska and Wyoming; by the 1950s, it c ...

, which heads west and southeast,

U.S. Route 30 U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route of the United States Numbered Highway System, with the highway traveling across the Northern U.S. With a length of , it is the third-longest U.S. Highway, afte ...

, which follows the Oregon side of the

Columbia River The Columbia River (Upper Chinook language, Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin language, Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river headwater ...

northwest and east, mirrored by

Washington State Route 14 State Route 14 (SR 14) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway travels east-west on the north side of the Columbia River, opposite Interstate 84 (I-84) to the south in Oregon. SR 14 forms a section ...

east from

, and

Oregon Route 217 Oregon Route 217 (OR 217), also known as the Beaverton-Tigard Highway 144, is a north-south controlled-access state highway in Washington County, Oregon. The route travels along the west suburbs of Portland, starting at US Route 26 ...

, which connects US 26 with I-5 in the south, travelling through Beaverton. Both US 26 and US 30 go to the

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. SR 500 runs from Interstate 5 to SR 503. Padden Parkway runs from NE 78th St and east to NE 162nd Ave. Transit service on the Oregon side is generally provided by

TriMet The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) is a Transit district, transit agency that serves most of the Oregon part of the Portland metropolitan area. Created in 1969 by the Oregon Legislative Assembly, Oregon legi ...

. In addition,

Sandy Area Metro Sandy Area Metro (called SAM) is a public transit system operated by the city government of Sandy, Oregon. SAM was created after the city successfully petitioned to be removed from the TriMet district in the late 1990s.Briggs, Kara (December 29, 1 ...

serves Sandy,

South Clackamas Transportation District The South Clackamas Transportation District (SCTD) is a bus service that provides public transportation in Molalla, Oregon, connecting that city to Clackamas Community College (and TriMet, which formerly provided the service) in Oregon City, and ...

serves nearby Molalla,

Canby Area Transit Canby Area Transit, or simply CAT, is the public transit bus service provided by and for the US city of Canby, Oregon. As of 2015, it operates one fixed route between Woodburn, Canby and Oregon City along Oregon Route 99E, complementary parat ...

serves Canby and

South Metro Area Regional Transit South Metro Area Regional Transit (SMART) is a public transit system operated by the city government of Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. The system currently consists of seven routes and is funded by local businesses. It was created when Wilsonv ...

serves Wilsonville. Service in Clark County is provided by C-Tran. In Columbia County, the ''Columbia County Rider'' provides transit service on weekdays connecting St. Helens with downtown Portland and connecting Scappoose and St. Helens with certain points in urban Washington County, including the PCC Rock Creek campus, Tanasbourne and the Willow Creek

MAX light rail The Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) is a light rail system serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Owned and operated by TriMet, it consists of five lines connecting the Neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon, six sectio ...

station.

Major airports

Portland International Airport Portland International Airport is a joint civil–military airport and the largest airport in the U.S. state of Oregon, accounting for 90% of the state's passenger air travel and more than 95% of its air cargo. It is within Portland's city li ...

* Portland-Hillsboro Airport *

Aurora State Airport Aurora State Airport is a public airport located one mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district of Aurora, a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It is owned by the Oregon Department of Aviation. Although most U.S. a ...

* Salem Municipal Airport * Portland-Troutdale Airport

Passenger rail

Several daily

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trains serve

Portland Union Station Portland Union Station is a train station in Portland, Oregon, United States, situated near the western shore of the Willamette River in Old Town Chinatown. It serves as an intermediate stop for Amtrak's '' Cascades'' and ''Coast Starlight'' ...

as well as suburban stops in

and

. The ''

Coast Starlight The ''Coast Starlight'' is a Amtrak Long Distance, long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States between Seattle and Los Angeles via Portland, Oregon, Portland and the San Francisco Bay Area. The train, ...

'' runs from

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to Seattle while '' Cascades'' connects

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Vancouver, BC Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Met ...

. The ''

Empire Builder The ''Empire Builder'' is a daily long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and either Seattle or Portland via two sections west of Spokane. Introduced in 1929, it was the flagship passenger train of the Great North ...

'' heads east to

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

Major highways

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s, numbered as

Interstate The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, or the Eisenhower Interstate System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National H ...

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and

Oregon Route The state highway system of the U.S. state of Oregon is a network of highways that are owned and maintained by the Highway Division of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Highways and routes The state highway system consists of a ...

s, in the metropolitan area include: *

* Interstate 84 *

* Interstate 405 * US 26

** U.S. Route 30 Business * * * * * * * * * * * * * State Route 14 * State Route 500 * State Route 503 Notable highways never built, or removed altogether, include

Mount Hood Freeway The Mount Hood Freeway is a partially constructed but never to be completed freeway alignment of U.S. Route 26 and Interstate 80N (now Interstate 84), which would have run through southeast Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of ...

Interstate 505 Interstate 505 (I-505) is a north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Sacramento Valley in Northern California. It is a spur auxiliary route of I-5 that runs from near Dunnigan south to I-80 in Vacaville. I-505 is primarily a ru ...

, and

Harbor Drive Harbor Drive is a short roadway in Portland, Oregon, spanning a total length of , which primarily functions as a ramp to and from Interstate 5. It was once much longer, running along the western edge of the Willamette River in the downtown ar ...

Sports

The Portland MSA is home to a number of professional and semi-professional sports teams, including the NBA's

Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division (N ...

, the

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The Timbers have p ...

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

, the

Portland Thorns FC Portland Thorns FC is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Portland, Oregon, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Established in 2012, the team began play in 2013 in the then-eight-team NWSL ...

of the

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional Association football, soccer league and the highest level of the United States soccer league system#Women's leagues, United States soccer league system (alongside the USL Supe ...

and the

Portland Loggers The Portland Loggers were a professional American football team based in Portland, Oregon. They were members of the Continental Football League and only lasted one year. Featuring much of the roster of the defunct Orange County Ramblers, the team ...

of the

North American Rugby League The North American Rugby League (NARL) was an unsanctioned rugby league club competition in North America. At launch, the league announced fourteen teams; twelve from United States and two from Canada. An inaugural season was planned for 202 ...

. Other teams include the

Portland Pickles The Portland Pickles are a Collegiate summer baseball, collegiate summer baseball wooden bat team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the South Division of the West Coast League, a premier collegiate summer baseball league based in the Pacif ...

and the

Hillsboro Hops The Hillsboro Hops are a Minor League Baseball team in the Pacific Northwest, northwest United States, located in Hillsboro, Oregon, a city in the Portland metropolitan area. The Hops are members of the Northwest League and are the High-A affilia ...

. Portland is also home to two NCAA Division 1 universities, the

Portland State Vikings Portland State Vikings is the nickname of the NCAA-affiliated, intercollegiate athletic teams representing Portland State University of Portland, Oregon. The Vikings compete at the NCAA Division I level in basketball, soccer, volleyball, golf, t ...

and the

Portland Pilots The Portland Pilots is the nickname for athletics at the University of Portland. The Pilots compete in the West Coast Conference (WCC) at the NCAA Division I level. History The Pilots started to gain attention when Clive Charles began coachi ...

. The Portland MSA also hosts a number of amateur sports, including college and high school sports. The high school rugby championships are held annually in the Portland MSA, and draw crowds of 8,000 to 10,000 supporters.USA Rugby, High school state championships gain rugby exposure
, June 4, 2013

Politics

The Portland metropolitan area is heavily Democratic and has voted for that party's presidential candidate in every election since 1988. This is helped by Multnomah County, which has given the Democratic nominee over 70% of the vote in every election since 2004.

References

External links

Metro government website

Portland MSA 2010 Census numbers from the Population Resource Center

pdx.edu/media/p/r/PRC_2007_Population_Report2_rev.pdf
of key urban planning documents on the Portland Metropolitan area, at

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