A recent Forbes article found that Portland is the 10th fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States with a stable growth rate of 1. Portland also leads Oregon's population growth , with numbers declining in many rural and eastern areas in favor of the city.
In October , Oregon Metro released its urban growth report, which contains their population projections for the next twenty years. Metro is projecting continued growth until , albeit at a slower rate than in previous forecasts. The metro area is anticipated to cross 3 million residents by Oregon's population growth temporarily declined during the recession, which hit the region harder than most areas of the country, but it has already started to pick up with home values rising and job opportunities improving.
The state still has higher-than-average unemployment and underemployment. The area that is now Portland was occupied for centuries by two different bands of Upper Chinook Indians, who fished and traded along the river. The Tualatin Plains eventually became a settlement of Portland. In , a man named William Overton saw commercial potential but lacked the money for a land claim. Overton eventually sold his half to Francis Pettygrove of Portland, Maine.
Pettygrove and Lovejoy both wanted to name the new city after their home towns. This was settled in by a coin toss, which Pettygrove of Portland, Maine won.
When it was incorporated in , Portland had more than inhabitants, which grew to 17, by The non-English language spoken by the largest group is Spanish, which is spoken by 6. The race least likely to be in poverty in Portland is White, with The poverty rate among those that worked full-time for the past 12 months was 2.
Among those working part-time, it was The age group where males are most likely to be married is Over 65, while the female age group most likely to be married is Non citizens include legal permanent residents green card holders , international students, temporary workers, humanitarian migrants, and illegal immigrants.
Born in Portland. Of those not born in the United States, the largest percentage are from Asia. Portland, Oregon Population , Portland Diversity The African American population of Portland was just 2, in , comprised mostly of railroad employees, many of whom were drawn to the area during the wartime ship construction boom. Clackamas County. The current population of Portland, Oregon is , based on our projections of the latest US Census estimates.
The US Census estimates the population at , The last official US Census in recorded the population at , Portland, Oregon Population Show Sources. As you continue up Main Street from the elk you'll pass the Portland Building, a post-modern office tower that raised eyebrows in for its daring angles and its teal-rust-cream color scheme. Both are worth an extended visit. Then turn around and walk north through the park blocks. At Taylor Street, detour left to visit the stately Multnomah County Central Library, built in and renovated in A block later, turn right at the corner of the Galleria.
With a foot atrium, this building opened in as the first department store west of the Mississippi. History: Portland began as a riverside clearing where Multnomah Indians occasionally camped.
When entrepreneur Asa Lovejoy stopped for lunch in that clearing with a drifter named William Overton in , he offered to front the cent filing fee if Overton would claim the site as a homestead and deed him half the land. They marked the site with tomahawk blazes. Several of the 19th-century stone, brick and cast-iron-fronted buildings are lively pubs, but not as many as in the s, when Portland had one saloon for every 40 inhabitants.
High in the West Hills, the Pittock Mansion offers picture-perfect views of the city and interesting insights into Portland's history. As a riverside town, Portland is known for its bridges. In , the Steel Bridge was rebuilt replacing its predecessor — made entirely of steel and the first bridge in the city as a double-deck, swing-span bridge. With cars and light rail trains on the upper deck, bicyclists and pedestrians cross the river alongside rail cars on the lower deck.
The Hawthorne Bridge , built in to replace the Madison Bridge which was destroyed by a fire in , is the oldest vertical lift bridge still in operation in the United States. Opened in , the Tilikum Crossing is the first of its kind, a bridge open only to pedestrians, bikes and public transit.
Built in , the Hawthorne Bridge is the oldest vertical lift bridge still in operation in America. The busiest bicycle transit bridge in the city, it connects downtown to the Eastbank Esplanade and Springwater on the Willamette trails.
Built in , this historic green suspension bridge connects Northwest and North Portland. One of the longest drawbridges and most bike-friendly in the world, the Broadway Bridge was built in to connect North and Northwest Portland. Though the marshy, riverside terrain of the east side made it expensive to develop, the settlement of East Portland grew rapidly with the Oregon Central Railroad establishing in a line that stretched south to Salem.
By , Stephens incorporated the City of East Portland with a population of 8, It had over 11, residents by , when East Portland, Portland and Albina merged, becoming the city of Portland. At the same time, William S. These tours let you experience a street-level view of supremely walkable Portland. Union Pacific Railroad made its way to Portland at the turn of the 20th century, and by launched the first streamliner between Chicago and the Pacific Coast.
As in other cities and states across the United States, the practice of redlining denying majority Black and lower income neighborhoods vital services such as housing, health care and even food , created a huge disparity in land ownership in Portland.
These practices made it difficult for non-white families to have safe and stable housing in Portland. A newsboy stops for refreshment at one of twenty water fountains given to the city of Portland by Simon Benson, shortly after they were installed. Learn More. This unusual photo shows the interior of the Goodyear Rubber Company retail store, located on First Street, about two blocks from the Willamette River. This shiny new milk truck sits for a portrait in front of the Studebaker dealership in Portland.
A Brickyard in East Portland - c. Thousands of bricks are carefully arranged in rows to dry in the sun at this traditional brickyard located somewhere in East Portland. Two scove kilns, or field kilns, are located to the left. A four-wheeled enclosed carriage rests on a muddy Burnside Street. It appears to be a "coupe", with only forward facing seats and glass windows on the front corners.
An unknown performer strikes an Art Deco pose for this publicity photo by Fink Studio in Portland, probably in This highly detailed view suggests a close relationship between this man, his books, and his bicycle.
First seen in Britain in the s, by the s the popularity of music halls had spread to most good-sized towns in the Pacific Northwest Learn More. We don't know the name of this young girl, but we do know the original small-format CDV photo was taken by Buchtel and Stolte, at 91 First Street in Portland.
This image was captured in the late s - a time of growth for the Chinese community in Portland. The city's Chinese population increased from about in to about in This circa portrait of a young woman with a Marcel Wave hairstyle was taken by Portland photographer David Perry Evans.
Marcel Waves were created with a heated curling iron, invented by French hair designer Francois Marcel in the s. Adagio Dancers in Portland - c. Adagio dances were slower, and often involved the partners holding a pose for some period of time. Agnes Dolph, Daughter of Sen. Joseph Dolph - c. A well-to-do girl in a wonderful fringed dress, posed next to perhaps a family heirloom? Albert G. Walling emigrated with his family to the West Linn area now known as Robinwood in Bark at Dock - Portland?
I can use some help identifying the location. Dennie, the photographer, imprinted his photos with his Portland address, but he also worked in Tacoma and sometimes in Olympia.
Senator - c. Bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris - c. This early portrait of Morris was taken by pioneer photographer Joseph Buchtel about two years after Morris arrived in Oregon to assume the position of Episcopal Bishop of Oregon. An unnamed vaudeville performer is captured in his blackface persona in the publicity photo from Portland at the turn of the last century.
Bringing a Stein of Beer - c. In early photography, cameras were so bulky that occupational photos were usually shot in the studio. Here we see a bar keeper bringing a glass beer stein to a customer.
Bringing the Engine out of the Station - c. This great early action photo shows driver George Welch bringing Engine No.
Created in by an unknown photographer, this view shows the Broadway Bridge, looking towards the west, two years after its completion. You can find much the same view today from North Interstate Avenue. Building a Sternwheeler in Portland Harbor - c. In this group portrait of workers at the construction site of a new sternwheeler, we can identify the M. Henderson and the No Wonder moored behind it. This dramatic photo shows a fire in progress that destroyed at least a block of buildings along the Portland waterfront.
Taken during Portland's first "Fleet Week", this view shows the destroyer Reuben James and other Navy ships in front of the City's downtown business district. Charles W. Kruse and his Cauliflower Truck - c. The crew poses for a group portrait in this view of an early garage in downtown Portland. Vehicles lining the walls include a mail truck in the back left. The modern-day Clackamas County Sheriff's Posse, formed in , is still active today - helping with parking at events and assisting in search and rescue efforts.
Closset and Devers Coffees was an old Portland firm, named when Arthur Devers joined the existing company of Closset Brothers in the early s. Featured here is the Corbett Building, built about and then imploded in to make way for the current Pioneer Place development. The crew poses in front of their American Lafrance hose and chemical combination engine inside the old Station 15, located at SW Spring Street in Portland.
Crew with Municipal Engine Co. Gas Cement Mixer - c. Somewhere in the Portland area, a crew pauses from their concrete work to have their picture taken.
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