Oregon: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- Oregon Health Division DHS: 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland
Population:
- Total Population: 3,421,399
- Males: 1,695,966
- Females: 1,725,433
Top 10 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (2,810,650)
- Spanish (217,615)
- German (18,420)
- Vietnamese (17,730)
- Russian (16,240)
- Chinese (12,830)
- French (11,755)
- Japanese (9,315)
- Korean (9,060)
- Tagalog (6,110)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (348,239)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The (104,312)
- Assemblies of God (49,357)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (46,807)
- International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (44,826)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 1,069,450
- Sensory: 120,803
- Physical: 275,742
- Mental: 174,047
- Self-care: 78,417
- Go outside home: 178,732
- Employment: 233,988
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 22,103
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 1,333,723
- Utility gas: 459,820
- Bottled or LP gas: 26,243
- Electricity: 648,898
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 91,842
- Coal or Coke: 102
- Wood: 94,328
- Solar Energy: 476
- Other fuel: 9,374
- No fuel used: 2,640
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 2,575,025
- No vehicle: 187,748
- 1 or more vehicle: 2,387,277
Education Attainment:
- No School: 20,586
- No High School: 91,119
- Some High School: 223,106
- High School: 591,229
- Some College: 610,753
- Associate's Degree: 149,639
- College Degree: 369,252
- Master's Degree: 130,355
- Professional Degree: 42,089
- Doctoral Degree: 22,870
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 1,333,723
- Owners with phone: 850,560
- Owners without phone: 6,330
- Renters with phone: 461,354
- Renters without phone: 15,479
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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