Population, 2001 estimate         360,760           5,987,973

Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 4.5%    1.6%

Population, 2000          345,238           5,894,121

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000        45.0%  21.1%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000          7.8%    6.7%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000        28.7%  25.7%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000   9.5%    11.2%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)          88.8%  81.8%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)  1.7%    3.2%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 0.8%  1.6%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)          3.2%    5.5%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 0.4%    0.4%

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)    2.0%    3.9%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000      3.1%    3.6%

Female persons, percent, 2000             50.4%  50.2%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 4.7%    7.5%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000       86.6%  78.9%

High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990           125,554           2,620,607

College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990     25,144 716,969

Housing units, 2000      134,030           2,451,075

Homeownership rate, 2000       67.3%  64.6%

Households, 2000        127,208           2,271,398

Persons per household, 2000    2.69     2.53

Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000         40.0%  35.2%

Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate      $45,890 $41,715    

Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate    9.0%    10.2%

Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate   13.5%  15.2%

Business QuickFacts     Clark County    Washington

Private nonfarm establishments, 1999    7,876   162,932

Private nonfarm employment, 1999       93,265 2,209,129

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999          43.6%  25.4%

 Nonemployer establishments, 1999      17,822 321,766

 Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)          3,854,312        78,852,486

 Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)       2,214,708        52,472,866

 Retail sales per capita, 1997    $6,971 $9,363

 Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997    6.7%    9.6%

 Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997    32.4%  27.5%

 Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000       3,205   39,021

 Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000)           1,273,321        36,903,358

 Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997       8,262   185,152

            Geography QuickFacts Clark County    Washington

 Land area, 2000 (square miles)            628      66,544

 Persons per square mile, 2000             549.7   88.6

 Metropolitan Area       Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA