Baker County, Oregon QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Baker County Oregon
?  Population, 2000 16,7413,421,399
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 9.3%20.4%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.3%6.5%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 24.2%24.7%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 19.0%12.8%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 95.7%86.6%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%1.6%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.1%1.3%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%3.0%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z0.2%
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.9%4.2%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.7%3.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.5%50.4%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 2.3%8.0%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 94.6%83.5%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 7,8271,511,760
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,385382,171
?  Housing units, 2000 8,4021,452,709
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 70.1%64.3%
?  Households, 2000 6,8831,333,723
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.372.51
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 30.1%33.4%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $29,203$37,284
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 16.8%11.6%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 24.4%16.3%

Business QuickFacts Baker County Oregon
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 56899,183
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 3,7811,310,750
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 13.3%28.9%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,269209,846
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA47,665,990
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 121,30433,396,849
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $7,409$10,297
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA10,160
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 51087,970
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 3423,2491
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 103,69515,592,250
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 599117,999

Geography QuickFacts Baker County Oregon
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 3,06895,997
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 5.535.6
?  Metropolitan Area None 

1: Includes data not distributed by county.

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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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