Columbia County, Oregon (OR)

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• • 44,41284.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,3946.5%Two or more races
  • 3,3316.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4400.8%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 3290.6%Asian alone
  • 2420.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2380.5%Some other race alone
  • 1980.4%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $502,753

Here:	$502,753
State:	$562,872

Townhouses or other attached units: $381,997

Here:	$381,997
State:	$463,029

In 2-unit structures: $437,631

Here:	$437,631
State:	$505,105

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $262,828

Here:	$262,828
State:	$419,673

Mobile homes: $316,065

Here:	$316,065
State:	$214,044

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $92,803

Here:	$92,803
State:	$122,960

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 9
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 40
• Burglaries: 17
• Thefts: 60
• Auto thefts: 32

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 15
• Burglaries: 28
• Thefts: 25
• Auto thefts: 18

Health of residents in Columbia County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,796 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,960 (0.7%)

Area name: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Columbia County is $625 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $723 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1053 a month.

Cities in this county include: St. Helens, Scappoose, Goble, Vernonia, Warren, Rainier, Columbia City, Clatskanie, Marshland, Deer Island.

2023 air pollution in Columbia County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.027 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 4.4 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Clatsop County , Piscataquis County, Maine , Campbell County, South Dakota , Union County .

Current college students: 1,210
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,508 (57.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2002010 or later
• 2552000 to 2009
• 4491990 to 1999
• 1761980 to 1989
• 921970 to 1979
• 372Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): ! minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 93.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 16,291
• One, attached: 493
• Two: 680
• 3 or 4: 606
• 5 to 9: 293
• 10 to 19: 303
• 20 to 49: 146
• 50 or more: 234
• Mobile homes: 2,740
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 231

Housing units in Columbia County with a mortgage: 10,704 (1,248 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 977 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85

Religion statistics for Columbia County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Columbia County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Oregon Wildfires And Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: September 7, 2020 - November 3, 2020, FEMA Id: 4562, Natural disaster type: Fire, Wind
• Oregon Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4499-OR: March 28, 2020, FEMA Id: 4499, Natural disaster type: Other
• Oregon Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: January 7, 2017 - January 10, 2017, FEMA Id: 4328, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Oregon Severe Winter Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 06, 2015 to December 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4258: February 17, 2016, FEMA Id: 4258, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Oregon Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: January 17, 2012 to January 21, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4055: March 02, 2012, FEMA Id: 4055, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Oregon Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 13, 2008 to December 26, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1824: March 02, 2009, FEMA Id: 1824, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Snow
• Oregon Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 01, 2007 to December 17, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1733: December 08, 2007, FEMA Id: 1733, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Oregon Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: December 14, 2006 to December 15, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1683: February 22, 2007, FEMA Id: 1683, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Oregon Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 18, 2005 to January 21, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1632: March 20, 2006, FEMA Id: 1632, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Oregon Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3228: September 07, 2005, FEMA Id: 3228, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.47% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($58,122 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.67% relocated from other counties in Oregon ($40,139 average AGI)
2.80% relocated from other states ($17,983 average AGI)

Columbia County:	2.80%
Oregon average:	3.99%

from Washington County, OR	2.28% ($67,150 average AGI)
from Multnomah County, OR	1.69% ($59,152)
from Clackamas County, OR	0.61% ($57,352)
from Cowlitz County, WA	0.44% ($44,163)
from Clark County, WA	0.41% ($54,384)
from Marion County, OR	0.16% ($53,000)
from Clatsop County, OR	0.14% ($27,690)

7.66% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($61,410 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.82% relocated to other counties in Oregon ($25,546 average AGI)
3.84% relocated to other states ($35,864 average AGI)

Columbia County:	3.84%
Oregon average:	4.04%

to Washington County, OR	1.14% ($49,333 average AGI)
to Multnomah County, OR	0.93% ($46,232)
to Cowlitz County, WA	0.59% ($47,258)
to Clackamas County, OR	0.50% ($52,798)
to Clark County, WA	0.46% ($55,375)
to Clatsop County, OR	0.23% ($63,592)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.16% ($69,091)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 8.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 3.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Columbia County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 10,367 (2,635 living alone), Female householders: 10,510 (2,436 living alone)

• 10,837 spouses (10,774 opposite-sex spouses), 1,808 unmarried partners, (1,801 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 13,110 children (11,275 natural, 439 adopted, 1,368 stepchildren), 1,555 grandchildren, 414 brothers or sisters, 635 parents, 128 foster children, 899 other relatives, 2,172 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 442

Size of family households: 6,388 2-persons, 2,995 3-persons, 2,902 4-persons, 1,030 5-persons, 394 6-persons, 323 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,070 1-person, 1,279 2-persons, 248 3-persons, 104 4-persons, 3 5-persons.

6,373 married couples with children.
2,262 single-parent households (820 men, 1,442 women).

95.6% of residents of Columbia speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $186,584,000 ($3,972 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,636,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $104,384,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $42,076,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $140,000
Federal grants: $31,396,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,187,000 ($1,301,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,401,000 ($263,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $4,946,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $41,054,000
Federal Government insurance: $102,989,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.13 millions of gallons per day (44% from ground, 56% from surface)

• Year house built in Columbia County, Oregon
• 402020 or later
• 1,4742010 to 2019
• 3,2562000 to 2009
• 3,5151990 to 1999
• 2,4151980 to 1989
• 3,5081970 to 1979
• 1,6411960 to 1969
• 1,2051950 to 1959
• 1,1881940 to 1949
• 3,5591939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Columbia County, Oregon

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Columbia County, Oregon
• 1201 room
• 52 rooms
• 4173 rooms
• 1,5844 rooms
• 2,5665 rooms
• 4,0316 rooms
• 2,5967 rooms
• 1,9768 rooms
• 2,6139+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Columbia County, Oregon
• 2561 room
• 2012 rooms
• 4623 rooms
• 1,2474 rooms
• 1,2305 rooms
• 5066 rooms
• 4057 rooms
• 1938 rooms
• 3639+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Columbia County, Oregon

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Columbia County, Oregon
• 121no bedroom
• 3151 bedroom
• 2,4622 bedrooms
• 8,7853 bedrooms
• 3,6714 bedrooms
• 5515+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Columbia County, Oregon
• 321no bedroom
• 6731 bedroom
• 1,9962 bedrooms
• 1,3473 bedrooms
• 3514 bedrooms
• 2255+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Columbia County, Oregon in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Columbia County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 380no vehicle
• 2,9011 vehicle
• 5,7002 vehicles
• 4,0453 vehicles
• 1,8254 vehicles
• 9715+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Columbia County in renter-occupied apartments
• 540no vehicle
• 2,0471 vehicle
• 1,3962 vehicles
• 5213 vehicles
• 2834 vehicles
• 1475+ vehicles

86.9% of Columbia County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Oregon.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 28,557
• Other state: 22,163
• Northeast: 1,173
• Midwest: 3,593
• South: 2,267
• West: 15,174

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 624
• Number of aged recipients: 45
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 579
• Number of recipients under 18: 103
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 445
• Number of recipients older than 64: 76
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 205
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 286

Columbia County on our top lists:

• #63 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #88 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election"