Benton County, OR Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Oregon



Benton County, Oregon

People QuickFactsBenton CountyOregon
Population, 2005 estimate 78,6403,641,056
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 0.6%6.4%
Population, 2000 78,1533,421,399
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 4.8%6.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 18.8%23.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 11.1%12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.9%50.3%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)90.4%90.8%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.2%1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.9%1.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)5.2%3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 2.1%2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)5.5%9.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 85.2%81.6%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 42.3%46.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 7.6%8.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 10.0%12.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 93.1%85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 47.4%25.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 9,521593,301
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 17.822.2
Housing units, 2005 34,3611,558,421
Homeownership rate, 2000 57.3%64.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 29.8%23.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $169,800$152,100
Households, 2000 30,1451,333,723
Persons per household, 2000 2.432.51
Median household income, 2003 $43,489$42,593
Per capita money income, 1999 $21,868$20,940
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 11.4%12.0%
Business QuickFactsBenton CountyOregon
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 1,992105,4491
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 28,0901,355,5421
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 3.1%0.0%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 4,792236,812
Total number of firms, 2002 6,165299,505
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 2.0%1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.8%3.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA2.1%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 36.3%29.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 581,73845,864,552
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 50,39256,855,958
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 538,26037,896,022
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $6,811$10,756
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 97,0575,527,223
Building permits, 2005 49631,0241
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 449,56421,870,8961
Geography QuickFactsBenton CountyOregon
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 67695,996
Persons per square mile, 2000 115.635.6
FIPS Code 00341
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Corvallis, OR Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:06:00 EST
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