Baker County, Oregon

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Baker City OR Muni Bldg.jpg
administration
US state : Oregon
Administrative headquarters : Baker City
Foundation : 1862
Demographics
Residents : 16,134  (2010)
Population density : 2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 7999 km²
Water surface : 53 km²
map
Map of Baker County within Oregon
Website : www.bakercounty.org

Baker County is a county in the state of Oregon in the United States . The population was 16,471 at the 2000 census; as of 2005 there were 16,287 inhabitants. The county seat is Baker City .

geography

The county covers an area of ​​7,999 square kilometers; 53 square kilometers (0.66 percent) of this is water.

history

The county was founded on September 22, 1862 and named after Senator Edward Dickinson Baker , who died as a commander in the Union Army in the action at Balls Bluff .

13 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of June 7, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 2804 -
1880 4616 64.6%
1890 6764 46.5%
1900 15,597 130.6%
1910 18,076 15.9%
1920 17,929 -0.8%
1930 16,754 -6.6%
1940 18,297 9.2%
1950 16,175 -11.6%
1960 17,295 6.9%
1970 14,919 -13.7%
1980 16,134 8.1%
1990 15,317 -5.1%
2000 16,741 9.3%
2010 16,134 -3.6%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

Baker County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Upper course of the Powder River
The Joseph Canyon in northeastern Oregon

As of the 2000 census , the county had 16,741 people. There were 6,883 households and 4,680 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.68% white, 0.23% African American, 1.09% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.04% Pacific island residents and 0.92% others ethnic groups; 1.65% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.34% of the population.

Of the 6,883 households, 28.00% had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 56.20% were married couples living together, 8.60% were single mothers. 32.00% were not families. 27.80% were single households and 13.40% had someone living there who was 65 years of age or over. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.87 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.20% residents under 18 years of age, 5.80% between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.60% between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.30% between 45 and 64 years of age 19.00% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 98.10 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 95.30 males.

The median income for a household in the 30,367 USD , and the median income for a family was 36,106 USD. Males had a median income of $ 27,133 versus $ 20,480 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,612. 14.70% of the population and 10.10% of families are below the poverty line. 18.80% of them were under 18 years of age and 12.40% were 65 years of age or older.

See also

Web links

Commons : Baker County, Oregon  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baker County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 14 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 7, 2018.
  4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Coordinates: 44 ° 43 ′  N , 117 ° 40 ′  W