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  2. Ethnic groups in Portland, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Hispanics are most concentrated in North Portland at nearly 15% of the population. NE Portland has the highest concentration of African Americans at 30%. The concentration of Asians in Portland are mostly within NE, SE, and outer East Portland, with a percent population of 11%, 10%, and 9% respectively. Whites are the most common race group ...

  3. African Americans in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    African Americans in Oregon. The family of America Waldo Bogle, one of the first African Americans to settle in Oregon. Total population. 137,000 including partially Black people (3.2% of Oregon's population); 81,000 alone (1.9%) Regions with significant populations. North and Northeast Portland • Gresham • Fairview.

  4. Portland, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.

  5. Hispanic Population in Portland is Growing Rapidly - AOL

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    She is one of the almost 600,000 Latinos living in the state. According to the 2020 Census, Oregon's Latino population grew by more than 30% in the last ten years. Latinos are now the largest ...

  6. Hispanics and Latinos in Portland, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    There were approximately 60,000 people of Hispanic or Latino origin in Portland, Oregon, as of 2020; about 10% of the city’s population. [1] The Portland metropolitan area has Oregon's largest Latino population. In 2022, Jamie Goldberg of The Oregonian wrote, "More than half of Oregon's Latino population lives in Multnomah, Washington and ...

  7. Racism in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    A sign on a business stating that they will only cater to white customers. The history of racism in Oregon began before the territory even became a U.S. state. The topic of race was heavily discussed during the convention where the Oregon Constitution was written in 1857. In 1859, Oregon became the only state to enter the Union with a black ...

  8. 1940 United States census - Wikipedia

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    The 1940 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 132,164,569, an increase of 7.6 percent over the 1930 population of 122,775,046 people. The census date of record was April 1, 1940. A number of new questions were asked including where people were five years before ...

  9. Portland metropolitan area, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    The Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the 23rd largest in the United States, [14] has a population of 2,226,009 (2010 Census). Of them, 1,789,580 live in Oregon (46.7% of the state's population) while the remaining 436,429 live in Washington (6.7% of state's population). It consists of Multnomah, Washington ...