Jackson County, Oregon QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Jackson County Oregon
?  Population, 2000 181,2693,421,399
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 23.8%20.4%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.0%6.5%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 24.4%24.7%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 16.0%12.8%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 91.6%86.6%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%1.6%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.1%1.3%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.9%3.0%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.2%
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 2.9%4.2%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.9%3.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 51.4%50.4%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 6.7%8.0%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 88.7%83.5%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 78,1561,511,760
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 17,195382,171
?  Housing units, 2000 75,7371,452,709
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 66.5%64.3%
?  Households, 2000 71,5321,333,723
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.482.51
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 33.0%33.4%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $32,807$37,284
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 13.8%11.6%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 20.3%16.3%

Business QuickFacts Jackson County Oregon
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 5,15799,183
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 58,1951,310,750
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 23.0%28.9%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 12,660209,846
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,424,01147,665,990
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 2,075,34433,396,849
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $12,167$10,297
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 41210,160
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 4,87287,970
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 1,75723,2491
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 763,36015,592,250
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 5,346117,999

Geography QuickFacts Jackson County Oregon
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 2,78595,997
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 65.135.6
?  Metropolitan Area Medford-Ashland, OR MSA 

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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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown