Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $2,277 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $2,088 (1.1%)
Area name: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Clark 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: Vancouver
, Bainbridge Island
, Orchards
, Salmon Creek
, Camas
, Five Corners
, Battle Ground
, Washougal
, Minnehaha
, Mill Plain
.
2005 air pollution in Clark County:
Carbon Monoxide: 5 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.076 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.057 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Significantly below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Annual: 17 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3):
30 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Columbia County, Oregon
, Cowlitz County
, Multnomah County, Oregon
, Skamania County
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Clark County: Manor
(A),
Lambert School
(B),
View
(C),
Jones Creek Campground
(D),
Tarbell Campground
(E),
Mountain View
(F),
Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument Headquarters
(G),
Clark County Fairgrounds
(H),
Larch Mountain Picnic Site
(I),
Cold Creek Campground
(J),
Middle Lands
(K),
Saint Helens Ranger Station
(L),
Rock Creek Campground
(M),
Enterprise
(N),
Four Corners
(O),
Good Hope School
(P),
Grouse Creek Vista
(Q),
Grouse Vista Picnic Site
(R),
Duck Club
(S),
Larch Corrections Center
(T)
Churches in Clark County include: Pioneer
Church
(A),
Bethel Church
(B)
Cemeteries: Highland
Cemetery
(1),
Mountain View Cemetery
(2),
Lewisville Cemetery
(3),
Fern Prairie Cemetery
(4),
Knight Cemetery
(5),
Sunnyside Cemetery
(6),
Pioneer Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Washougal
Lake
(A),
Quigley Lake
(B),
Round Lake
(C),
Vancouver Lake
(D),
Mud Lake
(E),
Widgeon Lake
(F),
Lancaster Lake
(G),
Lost Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Copper
Creek
(A),
Packard Creek
(B),
Grouse Creek
(C),
Mason Creek
(D),
Shanghai Creek
(E),
David Creek
(F),
Gibbons Creek
(G),
Colvin Creek
(H),
Pup Creek
(I)
Parks in Clark County include: Lechtenberg
Park
(1),
Moulton Falls Park
(2),
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
(3),
Lacamas Park
(4),
Paradise Point State Park
(5),
Shillapoo Wildlife Recreation Area
(6),
Whipple Creek Park
(7),
Wormald State Park
(8)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
5.2% | | Washington: |
4.3% |
Current college students: 15,495
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 22.1%
Number of foreign born residents: 29,357 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Clark
County: |
8.5% | | Whole
state: | 10.4% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 9,476
- 1990
to 1994: 7,253
- 1985
to 1989: 3,232
- 1980
to 1984: 2,570
- 1975
to 1979: 1,921
- 1970
to 1974: 1,033
- 1970
to 1974: 908
- 1965
to 1969: 2,964
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Mean travel time to work: 24.7 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 64.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 90,081
- One,
attached: 4,583
- Two:
4,914
- 3
or 4: 4,803
- 5
to 9: 6,203
- 10
to 19: 4,418
- 20
or more: 9,879
- Mobile
homes: 8,833
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 316
Housing units in Clark County with a mortgage: 58,584 (8,242 second mortgage, 6,596 home equity loan, 299 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13,552 Agriculture
in Clark County
Average size of farms: 44 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $34091
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $1243.65
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 34.34%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 47.67%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $33329
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 32.39%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 15.83%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $33199
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.48%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 22.73
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 22.83%
All wheat for grain: 450 harvested acres
Vegetables: 624 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 278 acresClark
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Washington state average. It is 5.0 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/29/1989, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured one person and caused between $500 and $5000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males in 2005:
|
- Construction
(15%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Health
care (4%)
- Computer
and electronic products (4%)
- Other
transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
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Most
common industries for females in 2005: |
- Health
care (20%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Finance
and insurance (6%)
- Social
assistance (5%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males in 2005: |
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Computer
specialists (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females in 2005: |
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered
nurses (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(17%)
- Russia
(11%)
- Ukraine
(11%)
- Vietnam
(6%)
- Canada
(6%)
- Philippines
(4%)
- Korea
(4%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Clark County:
|
- German
(18%)
- English
(10%)
- Irish
(9%)
- United
States or American (9%)
- Norwegian
(5%)
- Italian
(3%)
- Swedish
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 128,014 (79%)
- Carpooled:
18,089 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 3,986 (2%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 94 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 124 (0%)
- Railroad:
8 (0%)
- Taxi:
16 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
132 (0%)
- Bicycle:
527 (0%)
- Walked:
2,211 (1%)
- Other
means: 1,129 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 7,141 (4%)
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People
in group quarters in Clark County, Washington
- 1048
people in nursing homes
- 702
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 601
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 385
people in state prisons
- 108
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 108
people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 57
people in other group homes
- 43
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 36
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 30
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 27
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3
people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 3
people in military barracks, etc.
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $61,043.
7.51% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($51,866 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.51% | | Washington
average: | 7.86% |
0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($420 average AGI)
| Clark
County: |
0.07% | | Washington
average: | 0.26% |
1.57% relocated from other counties in Washington ($8,462 average AGI)
5.87% relocated from other states ($42,984 average AGI)
| Clark
County: |
5.87% | | Washington
average: |
3.90% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Multnomah County, OR
|
1.45% ($51,384 average AGI) |
| from
Washington County, OR
|
0.50% ($68,257) |
| from
Clackamas County, OR
|
0.40% ($62,904) |
| from
Cowlitz County, WA
|
0.34% ($39,585) |
| from
King County, WA
|
0.28% ($50,102) |
| from
Los Angeles County, CA
|
0.16% ($50,184) |
| from
Maricopa County, AZ
|
0.12% ($47,316) |
6.53% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($47,185 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.53% | | Washington
average: | 7.07% |
0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($393 average AGI)
| Clark
County: |
0.06% | | Washington
average: | 0.16% |
1.88% relocated to other counties in Washington ($13,497 average AGI)
4.59% relocated to other states ($33,295 average AGI)
| Clark
County: |
4.59% | | Washington
average: |
3.17% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Multnomah County, OR
|
0.99% ($36,813 average AGI) |
| to
Cowlitz County, WA
|
0.58% ($49,107) |
| to
Washington County, OR
|
0.39% ($46,983) |
| to
King County, WA
|
0.34% ($48,724) |
| to
Clackamas County, OR
|
0.33% ($49,390) |
| to
Maricopa County, AZ
|
0.15% ($60,117) |
| to
Pierce County, WA
|
0.12% ($37,836) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.7
Births
per 1000 population in Clark County
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 6.6
Deaths
per 1000 population in Clark County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 4.8
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Clark County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 41,311 (35,029 aged, 6,282 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 342,192
- In
family households: 295,623 (71,361 male householders, 20,100 female householders)
72,941
spouses, 110,326 children (99,964 natural, 3,388 adopted, 6,974 stepchildren), 3,723 grandchildren, 2,431 brothers or sisters, 2,106 parents, 4,176 other relatives, 8,459 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 46,569 (17,397 male householders (12,673 living alone)), 18,432 female householders (15,078 living alone)), 10,740 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 3,046 (2,120 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 36,138 2-persons, 20,661 3-persons, 19,957 4-persons, 8,955 5-persons, 3,555 6-persons, 2,195 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 27,751 1-person, 6,619 2-persons, 1,013 3-persons, 286 4-persons, 113 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons.
71,295 married couples with children.
20,273 single-parent households (5,325 men, 14,948 women).
88.5% of residents of Clark County speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (48% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,576,147,000 ($4017 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $90,107,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $786,118,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $245,347,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $8,090,000
Federal grants: $255,024,000
Federal procurement contracts: $54,270,000 ($14,213,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $227,297,000 ($19,745,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $8,482,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $491,932,000
Federal Government insurance: $161,094,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 27,664
| Here: |
69 per 1000 residents | | State: |
66 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 12,831
| Here: |
32 per 1000 residents | | State: | 38
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +8,049
| Here: |
+20 per 1000 residents | | State: | +21
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +36,400
| Here: |
+90 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+13 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Clark County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 39.57 millions of gallons per day (96% from ground, 4% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 5,517
- 1995
to 1998: 21,203
- 1990
to 1994: 19,654
- 1980
to 1989: 20,587
- 1970
to 1979: 31,056
- 1960
to 1969: 13,112
- 1950
to 1959: 8,659
- 1940
to 1949: 6,379
- 1939
or earlier: 7,863
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Clark County, Washington:
|
- 1
room: 128
- 2
rooms: 574
- 3
rooms: 2,804
- 4
rooms: 5,585
- 5
rooms: 15,537
- 6
rooms: 19,593
- 7
rooms: 16,669
- 8
rooms: 11,896
- 9
or more rooms: 12,765
|
Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Clark County, Washington: |
- 1
room: 1,820
- 2
rooms: 3,873
- 3
rooms: 6,026
- 4
rooms: 11,846
- 5
rooms: 9,478
- 6
rooms: 4,662
- 7
rooms: 2,084
- 8
rooms: 1,070
- 9
or more rooms: 798
|
Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Clark County: |
- no
bedroom: 384
- 1
bedroom: 1,798
- 2
bedrooms: 12,685
- 3
bedrooms: 47,953
- 4
bedrooms: 19,007
- 5
or more bedrooms: 3,724
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Clark County: |
- no
bedroom: 2,245
- 1
bedroom: 8,465
- 2
bedrooms: 18,325
- 3
bedrooms: 10,529
- 4
bedrooms: 1,688
- 5
or more bedrooms: 405
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Clark County in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 2,181
- 1
vehicle: 18,532
- 2
vehicles: 40,261
- 3
vehicles: 17,091
- 4
vehicles: 5,025
- 5
or more vehicles: 2,461
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Clark County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 5,081
- 1
vehicle: 19,010
- 2
vehicles: 13,208
- 3
vehicles: 3,343
- 4
vehicles: 746
- 5
or more vehicles: 269
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46% of Clark County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 22% lived in Washington.
| Clark
County: |
45.6% | | State
average: | 50.2% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 110153
- Northeast:
11186
- Midwest:
37797
- South:
18848
- West:
134387
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $154,900 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(62%)
- Utility
gas (29%)
- Wood
(4%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(86%)
- Utility
gas (11%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3,524
| Here: |
7.9% | | Washington: | 9.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,306
| Here: |
6.4% | | Washington: | 7.0% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 1,513
| Here: |
11.4% | | Washington: | 15.7% |
Clark
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $37,614,000
- Charges
- All Other: $40,576,000
Sewerage: $6,716,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,969,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,699,000
Regular Highways: $841,000
Housing & Community Development: $444,000
- Construction
- General: $18,729,000
Regular Highways: $9,690,000
Parks & Recreation: $673,000
Health - Other: $450,000
Central Staff Services: $57,000
Police Protection: $36,000
Financial Administration: $6,000
- Current
Operations - Health Services - Other: $34,874,000
Corrections - Other: $25,760,000
Police Protection: $20,766,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $18,670,000
Regular Highways: $12,422,000
Financial Administration: $10,693,000
Central Staff Services: $9,808,000
General - Other: $7,298,000
Parks & Recreation: $4,299,000
Welfare - Other: $4,275,000
Housing & Community Development: $3,907,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $2,645,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,992,000
Sewerage: $1,746,000
Water Utilities: $1,040,000
Fire Protection: $943,000
Natural Resources - Other: $773,000
Parking Facilities: $208,000
Transit Utilities: $48,000
Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $1,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,629,000
Housing & Community Development: $2,386,000
Health & Hospitals: $781,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $9,149,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $13,136,000
All Other: $7,887,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $8,230,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $135,564,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $21,545,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $109,645,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $38,009,000
Industrial Revenue: $7,495,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $735,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $9,455,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $4,167,000
Interest Earnings: $3,374,000
Rents: $2,509,000
Property Sale Other: $2,091,000
Special Assessments: $635,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $28,159,000
Sewerage: $3,568,000
Water Utilities: $947,000
General - Other: $238,000
Parks & Recreation: $117,000
Health - Other: $105,000
Financial Administration: $97,000
Fire Protection: $9,000
Police Protection: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $76,577,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $7,495,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $19,373,000
Highways: $16,421,000
All Other: $8,084,000
General Support: $858,000
Housing & Community Development: $750,000
Public Welfare: $676,000
Education: $50,000
- Tax
- Property: $74,531,000
Total General Sales: $23,426,000
NEC: $8,749,000
Other Selective Sales: $7,100,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,815,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $92,985,000
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