Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA

1950‑1959:		Portland, OR-WA SMA
1959‑1983:		Portland, OR-WA SMSA
1983‑1992:		Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA
1992‑2003:		Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
2003‑2006:		Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metro Area

Subareas

Timeline

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Subarea

Portland, OR

Salem, OR

Vancouver, WA

In this area

Defined but not in this area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Clackamas County, OR	86,716	113,038	166,088	241,919	278,850	338,391	368,259

Columbia County, OR	22,967	22,379	28,790	35,646	37,557	43,560	47,899

Multnomah County, OR	471,537	522,813	556,667	562,640	583,887	660,486	672,947

Washington County, OR	61,269	92,237	157,920	245,808	311,554	445,342	500,714

Yamhill County, OR	33,484	32,478	40,213	55,332	65,551	84,992	92,080

Clark County, WA	85,307	93,809	128,454	192,227	238,053	345,238	404,066

Skamania County, WA	4,788	5,207	5,845	7,919	8,289	9,872	10,606

Marion County, OR	101,401	120,888	151,309	204,692	228,483	284,834	305,715

Polk County, OR	26,317	26,523	35,349	45,203	49,541	62,380	70,553



Total	704,829	821,897	1,009,129	1,242,594	1,477,895	2,265,223	2,096,571
Percent Change	-	16.6%	22.8%	23.1%	18.9%	53.3%	-7.4%



Total (as currently defined)	766,068	881,961	1,083,977	1,341,491	1,523,741	1,927,881	2,096,571
Percent Change	-	15.1%	22.9%	23.8%	13.6%	26.5%	8.8%

Timeline

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Component

Clackamas County, OR

Columbia County, OR

Multnomah County, OR

Washington County, OR

Yamhill County, OR

Clark County, WA

Skamania County, WA

Marion County, OR

Polk County, OR

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Portland, OR	373,628	*	372,676	*	382,619	*	366,383	*	437,319	*	529,121	*	533,427	*

Beaverton, OR	2,512		5,937		18,577		30,582		53,310		76,129		85,775	*

Hillsboro, OR	5,142		8,232		14,675		27,664		37,520		70,186		84,533	*

Vancouver, WA	41,664		32,464		42,493		42,834		46,380	*	143,560	*	157,493	*

Salem, OR	3,053		3,897		5,336		10,539		12,803		136,924	*	148,751



Total	373,628		372,676		382,619		366,383		483,699		809,605		861,228
Metro	704,829		821,897		1,009,129		1,242,594		1,477,895		2,265,223		2,096,571
Percent	53.0%		45.3%		37.9%		29.5%		32.7%		35.7%		41.1%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Portland, OR

Beaverton, OR

Hillsboro, OR

Vancouver, WA

Salem, OR

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			529,902	75.2%
		UA Population		512,643	72.7%
	Rural Population			174,927	24.8%

	Inside Central Cities			373,628	53.0%
	Outside Central Cities			331,201	47.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			704,829	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Portland, OR-WA		512,643	512,643	100.0%

	Total			512,643


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			673,883	82.0%
		UA Population		651,685	79.3%
	Rural Population			148,014	18.0%

	Inside Central Cities			372,676	45.3%
	Outside Central Cities			449,221	54.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			821,897	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Portland, OR-WA		651,685	651,685	100.0%

	Total			651,685


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			846,192	83.9%
		UA Population		824,926	81.7%
	Rural Population			162,937	16.1%

	Inside Central Cities			382,619	37.9%
	Outside Central Cities			626,510	62.1%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,009,129	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Portland, OR-WA		824,926	824,926	100.0%

	Total			824,926


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,079,383	83.2%
		UA Population		1,026,144	79.1%
	Rural Population			218,543	16.8%

	Inside Central Cities			409,217	31.5%
	Outside Central Cities			888,709	68.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,297,926	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Portland, OR-WA		1,026,144	1,026,144	100.0%

	Total			1,026,144


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,469,054	81.9%
		UA Population		1,331,375	74.2%
	Rural Population			324,422	18.1%

	Inside Central Cities			496,502	27.7%
	Outside Central Cities			1,296,974	72.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,793,476	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Longview, WA-OR		57,123	2,138	3.7%
	Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA		1,172,158	1,172,158	100.0%
	Salem, OR		157,079	157,079	100.0%

	Total			1,331,375


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,697,519	88.1%
		UA Population		1,584,503	82.2%
	Rural Population			230,362	11.9%

	Inside Principal Cities			818,996	42.5%
	Outside Principal Cities			1,108,885	57.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,927,881	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Longview, WA-OR		60,443	1,615	2.7%
	Portland, OR-WA		1,583,138	1,582,888	100.0%

	Total			1,584,503


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Portland, OR-WA SMA
-		Clackamas County, OR included as original SMA component
-		Multnomah County, OR included as original SMA component
-		Washington County, OR included as original SMA component
-		Clark County, WA included as original SMA component
-		Portland, OR designated as original central city of new SMA


Oct 1964



-		New SMSA: Salem, OR SMSA
-		Marion County, OR included as original component of Salem, OR SMSA
-		Polk County, OR included as original component of Salem, OR SMSA
-		Salem, OR designated as original central city of new Salem, OR SMSA


Jun 1983



-		Title of Portland, OR-WA SMSA changed to Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA
-		New PMSA: Portland, OR PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA
-		Clackamas County, OR included as original component of Portland, OR PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA
-		Multnomah County, OR included as original component of Portland, OR PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA
-		Washington County, OR included as original component of Portland, OR PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA
-		Yamhill County, OR included as original component of Portland, OR PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA
-		Portland, OR transferred to Portland, OR PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA, designated as original central city of new PMSA
-		New PMSA: Vancouver, WA PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA
-		Clark County, WA included as original component of Vancouver, WA PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA
-		Vancouver, WA designated as original central city of new Vancouver, WA PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA


Dec 1992



-		Title of Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA changed to Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Title of Portland, OR PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA changed to Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Columbia County, OR added to Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Clark County, WA added to Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA, transferred from Vancouver, WA PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA
-		Vancouver, WA transferred from Vancouver, WA PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA to Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA and was designated as central city of PMSA
-		Salem, OR MSA became Salem, OR PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Vancouver, WA PMSA in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA abolished


Jun 2003



-		Title of Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA changed to Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metro Area
-		Skamania County, WA added
-		Beaverton, OR designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Hillsboro, OR designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA abolished
-		Clackamas County, OR added, transferred from Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Columbia County, OR added, transferred from Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Multnomah County, OR added, transferred from Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Washington County, OR added, transferred from Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Yamhill County, OR added, transferred from Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Clark County, WA added, transferred from Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Portland, OR designated as principal city of Metro Area, transferred from Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Vancouver, WA designated as principal city of Metro Area, transferred from Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
-		Salem, OR PMSA in Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA became Salem, OR Metro Area

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