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NATURAL
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PROJECT
EXTENSiON
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Washington County, Oregon
NATURAL
RE SOURCE
ATLAS
HUMAN
ECONOMIC
PUBLIC
March 1974
Oregon State University Extension Service
Prepared by Marilyn Ruttle, Research Assistant,
Under the supervision of: Robert 0. Coppedge,
Extension Economist, and Russell C. Youmans,
Extension Resource Economist,
Department of Agricultural Economics
For Sale by the Extension Business Office, Extension Hall 118,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331.
$2.50 per copy.
Contents
General Description
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Physical Aspects
Climate
Soils
Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
Land Ownership and Use
Agricultural Land
Forest Land
Water...........................
Minerals
Wildlife
Human Resources
Population
Employment
Income
Education
Health and Vital Statistics
Public Welfare
Housing
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The County's Economy
Agriculture
Logging and Wood Products
Manufacturing
Mining
Outdoor Recreation
Business
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Public Services
Transportation
Communication
Library Facilities
Utilities
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Public Finance
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68
Selected List of Agencies
73
Selected Bibliography
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Washington County is located in northwestern Oregon. The county
embraces almost all the drainage basin of the Tualatin River and its
Rising in the southwestern part of the county, in the Coast
tributaries.
Range and traversing in an irregular course the saittiern section, the
Tualatin River joins the Willamette River a few miles outside the southThe lowland area along the Tualatin River,
east corner of the county.
Tualatin Valley, gradually slopes upward from the river's flood plain
to the hills, and moves abruptly into the foothills of the Coast Range.
Tualatin Valley is approximately 30 miles wide and about the same in
length containing 462,720 acres.
The western boundary of Washington County is the Coast Range, with
Gales Creek, Scoggins Creek,
elevations ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 feet.
and Tualatin River extend from the valley floor west into the foothills
of the Coast Range. The eastern boundary rises into the West Hills,
bordering Multnomah County, with elevations up to 1,000 feet. Hills
forming a spur of the Coast Range, with elevations from 500 to 1,200 feet
mark the northern boundary. The Chehalem Mountains thrust into the
They rise to an elevation of 1,700
valley forming the southern boundary.
feet.
Topography of the main range is rugged and broken with slopes rising
The hills are less rugged, with gentle slopes
sharply from the lowland.
and rounded ridge tops. Elevation of the lowland varies from 140 feet
to 275 feet, averaging about 200 feet.
The principal industries of the county are agriculture and lumbering.
However, with the rapid population increase in recent years, manufacturing and business are also becoming extremely important aspects of the
county's economy.
Following is some general information for Washington County. 1/
Area:
Population:
716 square miles
462,720 acres
Elevation at Hilisboro:
210 feet
178,300
(July, 1972)
True Cash Value:
$1,734,245,514
(July, 1972)
Average Temperature:
Summer - 65 . 2 F
41.3 F
County Seat:
1/
Principal Industries: Agriculture,
Lumbering, Manufacturing, Food
Processing, Electronics
Hilisboro
Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Myers, Secretary of State,
Oregon Blue Book, 1973-74, January 1973
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
Washington County, embracing most of the Tualatin River drainage
basin is bordered by mountain ranges and hills and set apart as a geographic entity. The river valley, rises in the Coast Range in the south
western portion of the county and traverses an irregular course across
the southern section.
It covers half of the county forming a broad
fertile plain. The lowland area of the valley gradually slopes upward
to the hills, and moves abruptly into the Coast Range. The valley
area is oval shaped and contains approximately 240,000 acres.
The western boundary of the county is the Coast Range, with elevations
ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 feet.
The eastern boundary rises into the
West Hills, bordering Multnomah County, with elevations up to 1,000 feet.
Hills forming a spur of the Coast Range, with elevations from 500 to 1,200
feet mark the northern boundary.
The Chehalein Mountains, rising to 1,700
feet, thrust into the county forming the southern boundary.
The county is divided into two major topographical-structural
provinces which are, from west to east: the Coast Range uplift and
the Willamette trough, respectively.
The breaking up of the glaciers at the end of the glacial age,
following the era of inundation, hollowed out the Tualation Valley region.
Hence, the soils of the region are of two general types--residual in the
hills and alluvial in recent deposits in the valley.
The rock formations beneath the alluvial sediments are presumed to
be the same as the Coast Range.
The Bocene sedimentary and volcanic
formations underlie the Columbia River basalt which crops out in the area
west of the Willamette River.
Following weathering and erosion of the
Columbia River basalt, a thick, structureless, light brown silt, known as
the Portland Hills silt and believed to be bess of probably middle
Pliestocene age, was deposited on the Portland Hills in depths of 25
to 100 feet.
The Columbia River and the Willamette River below the falls at
Oregon City were influenced by the vacillating sea level and are in a
mature state with drowned valleys, broad floodplains, sloughs, lakes,
and islands. The upper Willamette River and Tualatin River have broad
floodplains and meander belts with sioughs and oxbow lakes.
Climate
The climate of Washington County is determined primarily by its
location within the zone of the prevailing westerlies and its proximity
to the Pacific Ocean. During the late fall, winter, and early spring,
the basin is exposed to frequent cyclonic and frontal passages imbedded
in the prevailing eastward or northeastward
moving current of maritime
air.
During the midwinter, a Polar continental air mass occasionally
invades the basin for short periods, bringing cold weather into the area.
Ccnerally, the winters are mild and wet and the suimners dry and warm.
Most of the precipitation occurs as rain, even in the higher elevations.
Occasionally snow will accumulate during a storm when accompanied by a
cold spell, but the amounts are relatively small as compared to the
rainfall. Temperatures throughout the year are generally mild, with only
an occasional daily mean below freezing during the winter. Likewise,
there are only a few days a year when the temperature will exceed 90 F
The normal precipitation for the county is about 50 inches and varies
trom a mini'um of about 36 inches between Beaverton and Hillsboro to over
90 inches along the western edge of the basin near the summit of the
Coast Range.
Over 60 percent of the annual precipitation is normally
recorded during the 4-month period, November through September, with
July being the driest month. Forest Grove, centrally located within the
county, has a 60-year average precipitation of 46 inches, with a maximum
annual precipitation of 66 inches and amminimum of 26 inches.
The annual
Snowfall in the valley portion of the county is light.
averages at Forest Grove and Hillsboro. are 15.9 and 9.9 inches, respectively. There are no established snow courses in the mountains bordering
the county, but there is reason to believe that as much as 3 to 4 feet
of snow could accumulate at the higher altitudes during a storm with a
prolonged coidspell
Such an accumulation would be unusual since normally the snow remains on the ground for only a short period. During the
average flood-producing storm, the run-off from the melting of any snow
cover that may have accumulated would be relatively small as compared
to the run-off from rainfall. Snowmelt, therefore, isonly a minor
source of flood run-off under normal conditions.
Normally temperatures in Washington County are mild. The four seasons
of the year are experienced, but they bleni into one another without proExtremes in temperature are uncommon in the county.
nounced changes.
Occasionally in mid-winter a Polar continental air mass invades the area
for short durations, bringing freezing but rarely subzero temperatures
into the basin.
In a normal winter there are about 27 days in which the
temperature falls to the £'reezing point, or lower, but on only about 4
of these days does it remain below freezing throughout he day. About 7
days of the year normally experience temperatures of 90 F., or above.
Records of temperature have been kept for periods of about 60 years at
Forest Grove and about 24 sears at Hilisboro. At Forest Grove the mean
annual temperature is 52.1 F., the average daily maximum is 63.1°F., and
the average daily minimum is 42O F. The absolute maximum temperaure
recorded at Forest Grove is 108 F. and the absolute minimum is -18 F.
Table 1.
Weather Stations, Elevation and Years of Record
Washington County
Station
Elevation
Glenwood
Buxton S E Meacharn Ranch
Buxton Mountainclal e
Buxton Mountaindale
Buxton
Hillsboro
Forest Grove
Dilley 1.S
1/
Years of Record
477
1/
300
310
360
325
203
175
165
1/
2
4
1/
1/
1/
1/
Station established prior to 1951; full 10 year record available.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census
of U S Climate, Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon
No. 86-31, 1965.
SOURCE:
Table 2.
Temperature and Precipitation, Washington County, By Month, 1951-1960 Averages
Station
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. MayJJune Juiy Aug. Sep.
Average
Temperature
Hi 1 lsboro
Forest Grove
Hil lsboro
SOURCE
38.7 42.0 44.4 50.9 57.0 61.2 67.4 66.0 62.8 54.3 44.4 40.6
38.6 41.8 44.2 50.7 56.7 61.0 66.3 65.1 62.0 53.7 44.4 40.8
9.57 5.79 5.15 2.62 1.98 1.66
942562484236176146
732427370183198161
.34
28
24
.53 1.54 3.97 6.55 7.80
561393711613745
59124312433588
U S Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U S
Supplement for 1951-1960, Oregon, No. 86-31, 1965.
Station
Annual
52.5
52.1
inches
Table 3
Jan.
Forest Grove
14
Hil isboro
14
SOURCE
Dec.l
degrees Fahrenheit
Total
Precipitation
Dilley 1 S
Forest Grove
Nov.
47.50
44.98
36.11
Climate,
Freeze Data for Washington County, 1951-60 Averages
Mean Number of Days with Temperatures of 320 F. or Below
June - July Aug. Sep. JOct. Nov. Dec.
Annual
Feb. Mar. Apr. May
12
12
11
11
5
1
3
1
0
0
10
10
13
12
U S Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U S
Supplement for 1951 through. 1960, Oregon No. 86-31, 1965.
70
65
Climates,
Mean Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures, Washington County, by Month,
1951-1960 Averages
Table 4
Mar. Apr. May
Station
June July
Annual
Dec.
Mean Daily
degrees Faitrenheit -----
!inimum Temp.
Forest Grove..
Fiji isboro
32.8 34.1 35.0 38.6 43.9 48.4 50.7 49.6 47.1 42.1 36.1 34.4
33.0 34.6 35.6 39.5 44.9 49.3 52.4 51.4 48.5 43.2 36,5 34.5
Mean Daily
Maximum Temp.
42.0
degrees Fahrenheit
44.4 49.4 53.3 62.6 69.5 73.5 81.9 80.5 76.9 65.4 52.6 47.1
44.4 49.4 53.1 62.4 69.0 73.0 82.3 80.4 77.0 65.5 52.2 46.6
orest Grove
Hil isboro
SOURCE:
41
63,!
6.9
U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U.S. Climates,
Supplement for 1951 throui 1960, Oregon No. 83-21, 1965.
For more recent climatological data on Washington County see: U.S.
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Environmental Data Service, Climatological Data, Annual Summary 1971,
Volume 77, November 13, 1971.
So i is
Six general soil areas in Washington County are described in the
Each of the soil areas contains one or more
narrative that follows
soil groups which have similar parent material and may be related in
other ways.
As streams flow through the valleys, they have developed floodThis sediment of
plains of recent alluvium by depositing sediment
gravel, sand, silt, clay, and pyroclastic debris gives rise to
soils with limited development and characteristics conforming closely to
the parent material. Areas of these soils are subject to flooding with
the related erosion, drainage, and cropping problems. The main use is
cropland. Almost all of the soils respond well to irrigation. Water
is generally available from wells or streams.
The recent alluvial soils of the Tualatin River and other streams
Soil texture and internal drainage
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are used as criteria for separating and describing the soil series.
Camas is an Al1uial soil with a moderately shallow, excessively drained,
Newberg is an Alluvial soil with very deep,
coarse textured profile
somewhat coarse textured profile. Cloquato is an Alluvial soil ith
Chehalis is an
a very deep, well drained, medium textured profile
Alluvial soil with a very deep, well drained, moderately fine textured
Maytown in an Alluvial soil with a very deep, moderately well
profile.
Wapato is a Low Hunu.c Gley
drained mo&rately fine textured profile
soil with a very deep, imperfectly drained, moderately fine textured
Reed is a Low Hunuic Gley soil with a very deep, poorly drained,
profile
Cove and Tangent are Humic Gley soils with
very fine textured profile
very deep, poorly drained, very fine textured profiles
the Camas-Cheha1is-Wato group
Adjacent to the recent alluvial soils is a higher terrace composed
of sediments of two different formations. Most of the parent material
is Willamette silts. These soils are mainly used for cropland, and
almost all respond well to irrigation.
The soils of this area are
level to gently sloping, moderately coarse to fine textured, somewhat
excessively to poorly drained, and slightly to strongly acid.
The drainage catena composed of the Hillsboro, Willamette, Woodburn,
Amity, and Dayton soils has developed on the Willamette silts. Hillsboro is a Prairie like soil with a very deep, well drained, medium
textured profile. Woodburn is a Gray Brown Podzolic soil with a very
deep, moderately well drained, moderately fine textured profile with a
fragipan. Amity is a Gray Brown Podzolic-Low Humic intergrade soil with
a very deep, imperfectly drained, moderately fine textured profile.
Dayton is a Planosol soil with a poorly drained, deep, fine textured
profile with a claypan at 12 to 20 inches from the surface. There
are small areas of gravelly soils including the well drained Sifton and
Salem, the imperfectly drained Clackamas, and the poorly drained Courtney.
The bess soil areas occur in the same physiographic position as
the terraces formed by the Willamette silts and Portland sands and
gravels.
In some locations they are adjacent. The method of deposition of the boessial parent material is either byaeolian action or by
a combination of aeolian and alluvial action as some has been redistributed by water. These soils are used mostly for cropland, and almost all
respond well to irrigation.
A drainage catena is recognized including the following soils: Cornelius, Quatama, Helvetja, Aloha, and Huber. Cornelius is a very deep,
well drained, moderately fine textured Gray Brown Podzolic like soil.
Quatama is a very deep, moderately well drained, medium textured Gray
Brown Podzolic like soil which may have a weak fragipan at 48 inches
or deeper.
Aloha is a very deep, imperfectly drained, medium textured
Gray Brown Podzolic like soil with a weak fragipan at 30 to 40 inches
below the surface. Huber is a moderately deep, poorly drained, fine
textured Low Humic Gley soil
Helvetia is a very deep, moderately well
drained, fine textured Reddish Brown Lateritic soil occuring on slightly
higher elevations.
A deposit of light brown, massive, sandy and silty bess in depths
as great as 100 feet mantles the Portland Hills and the Chehalem Mountains.
This homogeneous, structureless, silt is composed predominately
of quartz and other minerals that indicate that it is not the product of
residual weathering of basalt. It is believed that the surface of the
bess conforms rather closely to that of pre-exisiting topography of the
underlying rock
The origin of the bess was the glacial outwash plains
adjacent to the Columbia River
Forest is the predominate land use on
these soils, but small areas are used for cropland and range
Almost
all of them respond well to irrigation
The soils are the Laurelwood, Kinton, Cascade, and Delena series.
Laureiwood is a very deep, well drained, medium textured Reddish Brown
Lateritic soil.
Kintori is a very deep, moderately well drained, moderately fine textured Reddish Brown Lateritic soil with a weak fragipan
at 24 to 36 inches. Cascade is an imperfectly drained, fine textured
Sols Lessive soil with a moderate fragipan at 24 to 48 inches. Delena
is a very deep, poorly drained, moderately fine textured Low Huniic Gley
soil in depressional areas with a moderate fragipan at less than 48
inches.
Soils are developed from igneous materials occur on the higher
elevations of the Coast Range. The parent material is weathered basalt,
andesite, gabbro, rhyolite, and consolidated pyroclastic materials.
Small areas of young laval flows in the high Cascades have weathered
very little and have little to no soil development. The soils in this
group are used mainly for forest and recreation with small areas used
for cropland and range.
Estacada is a deep, well drained, moderately fine textured Reddish
Nekia is a
Brown lateritic soil in the lower areas of the Cascades.
moderately deep to deep, well drained, fine textured Reddish Brown
Lateritic soil in the lower area. McCully is a very deeep, well drained,
fine textured Sol Brun Acide soil in the lower foothill area of the
Cascades. Olympic is a moderately deep to deep, well drained, medium
to moderately fine textured Reddish Brown Lateritic soil in the lower
foothill area. Viola is a moderately shallow to moderately deep, poorly
drained, fine textured Planosol soil in the Cascades. Kinney is a moderately deep to very deep, well drained, moderately fine textured Sol
The Sandy-Bull Run Soil survey
Brun Acide soil in the high Cascades
by the Forest Service indicates that Brown Podzolics, Sol Brun Acides,
and Regesols also occur in the high Cascades.
Soils derived from sedimentary rocks are found in the Coast Range,
and the parent material is weathered marine micaceous and tuffaceous
sandstone, siltstone and shale.
The Willakenzie, Peavine, and Melbourne series are associated with
Willakenzie and Peavine are modHazelair, Dupee, and Panther soils
erately deep to deep, well drained, moderately fine textured Reddish
Melbourne is a moderately deep to deep, well
Brown Lateritic soils
Hazelair
drained, moderately fine textured Reddish Brown Lateritic soil
is a moderately deep to deep, imperfectly drained, deep to very deep,
imperfectly drained, moderately fine, fine textured Humic Gley soil.
Panther is a moderately deep, poorly drained, fine textured Huinic Gley
soil.
Soil Characterisitcs and Land Capability
An interpretive grouping of soils into "Land Capability Classification"
has been developed by the Soil Conservation Service. This grouping shows,
Soil characin general, how suitable soils are for most kinds of farming
teristics such as depth, texture, wetness, slope, erosion hazard, overflow hazard, permeability, structure, reaction, waterholding capacity,
inherent fertility and climatic conditions as they influence the use and
management of land are considered in grouping soils into eight land
capability classes. These eight classes are designated by Roman numerals.
The hazards and limitations of use of the groups increase as the elass number increases. Class I land has few hazards or limitations, whereas
Class VIII land is so limited that it is unfit for cultivation and grazing.
This land can be used only for recreation, wildlife habitat, or water
supply.
Table 5.
Land Area and Use of Inventory Acreage, Washington County, 1967
Use
Acres
Inventory Acreage
Cropland
Pasture
Range
Forest and woodland
Other land
248,600
9,000
Total inventory acres
396,237
Percent of total land area in inventory
131,528
7,109
0
86.47
Non-Inventory Acreage
Federal land
Urban and built-up areas
Water areas
12,300
48,113
Total non-inventory acres
61,963
Total land area
SOURCE:
458,200
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation
Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service and OSU Extension
Service, 1971.
Table 6.
Conservation Treatment Needs, Washington County, 1967
Classification
ALL CROPLAND
Cropland needing treatment
Type of treatment needed:
Residue cover
Sod in rotation
Drainage
Management
Other
ALL PASTURE
Pasture needing treatment
Type of treatment needed:
Establishment of vegetation
Improvement of vegetation
Change in land use
SOURCE:
1,550
Acreage
131,528
77,230
4,608
2,225
41,159
10,818
18,420
7,109
6,570
3,619
916
2,035
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation
Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service and Oregon State
University Extension Service, 1971.
Table 7.
Use of Inventory Acreage by Capability Class and Type of Limitation
Washington County, 1967
Capability Class
and Limitations 1/
Crop land
Use in Acres
Forest
Pasture-Range
Other
Total
0
2,836
364
19,964
77,678
2,836
0
12,984
64,032
118
0
6,498
8,600
28,338
12,353
944
1,888
20,831
3,440
727
9,421
2,124
24,080
2,500
1,564
0
191
0
0
2,035
363
0
150,006
10,572
0
0
20,000
4,000
20,000
4,000
0
382
382
7,109
248,600
5,046
0
50,113
18,408
38,125
1,755
V
VI
E
S
0
152,404
10,572
VII
E
S
VIII
S
Total
1/
131,528
9,000
396,237
E - main limitation is erosion.
W - water in soil interferes with plant growth
S - soil is shallow, droughty or stony.
C - main limitation is climate, too cold or too dry
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, 0reon Soil and Water Conservation
Needs Inventory, U S D A Soil Conservation Service and Oregon State
University Extension Serivce, 1971.
Limitations:
SOURCE
Land Ownership and Use
Land ownership has been classified as federal, state, county and
municipal, and private. About 83 percent of the county is privately
owned, compared to the state which is 56 percent publicly owned.
Public lands occupy 17.3 percent of the county with the State of
Oregon owning 11.7 percent and the remaining 5.6 percent divided almost
equally between federal and county and municipal ownership.
Land use in Washington County is devoted primarily to development of
timber and agricultural areas, and to various other activities such as
residential,
Washington County has a total area of 458,240 acres of which approxApproximately 50 percent is
imately 45 percent is devoted to agriculture
either forested or vacant and only about 5 percent is urbanized.
Table 8.
Land Use and Ownership, Washington County, 1964
Item
Total land area
Washington Count
Acres
Percent
State
Percent
458,240
100.00
100.00
14,618
3.19
.49
Land Use
Urban
Industrial
Military
Intensive agriculture
Dryland farming
Forests
Parks
Conservation
Grazing
Non-productive land
. 16
. 10
212,073
46.28
231,549
50.53
6.52
3.33
44.84
-
2.25
41.50
-
. 32
.49
-
Land Ownership
Total private land ownership
Total public land ownership
Federal
State
Local
SOURCE:
279,113
79,127
12,385
53,438
15,304
82.7
17.3
2.7
11.7
2.9
44.2
55.8
51.8
2.9
1.1
Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for Development, 1964.
Table 9.
Land Area in Highways, Streets, and Roads, Washington County
Ownership
Acres
Washington County
Percent
State highways
County roads
City streets
2,470
7,985
605
22.33
72.19
5.47
11,060
100.00
Total
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Revenue and Oregon State Highway Division,
unpublished data.
Table 10.
Inventory of State-Owned Real Property, Washington County, 1970
Annua 1
Acres
Agency
Value
Total
Value
Rental
Income
$1,608
Improv.
Land
Value
49,657.02
Dept. of Forestry
University of Oregon
174.19
Medical School
Division of State
240.00
Lands
11.35
Military Department.
Highway Division
422.78
Parks
Office and Main12.50
tenance
$7,572,411
$190,938
$7,753,349
104,514
264,299
368,813
110,000
29,525
-
321,670
110,000
351,195
19,720
67,570
87,290
480
50,517 84
$7,872,649
$844,477
$8,717,126
$2,088
Total
SOURCE:
46,479
-
46,479
Legislative Fiscal Committee, Inventory of State-Owned Real Property,
By County, Sec. 7, 115 State Capitol, Salem, Oregon, 1970.
Agricultural Land
The land base for agriculture in Washington County is 172,055 acres.
Of this 123,648
Fhis represents about 38 percent of the total land area
acres are in harvested cropland, 18,085 acres are used for pasture or grazing,
32,291 acres are woodland or woodland pasture and 29,154 acres are used
for other purposes.
Only 13,936 of the 172,055 acres of farland are irrigated. The
following table gives more detailed information on the land in farms
in Washington County
Table 11.
Land in Farms, Washington County, 1964 and 1969
1969
1964
Acres
Item
Percent
Acres
Percent
Total land area
Proportion in farms
458,245
100.00
43.7
458,368
100.00
37.5
Acres in farms
Cropland harvested
200,345
99,313
15,542
12,251
100.00
49.57
7.75
6.11
172,055
92,525
18,085
13,038
100.00
53.77
10.51
7.57
pasture
Other land
47,382
25,826
23.65
12.89
32,291
16,116
18.76
Irrigated land
15,937
7 95
13,936
8.09
Crop land pasture
Other crop land
Woodland mci. woodland
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1969,
Vol. 1, Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 1967, 1972.
9 . 36
Forest Lands
Before it was settled by white men, the vast bulk of Washington County's
surface was forested. In the valley, there were natural prairies of grassland, and areas sparsely stocked with oak and Douglas-fir.
The hills and
mountainous areas were almost entirely forested, for the most part with
old-growth timber of large size.
Now, after more than a hundred years of settlement, with subsequent
logging of the forest areas and some serious forest fires, the valley
appears as an irregular patchwork of cultivated land, pasture, and forest
tracts.
Mountainous areas, while still mostly forest land, are occupied
by an intermingling pattern of cover types in which denuded, brushy,
and restocked tracts predominate, and commercial timber stands are but
small scattered remants.
Only a conjecture of the present state of the forest-growing areas
(data of the forests, the timber, and forest resources) is possible
as no
thorough, inclusive survey or appraisal has been made for
many years.
However, very little marketable timber is left in Washington County, and
most of the logs come from outside the area. More than half the total
forest area has been reforested and is now growing a new timber crop.
The remainder is either poorly stocked or contains large areas needing
replanting and management to protect and encourage reforestation.
The State Forest Protective District contains approximately 208,643
acres and is in the hill area.
Some 75,117 acres of forest land lie in
the scattered forest parcels throughout the flat agricultural
land and
are underthe jurisdiction of the State Department of Agriculture.
Table 12.
Volume of all Growing Stock and Sawtimber by Ownership,
Washington County, 1963
Total Commercial
Growing Stock
Ownership
million
cubic ft.
percent
Total Commercial
Sawt imber
million
board ft. 1/
percent
National forest
Other public
Forest industry
Farmer and misc
private
123
33.33
486
36.79
246
66.66
835
63.20
Total
369
100.00.
1,321
100.00
International ¼ inch rule; not reported by Scribner log rule.
SOURCE:
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Northwest Oregon, Resource
Bulletin PNW-7, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.
1/
Table 13.
Forest Acreage, Ownership and Use, Washington County, 1963
Acres
Item
Percent
LAND
458,000
255,000
255,000
Total land
Forest land
Commercial
Unproductive
Productive-reserved
Non-forest
100.00
55.67
55.67
1/
203,000
44.32
255,000
100.00
95,000
8,000
37.25
3.13
152,000
59.60
OWNERSHI P
All ownerships
National forest
Other public
Forest industry
Farmer and miscellaneous
private
Less than 500 acres.
SOURCE
U S Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Northwest Oregon, Resource
Bulletin, PNW-7, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.
1/
Table 14.
Volume of All Growing Stock and Sawtimber on Commercial Forest Land
by Species, Washington County, 1963
Species
Total Commercial
Growing Stock
million
cubic ft.
All species
Douglas-fir
True firs
Western hemlock.
Western redcedar
Hardwoods
percent
100.00
70.46
2.98
2.43
369
260
11
9
1.35
22.76
5
84
Total Commercial
Sawtimber
million
board ft. 1/
1,014
791
31
36
percent
100.00
78.00
3.05
3.55
.78
8
14
14.59
Scribner log rule.
1/
SOURCE
U S Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Northwest Oregon, Resource
Bulletin, PNW-7, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.
Water
The Tualatin River and its tributaries drain a roughly oval-shaped
area of about 711 square miles in northwestern Oregon, practically all
Tualatin River, the northernof which is located in Washington County
most major tributary to enter the Willamette River from the west, originates on the east slope of the Coast Range and flows generally southeasterly to its confluence with the Willamette River at river mile 28 5,
approximately 2 miles above Oregon City
The upper reaches of the main stream and tributaries are characterThe slopes of the streams are
ized by narrow valleys and steep ridges
relatively great in this part of the watershed. Where the streams
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emerge. from the foothills, the topography changes abuptly to very flat
valleys and relatively wide flood plains and correspondingly flat slopes.
In the vicinity of Gaston, river mile 65.9, the slope of the main stream
changes from approximately 12 feet per mile to approximately 3 feet per mile.
From Gaston to a point near the mouth of Fanno Creek, river mile 9.5,
the river traverses an irregular flood plain averaging about 1.24 miles
in width and has an average slope of 1.0 feet per mile.
In the reach from
Dairy Creek to the Oregon Iron and Steel Company Dam, however, the average
slope is about 0.2 feet per mile. This flood plain at its lower end
narrows abruptly to less than one-fourth of a mile in width. From about
river mile 6.5 to the mouth, the river flows through a narrow gorge.
This constriction at the lower end of the flood plain, in addition to a
number of natural reef dams and the flat slopes, seriously limits the
existing channel capacity. Flood run-off from headwater areas is temporarily detained because of constrictions and flat slopes, causing large
areas along the main stream and major tributaries to be inundated after
each storm.
The principal flood-producing tributaries of the Tualatin River have
their sources on the east slope of the Coast Range. Gales Creek, Scoggin
Creek, and Tualatin River proper, above Scoggin Creek, drain the western
part of the basin. East and West forks of Dairy Creek drain the foothills
on the northwestern part of the basin and a considerable portion of the
western part of the basin floor.
McKay Creek, a tributary of Dairy Creek;
Rock Creek (North); and Fanno Creek rise in the hills forming the northeastern and eastern borders of the basin. Although these tributaries drain
a comparatively large area, they do not contribute greatly to flood peaks
on the Tualatin River as the area drained is mostly within the basin floor
and run-off is retarded by the flat gradient. The above creeks are all
left-bank tributaries, entering the Tualatin River either from the west
or north.
Tributaries on the south are relatively minor.
The characteristics of the stream flow in the Tualatin River are quite
similar to those of the annual rainfall pattern, in that high flows occur
during the late fall, winter, and early spring, and low flows prevail
during the summer. The upper reaches of the main stream and tributaries
quickly reflect any rainfall on their drainage areas because of the steep
terrain
In the lower reaches, the topography and stream slopes are flatter
and the run-off from a storm does not concentrate as rapidly
In the lower
reaches of the main stream, the accumulation of flood waters from the headwater tributaries tends to synchronize with the slow run-off from downstream
areas, causing extensive and prolonged flooding
About 65 percent of the
time the flow in the Tualatin River and its tributaries is less than the
annual average.
Records of stream flow for the Tualatjn lUver near the Willamette,
about 1.5 miles above the mouth, have been kept since 1928. Maximum
and minimum instantaneous discharges of the Tualatin River at its mouth,
for the period of record, are 29,300 second-feet, 23 December 1933, and 38
second-feet, 23 and 24 August 1939, respectively.
These figures include
the discharge at Fields Bridge and the discharge diverted from the river
through the Oswego Canal. The annual run-off at the Willamette station
has varied between 528,000 acre-feet and 1,531,000 acre-feet. These figures
correspond to 13 96 and 40 43 inches, respectively, of water over the watershed above the gauging station.
In 1939 and 1940, a number of new stream gauging stations were established on the middle and upper Tualatin River and its principal tributaries for the purpose of obtaining stream-flow data to be used in planning
the development of the water resources of the basin. These records show
that the annual unit run-off from Gales Creek, Scoggin Creek, and Tualatin
River above Gaston, Oregon, is approximately twice the average unit runoff for the entire basin, whereas Dairy and McKay Creeks have annual unit
run-off s approximately equal to the annual unit run-off for the basin
Annual Yield of Representative Streams, Washington County
Table 15.
Stream and
Gaging Point
Scoggins Cr. near Gaston..
Tualatin River near Dilley
Gales Creek near Gales Cr.
Drainage
Area
sq. miles
43.3
Years
of
Record
100,600
286,700
81,810
28
29
15
125
33.2
7
Mean Annual Yield
acre-feet!
sq. mile
acre-feet 2/
2,323
2,294
2,461
Annual yield of surface water is the net yield, or quantity of water, leaving
a drainage area during the hydrologic or water year, which extends from October
1 of one year to September 30 of the following year. Net yield is the precipitation on the area minus evaporation, transpiration, and net underground perAverage or mean annual yield actually reflects a composite of
colation
constantly changing conditions due to withdrawals from stream flow and changes
in watershed characteristics.
Acre-feet equals the quantity of water (43,650 Cu. ft.) that covers one acre
2/
to a depth of one foot.
SOURCE
U S Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Water Resources
Division, Water Resources Data for Oregon, Part 1, Surface Water
Records, 1968.
Table 16.
1xtremes of Dischage at Selected Stations, Washington County
Stream and Location
Scoggins Creek near Gaston....
Tualatin River near Dilley....
Gales Creek near Gales Creek..
1/
Maximum Discharge
Plow (cfs)
Year
1955
1964
1964
5,320
17,100
3,970
!I
Minimum Discharge
Flow(cfs)
Year
1958,1961
1967
1967
CFS - cubic feet per second.
U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources
Division, Water Resources for Oregon, Part 1, Surface Water
Records, 1968.
SOURCE:
.10
.08
1.7
Table 17.
Washington County Municipal Water Supplies, 1962-63
City
Population
Served (1962)
Eastern Group of Adjacent
Cities:
Wolf Creek
West Slope
Raleigh
Garden Home
Metzger
Progress
Beaverton
Tualatin
Tigard
Aloha
13,735
7,923
1,828
2,769
5,986
924
8,623
383
1,804
6,795
Western Group of Adjacent
Cities:
Hilisboro
9,378
Cornelius
Forest Grove
1,251
5,988
Water Source
Portland 2/
'I
'I
I,
'V
Met zger
'V
Wells
Wells
Hilisboro
Tualatin R.
Seine
Creek
Hillsboro
Clear Cr. E Gales
Creek
Average Daily
MGD
1.45
.73
.21
17
.45
.09
.62
.26
.28
.40
1.30
.15
.92
1/
2/
MGD - million gallons per day.
Under contract from City of Portland - Bull Run water supply.
SOURCE: Washington County, City-County Joint Planning Department, unpublished
data;
Wastes produced within Washington County consists of domestic sewage,
cannery wastes, slaughtering and meat packing wastes, paperboard plant
wastes, tannery wastes, milk products waste and miscellaneous wastes such
as those produced in the processing of potato chips and dog food.
In
terms of five-day bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD), it is estimated that
raw domestic, municipal and industrial wastes produced within the Tualatin
Basin on an annual basis average approximately 240,000 population equivalents (PE's). Wastes produced by industrial sources contribute the greater
portion of this amount.
Because of the particular nature of some of the industries in the
county, seasonal variability occurs in volumes and strengths of wastes
produced.
It is estimated, for example, that raw industrial wastes produced in the winter months average 124,000 population equivalents per day
and during the summer months, 172,000 population equivalents. On a dayto-day basis, even greater extremes can occur.
A variety of waste treatment methods and disposal practices exist
throughout the county.
Septic tanks with sub-surface disposal are employed in many areas not yet served by collection systems. Conventional
waste treatment facilities designed for the removal of solids, reduction
of biochemical oxygen demand and other waste constituents are in existence
in localities where municipalities and sanitary districts have provided
Industrial wastes are in some instances treated in
collection systems
combination with municipal waste and in other instances industrial waste
treatment is accomplished by lagooning and/or by land disposal and crap
Not all wastes, particularly those produced by certain indusirrigation
tries, are treated. Constant improvements in systems, facilities and practices, however, are taking place generally throughout the county.
Table 18.
Sewage Treatment Plants, Washington County, 1973
Design
Population
Location
Cedar Hills
Hilisboro-Rock Cr
Hillsboro-Westside
Hilisboro Jr. High
School
King City
Panavista
Ramada Inn
Tektronix
Tualatin
Unified sewerage:
Aloha
Banks
Beave rton
Come 1 ius
Fanno Cr
Forest Grove .....
Gaston
Met zger
Sherwood
Sunset Valley
Ti gard
Population
Served
TF
AS
AS
13,000
10,000
20,000
9,150
10,100
6,530
Beaverton Cr.
Rock Cr.
Tualatin R.
1963
1965
1966
AD
AD
AD
180
2,000
135
1,790
100
30
1965
1963
1970
AD(L)
AD
1947, 1962
1959
1936,1971
280
280
4,000
3,500
4,500
2,000
Beaverton Cr.
Tualatin R.
Cr. to Cedar
Mill Cr.
Tualatin R.
Beaverton Cr.
Tualatin R.
40,000
1,050
19,690
435
Beaverton Cr.
Dairy Cr.
TF
TF
AS
TF(L)
AD
AS
TF
AS
14,000
2,500
30,000
11,100
500
25,000
1,000
10,000
22,000
2,110
31,500
10,035
450
10,005
2,000
10,900
Beaverton Cr.
Tualatin R.
Fanno Cr.
Tualatin R.
Tualatin R.
Fanno Cr.
Cedar Cr.
Cedar Mill Cr.
AS
11,400
7,360
600
500
AD-EF
1965,1972
1936,1967
1950,1959,
1963,1972
1959
1961,1969
1952,1965
1936,1964
1966,1972
1951,1965
1958,1965
1957,1960,
1965,1970
AS(AL)
AD
1961,1964
AD
TF
Oregon Primate ReLab
search.
1/
Fanno Cr.
Bronson Cr.
AD - aerobic digestion
TF - trickling filter
EF - effluent filtration
L - lagoon
AS - activated sludge
Quality,
Water Quality Control,
Oregon State Department of Environmental
unpublished data from Portland office.
Types:
SOURCE:
Receiving
Stream
Minerals
Washington County's chief mineral resources are sand, gravel, crushed
rock, silt and clay for bricks and tile, and shale from which a light
Weight aggregate is made.
Some limestone is found in the Gales Creek area.
Ferruginous bauxite deposits are too low in grade to compete with imported
ore.
The sand, gravel, and crushed rock industry depends on the construction demands in the area.
Wildlife
Big game animals of Washington County are black-tailed deer, which are
year-round residents. There is a significant deer population throughout
the general region and extensive depredation occurs to certain row crops
and orchards. There is very little deer-pro6f fencing at present. The
Oregon State Game Commission alleviates deer depredation to agricultural
crops by special hunting seasons, issuance of kill permits, and the use
of repellent stations.
Deer harvest is not large in comparison with hunter effort expended.
The average annual harvest is about 250 deer. Average sportsman use is
approximately 4,500 hunter-days annually.
Vegetated ditchbanks, fence rows, streambanks and uncultivated lands
adjacent to agricultural tracts provide good upland game cover. The
present cropping pattern also contributes to maintenance of upland game
populations.
Principal species are ring-necked pheasants, California
quails, mourning doves, blue and ruffed grouse and band-tailed pigeons.
Brush rabbits are also present.
Increasing human populations resulting
from expanded suburban developments have had detrimental effects on upland game populations through habitat alteration and attendant factors.
Ring-necked pheasants comprise the major upland-game harvest. The Oregon
State Game Commission releases 1,000 adult male ring-necked pheasants in
the area each fall prior to the hunting season to supplement natural production
Small numbers of mourning doves and Califronia quails are also
harvested.
About 5,000 hunter-days are expended annually on upland game.
A substantial part of 1his hunting effort is attributed to proximity of
the area to urban areas.
Beavers, muskrats, raccoons, minks and a few river otters are the
fur animals of principal economic importance.
Weasels and skunks occupy
project lands but are seldom trapped due to low pelt values.
Watercourses
within the area provide good habitat for fur animals. An estimated average
of 22 licensed trappers harvest about 250 beavers, 190 muskrats, 40 raccoons,
20 minks and 5 river otters annually.
Waterfowl species utilizing the area include mallards, American
widgeons, pintails. 'nd wood ducks. Waterfowl nesting use of the lands
in the irrigable portion of the project is low, but use by migrant and
wintering birds is significant.
Most duck hunting occurs on small ponds
and flooded areas created in the fall during high run-off following
heavy rains. The impoundment site experiemces little use by waterfowl.
Approximately 4,000 hunter-days are expended annually in hunting waterfowl.
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Additional waterfowl habitat is needed throughout the Willamette
Valley to improve feeding conditions during migration and wintering periods,
to reduce depredation problems in southern portions of the Pacific Flyway,
and to realize more optimum opportunities for public recreational uses of
the waterfowl, including hunting,
Tualatin River and its tributaries support both anadronious and resident
game fish
Coho salmon, steelhead, and sea-run cutthroat trout are the
anadromous species
Resident game fish include rainbow and cutthroat
trout, largemouth bass, bluegills, yellow perch, crappies, and bullheads
Suckers and squawfish are the principal non-game fish
The Fish Commission
of Oregon had stocked coho salmon fry and fingerlings in the Tualatin River
basin since 1953 to more fully utilize available fish habitat. The Oregon
State Game Commission annually releases about 15,000 legal-size rainbow
trout in the Tualatin River system.
Of this total, 2,000 are liberated
in Scoggin Creek.
Most of the spawning by anadromous fish in the Tualatin drainage occurs
in Scoggin, Seine, Eiler, Gales, Clear and Tanner Creeks
Spawning ground
surveys indicate that runs of about 2,000 coho salmon and 250 steelhead
trout spawn annually in the Tualatin River system. About 400 coho salmon
and an undetermined number of steelhead and sea-run cutthroat trout spawn
annually in Scoggin Creek.
The potential of the Tualatin River for anadromous fish is limited
During
somewhat by existing conditions in lower reaches of the stream
low water periods the flow is almost entirely diverted for irrigation
and municipal water use upstream from the Oregon Iron and Steel Company
Dam.
Flashboards in this dam divert the remaining flow from the river
through Oswego Canal to Oswego Lake
When the low flow period extends
into October and November, anadromous fish are prevented from entering the
Tualatin River by lack of water between this dam and the river's mouth.
Table 19.
Big Game Animal Population Trends, Washington County
Game
Management Unit
Black-tailed deer
Scappoose 1/
Trask
Roosevelt elk
Scappoose 1/
Trask 1/
Miles
Traveled
Animals
Observed
Animals per Mile
5 yr.
1971
1971
1970
149
104
189
366
1.4
3.5
1.0
2.3
6
12
9
1.5
1.2
75
6.3
6.3
Average
Five year average, 1966-1970
The Scappoose and Trask Game Management Units are not completely contained
within Washington County, nor do they completely cover the total county
area.
SOURCE: Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
1.0
2.5
3.8
*
HUMAN RESOURCES
Population
Washington County is expected to have the highest population growth
rate in the four-county Portland metropolitan area over the next 10 years.
Its population is estimated to more than double between 1960 and 1980,
increasing from 92,000 to over 191,000 during the twenty year period.
More than 75 percent of the future growth is expected to occur within
the "urban" portion of the county directlyt of Portland. Approximately 16 percent is expected to occur in the cities of Cornelius, Forest
Grove, Hilisboro and their environs.
About eight percent should be
distributed over the balance of the county.
The following tables give information on distribution of population
by age, race, and sex and on growth of population in the county.
Table 20.
Number of Persons by Racial Group, Washington County, 1970
Racial Group
Number of Persons
Total
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
American Indian
Other
SOURCE:
157,920
153, 725
2,457
188
354
1, -196
Valde, Gary R., and Robert 0. Coppedge, Income and Poverty Data
for Racial Groups: A Compilation for Oregon Census County
Divisions, Special Report 367, Oregon State University Extension
Service, Corvallis, Oregon, 1972
Table 21.
Washington and Bordering Counties, Population and Rank Order
in Oregon, 1960 and 1972
1960
County
WASHINGTON
Co 1 umbi a
Ti 1 lamook
Mul tnomah
SOURCE:
5
20
Clatsop
Yamhill
Rank
15
22
1
13
19 72
Population
92,237
22,379
27,380
18,955
522,812
32,478
Rank
3
17
18
23
1
13
Population
178,300
30,070
28,800
18,400
560,000
42,190
U.S Bureau of theCensus, Census of Population: 1960 General Social
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C39, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962. Center for Population Research
and Census, Population Estimates of Counties and Incorporated Cities of
Oregon, Portland State University, July, 1972
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Table 22.
Land Area and Population Density, Washington County,
1950, 1960, 1970
Population Density
County and State
Land Area
1950
1960
1970
[
square miles
State of Oregon
WASHINGTON
96,248
716
646
843
Co lumb i a
Clatsop
Til lamook
1,115
424
Multnomah
714
Yamhil 1
SOURCE:
U.S.
1970
U.S.
1971
- -persons per sq. mile 15.8
85.6
18.4
128.8
34.6
33.4
17.0
1,233.0
45.5
356
37.5
16.7
1,112.1
46.9
21.7
220.5
44.6
33.7
16.1
1,312.9
59.1
Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1950, 1960, and
General Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-B39,
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1951, 1961, and
editions.
From 1910 through 1940, Washington County maintained a constant, or
a relatively constant growth, increasing in population an average of 2
percent per year, an increase from 21,522 to 39,194. Starting in about
1940, Portland's urbanizing influence expanded so that in the period between 1940 and 1950, the growth rate increased to an average of 4.6 percent per year, with a total increase of 56.9 percent, and a total 1950
population of 61,500 persons.
During the following ten-year period,
from 1950 to 1960, this higher growth rate continues with an average
annual increase of 4.1 percent, giving a total 1960 population of 92,237
persons, an increase of 49.6 percent. From 1960 to 1970, population
grew to an estimated 178,300, an increase of 93 percent over the 1960
population.
Table 23.
Year
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1965
1970
1972
SOURCE:
Population Growth, Washington County
Population
21,522
26,376
30,275
39,194
61,269
92,237
122,000
157,920
178,300
Percent Incre ase or Decrease
Period
Percent
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930- 1940
1940-1950
1950- 1960
1960-1965
1965- 1970
1970- 1972
-
22.6
14.8
29.5
56.3
50.5
32.3
22.7
11.4
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Esti mates of
Counties and Icorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
1972
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Popu1ation: General Population
Characterisitcs, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., various years.
Table 24.
Components of Change in Washington County's Population, 1940-1970
Year
1940- 1950
1950- 1960
22,075
30,968
65,683
1960-1970
SOURCE:
Natural
Increase
Net Change
5,201
11,549
13,378
16,874
19,419
52,305
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, General Demographic
Trends for Metropolitan Areas, 1960 to 1970, Final Report PHC (2)39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Oregon State Board of Census, Components of Population Growth,
Population Bulletin P-3, 1961.
Table 25.
Population Estimates of Incorporated Cities, Washington County,
Selected Years, 1960-1972
City and County
Banks
1960
347
Beaverton
Cornelius
Durham
Forest Grove
Gaston
Hil lsboro
5,937
1,146
-
5,628
320
8,232
1966
379
12,300
1,460
240
6,630
320
Tigard
Tualatin
Incorporated area
Unincorporated area
69,588
22,649
11,300
426
680
770
2,480
462
37,447
87,553
Total
92,237
125,000
King City
North Plains
-
Sherwod
680
1/
Net
Migration
-
-
359
1971
430
19,580
2,175
410
8,690 1/
1972
715
1,580
6,880
1,217
59,730
109,930
435
20,200
2,270
410
8,690
415
16,630
1,790
730
1,640
7,300
1,800
62,405
115,895
169,660
178,300
425 15,960 1/
1,575
Includes population annexed during period from April 1, 1970 to June 30,
1971.
SOURCE:
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
July, 1972.
Table 26.
Population by Age and Sex, Washington County, 1960 and 1970
Male
Age Group
Total Population
Under
5...
5-9..
10-14....
15-19.
20-24....
25-34.
35-44....
45-54...
55-64...
65 and over...
Median age
SOURCE:
Female
1970
1960
1970
1960
45,983
5,461
5,572
4,903
3,296
1,914
5,326
6,322
5,308
3,784
4,097
77,314
7,345
8,258
8,865
7,299
5,096
11,317
9,282
8,521
5,977
5,354
46,254
5,107
5,267
4,641
3,304
2,261
5,907
6,590
5,214
3,813
4,150
80,606
6,909
8,217
8,304
7,340
6,567
11,653
9,514
8,775
6,451
6,876
28.8
26.5
29.8
27.3
92,237 157,920
10,568 14,254
10,389
9,544
6,600
4,175
11,233
12,912
10,520
7,597
8,247
16,475
17,169
14,639
11,663
22,970
18,796
17,296
12,428
12,230
29.3
26.9
Percent
1960
1970
100.0
11.5
11.8
10.3
7.2
4.5
12.2
14.0
11.4
8.2
8.9
100.0
9.0
10.4
10.8
9.3
7.4
14.5
11.9
10.9
7.9
7.7
Population of Selected Cities by Age and Sex, Washington County, 1970
Age Group
Ti gard
Forest Grove
Hil isboro
Beaverton
1, 047
1,383
2,996
2,420
2,114
1,559
1,407
1,122
1,674
1,914
3,618
3,381
3,463
2,161
1,861
1,123
1,056
8,275
3,973
4,302
14,675
6,990
7,685
18,577
8,801
9,776
45-54
55-64
65 and over
607
921
1,072
1,034
504
478
315
371
701
1,449
1,967
950
713
783
665
Total population
Male
Female
3,302
2,535
2,767
5
5-14
15 24
25-34
35-44
SOURCE:
Tqtal
1970
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 and 1970 General
Population Characterisitcs, Final Report PC(1)-B39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961, 1971.
Table 27.
Under
1960
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Population Characterisitcs, Final Report PC(1)-B39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Employment
The manufacture of products has emerged as the most important segSince 1949 manufacturing
ment of Washington County's total employment
has increased from 2,677 employees with a total payroll of less than
$8,000,000 to 15,743 employees with a total pay-roll exceeding $120,000,000
in 1971. There .has also been a basic change in the type of manufacturing.
In 1949, the breakdown of manufacturing employment placed employees,
for the most part, in either the lumber industry or in food and kindred
products, which at that time accounted for 92.1 percent of the people
employed in all manufacturing. Since 1949, a very different picture
has appeared.
In 1971 these two categories were reduced to 16.6 percent
of the total manufacturing employment and the manufacture of electrical
equipment alone accounted for more than 50 percent of manufacturing
employees. Although the number of people employed in the manufacture
of lumber and food products has declined since 1949, their payrolls remain among the highest in the basic industries. Two thousand and sixty
people were employed in food and kindred products, with a payroll of
$14,010,889 and with less than half the 1949 number employed, the 1971
lumber and wood products payroll still reached $6,869,635.
These two
traditional industries have a smaller proportionate share but they still
represent major economic factors in the county economy.
Agriculture is also a large source of employment in the county.
Construction, education, retail trade, and personal services are also
employing increasing numbers of people, reflecting the growth in population in the county. The tables on the following pages give more detailed information on employment in the county.
Table 2.
Employment Status, Washington County, 1969 and 1970
Washington County
Subject
1969
1919
Total males, 14 years and over
Total labor force
Armed forces
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Inmate of institution
Enrolled in school
Other
30,950
24,269
51,019
42,120
Total females, 14 years and over
Total labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Inmate of institution
Enrolled in school
Other
31,858
10,625
10,150
475
21,233
230
2,925
18,078
55,488
25,394
23,871
1,517
30,094
637
3,603
5,782
16,416
Married (husbands present), in
labor force
Beaverton
1970 1
1960
NA
5,825
1,018
79
143
27
24,190
23,174
1,016
6,681
41,977
40,118
1,859
8,899
198
3,119
5,582
4,991
4,806
139
2,838
3,704
185
807
316
491
NA
6,780
3,598
3,420
"
178
3,182
132
345
2,705
5,854
NA
540
16 years and over.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1960 and 1970 General
Social and Economic Characterjsjtcs, Final PC(1) - C39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962, 1972.
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Table 29.
Percent of Age Group in Labor Force, 1970
Age Group
Washington County
Male
Female
Beaverton
Male
Female
Years
14-15
16-17
18-19
20-21
22-24
25-34
35-44
45-64
65 arid over
SOURCE:
18.6
44.2
63.8
75.9
89.0
96.6
97.6
92.7
27.0
12 1
.
30.0
61.5
63.5
60.7
470
52.1
51.9
9.6
15.2
46.2
64.8
77.5
88.6
96.5
97.7
92.5
25.7
12.2
34.5
62.7
65.1
68.3
51.4
56.0
60.0
18.9
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census o Population: 1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 30.
Industry Group of Employed, Washington County, 1960 and 1970
Number Employed
Industry
Agriculture
Forestry and fisheries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Lumber and wood products
Food and kindred products
Other
Transportation
Communications
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Business services
Personal services
Hospitals and health services.
Educational services
Professional and related services
Public administration
Utilities and sanitary services
Not reported
SOURCE:
1960
2,781
2,144
7,896
1,34Q
1,223
5,333
1,557
590
1,871
5,101
373
2,375
501
2,119
1,770
1,309
458
702
1970
2,433
3,694
16,220
1,353
1,199
13,668
2,522
11,062
4,491
9,352
5,992
2,371
3,393
5,876
3,025
2,431
1,062
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U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1960 and 1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(i)-C39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D,C., 1962 and 1972.
Table 31.
Washington County Occupations, 1970
Number Em.loyed
Female
Total
Occupation
Total employed, 16 years and over
Professional, technical, and
kindred workers
Engineers
Physicians and related
practitioners
Other health workers
Teachers
Technicians, except health
Other professional workers
Managers and administrators
Sales workers
Clerical and kindred workers
Craftsmen and kindred workers
Operative except transport
Transport
Laborers except farm
Farmers and farm managers
Farm laborers
Service workers
Cleaning service
Food service
Health service
Personal service
Protective service
Private household
-
SOURCE:
43,143
23,871
63,989
7,523
1,692
4269
11,792
1,692
713
-
72
842
1,090
1,529
155
1,495
903
1,789
8,623
375
3,341
713
1,160
2,299
1,051
4,875
7,644
5,904
11,192
7,876
6,841
2,099
2,444
903
876
5,871
1,220
2,112
763
896
3,380
6,741
4,115
2,569
7,501
3,500
1,955
2,258
818
635
144
186
85
241
2,480
972
594
3,391
248
1,518
48
186
715
607
557
19
23
524
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Social
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 32.
Number and Percent of Persons Unemployed in Washington County
and Bordering Counties, 1968 and 1971'
Number of
People
County
WASHINGTON 1/
Columbia
Clatsop
Til lamook
Yamhill
1/
793
576
547
Percent of
Labor Force
1968
1971
1968
1971
15,500
440
650
310
890
28,800
3.6
5.4
5.4
4.9
6.5
6.1
7.9
7.8
7.2
9.8
720
990
470
1,460
Figure includes Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington Counties in Oregon and
Clark County, Washington.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Labor Force and Employment in Oregon by County 1968 through 1971
publication, Research and Statistics Section, 1969, 1972.
Table 33.
Number of Hired Seasonal Workers in Agriculture by Type of Worker,
Hilisboro Area, 1965 and 1971, Midmonth Figures
Hilisboro Area
Intrastate
Migratory
Local
Month
May
June
July
August
September
October
SOURCE:
1965
1971
1965
300
8,590
1,485
2,150
925
425
9,295
3,300
2,095
755
675
35
615
30
95
30
25
750
Interstate
Mipatory
1971
1965
20
40
795
545
500
120
25
400
50
45
25
25
1971
75
900
400
500
125
50
Oregon State Department of Employment, 1965 Orepn Farm Labor Report,
1966.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
1971 Annual Rural Manpower Report, 1972.
Table 34.
Annual Average Labor Force in Portland Area 1/, 1968-1971
Number of Persons
Indus try
1968
1969
1970
1971
thousands
Civilian labor force
Workers in labor management disputes.
Unemployment
Percent of labor force
Einpl oyrnent
Agricultural
Nonagricultural
Self-employed, unpaid family
and domestics.
Wage and salary workers
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood
Primary metal
Electrical equipment
Other durab1e
Nondurables
Food products
Paper
Printing and publishing
Other
Nonmanufacturing
Contract construction
Transportation, communication,
utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance and real estate
Service and miscellaneous
Government
435.8
458.4
465.5
473.2
.5
.4
.5
15.5
3.6
419.8
12.0
407.8
16.2
3.5
26.1
5.6
438.9
11.8
427.1
1.0
28.8
6.1
443.4
10.5
432.9
441.8
12.7
429.1
46.2
361.6
86.8
55.9
9.7
6.6
8.9
30.7
30.9
10.2
46.5
380.6
85.7
54.8
8.7
6.5
10.0
29.6
30.9
9.0
274.8
18.0
47.5
381.6
91.3
59.9
9.5
7.0
9.8
33.6
31.4
10.5
7.7
4.0
9.2
290.3
19.5
4.0
9.0
294.9
17.3
47.8
385.1
83.8
53.6
8.7
6.2
9.6
29.1
30.2
10.4
7.1
4.0
8.7
301.3
17.8
29.7
88.1
22.8
59.3
56.9
30.4
92.5
24.2
64.6
59.1
30.2
92.6
24.7
67.7
62.4
29.6
93.8
25.0
70.4
64.7
7.9
3.8
.
103
7.6
Figures include Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington Counties in Oregon, and
Clark County in Washington. Counties not reported separately.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Labor Force and Employment in Oregon by COunty 1968 through 1971
publications, Research and Statistics Section, 1969, 1972.
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Table 35.
Median Earnings of Selected Occupation Groups, Washington County
1959 and 1969
Occupation Group
1959
1969
Male, total with earnings
Professional, managerial, and kindred
workers
Farmers and farm managers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Farm laborers
Laborers, excluding farm and mine
$5,374
$8,850
7,509
2,798
5,633
4,890
980
3,834
11 , 736
Female, total with earnings
Clerical and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
$2,274
3,004
2,576
$3,747
4,150
4,028
SOURCE:
5,917
8,858
7,359
1,744
5,237
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)C39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.,
1962 and 1972.
Table 36.
Covered Payrolls and Employment by Industry, Washington County,
1970 and 1971
Average Employment
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Mining
Contract construction
Lumber and wood products manufacturing
Food and kindred products manufacturing
Other manufacturing
Transportation, communication, electric, gas, and sanitary services
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance and real estate
Services and miscellaneous
Government
Yearly total
SOURCE:
1970
165
100
1971
Annual Payroll
1971
2,193
741
1,919
13,523
180
95
2,459
2,067
815
12,861
$882,308
956,229
2,202,610
14,010,889
6,869,835
99,759,848
1,151
7,902
1,028
3,000
558
1,212
8,960
1,256
3,325
592
10,311,015
55,607,181
8,595,750
15,908,849
5,204,066
32,283
33,826
239,333,749
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Oregon Covered Employment and Payrolls, 1970 and 1971, Summary Data,
Research and Statistics Section, 1971, 1972.
Table 37.
Local Government Employees and Payroll, Washington County
October, 1967
Employees and Earnings
I tern
.4,085
Employees
Full-time only
2,911
3,108
2,336
1,673
772
Full-time equivalent employment
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than education
Highways
Public welfare
Hospitals
Health
Police protection
Fire protection
Sewerage
Sanitation other than sewerage
Parks and recreation
Natural resources
Housing and urban renewal
Correction
Libraries
Financial administrati on
General control
Water supply
Other local utilities
Other and unallocable
140
48
96
94
38
5
30
2
9
9
70
85
71
12
63
$1,830,000
1,435,000
1,192,000
394,000
Ocotber payroll,
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than education
Average monthly earnings, full-time
employment.
Teachers
Others
SOURCE:
$712
450
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol.3, No.2,
Compendium of Public Employment, U.S Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
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Table 38.
Major Occupation Group of Unemployed, Washington County, 1960 and 1971
Number of Persons
Occupation Group
Professional, technical, and kindred workers
Farmers and farm managers
Managers, officials and proprietors,
excluding farm
Clerical and kindred workers
Sales workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Service workers, including private household
Farm laborers
Laborers, excluding farm and mine
Not reported
SOURCE:
1960
1970
31
16
315
81
161
81
215
336
185
594
806
519
145
370
411
110
113
180
78
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1960 and 1970
(ieneral Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)L.', uregon, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.,
1962, 1972.
Income
Table 39.
Net Effective Buying Income Estimates, Washington County
1965 and 1970
Net Dollars
Area
1965
1970
thousand dollars
State of Oregon
WASHINGTON County
Beaverton
SOURCE:
$4,522,279
302,960
NA
$6,650,690
587,281
77,728
Per Household
1965
- -
1970
dol lars -
$7,436
8,756
NA
-
$9,440
11,538
12,145
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics,
1967 and 1971, University of Oregon, 1967, 1972.
NA - not applicable.
Table 40.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Washington County, 1970
Item
Mean Income
Families:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish language
Black
Other
Unrelated individuals:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish language
Black
Other
Families by Family Income Class
All races:
under $3,999
$4,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $11,999
$12,000
total .....
Caucasian:
under $3,999..................
$4,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $11,999
$12,000+
total
Spanish language;
under $3,999
$4,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $11,999
$ 12,000
total
Biack:
Number
Percent
j
$12,939
12,983
10,009
6,833
12,157
4,594
4,682
2,570
1,414
2,555
3,250
2,906
16,261
19,053
41,470
7.84
7.01
39.21
45.94
100.00
3,145
2,832
15,898
18,757
40,632
7.74
6.97
39.13
46.16
100.00
70
54
213
159
496
14.11
10.89
42 94
32.06
100.00
40.00
60.00
under $3,999
$4,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $11,999
$12 , 000
total
Other:
under $3,999
$4,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $11,999
$l2,000
total
15
100.00
35
14
10.70
4.28
43.12
41.90
100.00
141
137
327
Table 40, cont.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups,
Washington County, 1970
I tern
Income below poverty level (bpl) 1/
Families bpl
All races
Caucasian
Spanish language
Black
Other
Persons in families bpl
Unrelated individuals bpl
Under 65
65 and over
Male family head, 14-64 yrs., bpl
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Female family heads bpl in labor
force with children below 6 years
Income source of families and
unrelated individuals bpl
Earnings
Social security or railroad
retirement
Public assistance or welfare
Number
Percent
1,909
1,825
48
100.00
95.60
2.52
6
31
1.57
30
6,645
1,928
1,303
642
82
181
183
2,693
1,804
550
Blank spaces indicate a zero, suppressed data, or not applicable.
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Poverty levels are federally defined.
For further definition of poverty
levels, see:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
SOURCE: Valde, Gary R., and Robert 0. Coppedge, Income and Poverty Data for
Racial Groups: A Compilation for Oregon Census County Divisions,
Special Report 367, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 1972.
Table 41.
Year
Bank Debits and Deposits, Washington County, 1965-1971
Bank Debits 1/
Washington
Beaverton
County
Bank Deposits
Washington
County
thousand dol lars
$986,949
1,141,933
1,233,955
1,526,994
1,651,850
1,839,825
2,377,947
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
$414,819
508,233
526,000
669,535
626,224
635,815
797,5 16
$106,658
118,348
138,801
172,632
166,460
199,219
NA
NA - not available.
Bank debits represent the dollar value of checks drawn against deposit acL-ounts
1/
Included are debits to demand deposit accounts
of individuals and businesses
of individuals, business firms, and state and other political subdivisions,
Excluded are debits to U.S. Governand payments from escrow or trust accounts.
ment, interbank, time and savings accounts, and several other categories of
accounts.
SOURCE
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics, 1965,
1967, 1972, University of Oregon, 1965, 1967, 1972.
Education
Educational facilities include ten high schools, ten junior high
Adult education programs
schools, and fifty-seven elementary schools
are available in several of the high schools in primarily non-credit
Summer courses for school age children
courses for personal enrichment.
can be taken for enjoyment, improvement, or remedial work through the
school system. The Y.W.C.A. also holds extension courses in the area.
City and school recreation programs fuimish year-round activities to both
children and adults. Parks, schools, and recreation district facilities
make a varied program possible.
Through the work of the Washington County Association for Retarded
Children, and many Washington County clubs and associations, a school
has been built at Aloha, where the retarded children can learn to live
in their world to the best of their abilities.
Table 41.
Formal Education Facilities, Washington County, 1969-70 and 1971
School District, Type School
and Number of Each Type
Banks School District #13
Elementary - 4
High School - 1
Beaverton School District #48J
Elementary - 26
Jr. High - 5
High School - 3
Farmington School District #58J
Elementary - 1
Forest Grove School District#15
Elementary - 7
Junior High - 1
High School - 1
Gaston School District #511J
Elementary - 2
High School - 1
Groner School Distriçt#39
Elementary - 1
Hillsboro School District #7
Elementary - 6
Hillsboro Union High District #3J
Junior High - 2
High School - 2
North Plains School District #70
Elementary - 1
Reedville School District #29
Elementary - 3
Sherwood School District #88J
Elementary - 1
High School - 1
Tigard School District #23J
Elementary - 6
Junior High - 2
High School - 1
West Union School District #1
Elementary - 1
Average daily membership.
SOURCES:
Oregon Board of High Education,
Enrollment 21
1969-70
1971
High School
Graduates, 1971
465
319
557
336
61
9,070
4,282
3,963
9,115
4,787
4,433
1,328
191
231
1,860
359
904
1,775
729
205
269
119
324
138
21
249
228.
824.
2,411
2,585
1,811
1,558
1,323
2,380
311
327
543
626
584
343.
676
355
67
2,519
1,127
1,012
2,521
1,236
1,063
330
336
360
493
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1971-72 Oregon School-Community
College Directory, and 1971 Oregon Public High School Graduates,
and Summary of Pupil Personnel for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30,
1969, School Finance and Statistical Services.
Table 42.
Racial and Ethnic Distribution of Public School Enrollment
by School D!i.strict, Washington County, 1972
Spanish
Surname
American
District
Black
White
-
Banks
Beaverton
883
18,831
Farmington View
Forest Grove
Gaston
Grover
- - -
Total
10
1
32
84
179
895
19,186
2
7
226
-
2
28
8
12
3
3,768
523
-
2
4
10
13
2,781
3,816
Sherwood
Tigard
West Union
4,932
348
-
38,059
64
- -
218
3
-
102
90
28
-
238
380
701
-
1, 186
Total
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number of students
1
Reedsvil le
Hillsboro UHS
North Plains
Other
60
215
3,521
490
226
2,667
3,708
352
700
Hil isboro
Indian
7
55
2
9
23
47
1
-
1,197
5,009
349
605
278
39,061
Includes Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and others.
1/
Compiled from Oregon Board of Education reports by Oregon State University
SOURCE
Cooperative Extension Service.
Table 43.
Years of School Completed by Population 25 Years and Over,
Washington County, 1970
Education
Number
Males
Number
Females
Total
Percent
83,714
471
100.00
Total, 25 years and over
No school years completed.
1-4 years
Elementary:
5-7 years
8 years
High School:
1-3 years
4 years
1-3 years
College:
4 years or more
40,445
311
402
1,798
4,084
5,041
12,256
7,177
9,386
43,269
1,400
3,947
6,133
18,307
7,363
5,565
8,031
11,174
30,563
14,540
14,951
Median school years completed..
12.7
12.5
12.6
SOURCE:
160
394
796
3,198
.56
.95
3.82
9.59
13.34
36.50
17.36
17.85
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Social
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 44.
Washington County Residents Enrolled in Higher Education
Insititutions, Fall 1971
Institution
Total enrolled
Eastern Oregon College
Oregon College of Education
Oregon State University
Portland State University
Southern Oregon College
University of Oregon
Oregon Technical Institute
University of Oregon Dental School
University of Oregon Medical School
Total in private and independent
institutions
SOURCE:
Number Enrolled
3,427
30
112
533
1,652
86
305
34
41
42
592
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, Post Secondary Enrollment
in Oregon, An Analysis -of the Statewide Student Enrollment Data
Survey, 1972.
Pacific University has the distinction of being one of the oldest
colleges in the West. "Old College Hall", now used primarily as a museum
and chapel, has been in continuous use as an education building since 1850.
The University's School of Music confers a Bachelor of Music Education and a
Bachelor of Music degree.
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees
are given for the Social Sciences, Humanities, Natural and Physical
Sciences, and Education.
The Graduate School offers Master of Arts and Master
of Science degrees in the fields of Education, Humanities, Natural and
Physical Sciences, and in the Social Sciences. The College of Optometry
grants a Doctor of Optometry degree. Situated in Forest Grove, the University adds much to the life of the community and the surrounding area.
Its College of Optometry, known for its research and the only such school
in the Northwest, has a community clinic.
Pacific University's Cultural
and Fine Arts Assembly Series is available to those who wish to participate
Washburn Hall, a new, million dollar structure, furnishes meeting rooms
for public use or large gatherings or banquets.
One of the seven in the country, the Primate Center administered by
the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon, is located off the Sunset
Highway near Aloha
The host institution for the Center is the University
of Oregon Medical School. Study areas so far established at the Center
include Anthropology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biomathematics,
Biology,
Biophysics, Pathology,
and Physiology
Basic research
is the prime activity of the center, butr it has already been used in many eases
for applied research. Visiting scientists may use the center for specific
investigations, or for study and training
The center provides research
and training facilities for investigation of primates during their life
cycle
The theory behind these centers is that intensive studies of primates will help advance medical science.
The first phases completed in
1963, includes three main buildings at the 250 acre site: a major science
laboratory; a central services building which houses a technical library,
cafeteria, photography facilities, and computer center for scientific
data processing; and the animal colony building. There are also four
supplementary buildings.
Table 45.
Youth Organizations, Washington County
Organization
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
4-H
Future Farmers
Girl Scouts
Junior Achievement
YMCA
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Community Pride
Membership
NA
2,538
2,294
166
1,633
1/
262
38
No chapter in county.
1/
NA - not available.
SOURCE:
1972 4-11, Future Farmers, Neighborhood Youth Corps and Communi-
ty Pride figures from Oregon State University Extension Office,
4-H Division, unpublished data; 1972 Girl Scout figures from
unpublished data received from Columbia River Girl Scout Council;
1972-73 Camp Fire Girls figure from Portland Area Council Office,
unpublished data.
Although Washington County operates no correctional institutions of
its own, it is served by four state correctionalinstitutions in Marion
These include training schools for socially maladjusted boys beCounty
tween 12 and 18 years of age and girls between the ages of 12 and 21.
Table 46.
Felonies and Juvenile Delinquency,..Washington County, 1968
Subject
Nuiber
Commitments to felony and correctional
institutions, 1967-68
Total committments
Oregon State Penitentiary
Oregon State Correctional Institution
MacLaren (boys' training school) 1/
Hillcrest (girls' training school) !/
Juvenile court cases, 1968
All cases
Delinquency
Traffic
Other
27
12
15
18
12
5,565
2,684
2,700
181
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Children Services Division, Adolescent Population and Commitment by County, by Calendar
Year, 1967-1970.
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
SOURCE:
District Facts, 1970.
Health and Vital Statistics
In 1969 Washington County allocated $452,891 or $3.16 per person to
its county health department budget. This is considerably less than the
state per capita ratio of $5.17. However, the county lies directly adjacent to Multnomah County which has the highest per capita ratio in the
state.
Washington County is within the district with the lowest ration of
professional medical personnel in the state. This means that there are
more professionals per population than in any other area. However most
of them are within Multnomah County.
The following tables contain data on professional personnel available,
facilities, and major health problems in the county.
Table 47.
Existing Medical Facilities, Number of Existing Beds, and Number
of Beds Needed, Washington County, 1971 1/
Category and Community
General Hospital
Beaverton 2/
Forest Grove
Hillsboro
Long-term Care Facilities
Beaverton
Forest Grove
Gaston
Hillsboro
Number of Facilities
Number of Beds
existing
needed
1existing
needed
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
400
46
81
400
196
159
296
159
20
132
88
132
0
1
0
2
2
111
88
132
Port land
1
1
Tigard
2
2
Be averton
1
1
Forest Grove
1
1
Hil lsboro
1
1
46
81
Diagnostic and Treatment Centers
Mental Facilities: the state plan of the Mental Health Division is made a
part of this plan by reference.
Tuberculosis Hospitals: none in county - nearest facility is inPortland.
Rehabilitation Facilities: non in county - nearest facility is in Portland.
2/
Under construction at time of report.
SOURCE: Oregon State Board of Health, Health Facility Planning and Construction
Section, Oregon State Plan for Construciton and Modernization of
Hospitals, Public Health Centers, and Medical Facilities, 1971
Annual Revision, 1971.
1/
Table 48.
I)iagnostic or Treatment Center Facilities, Washington County, 1970
Outpatient Visits
during Year
Name and Location
St. Vincent's Hospital 1/
Forest Grove Hospital
Tuality Community Hospital
1/
Under construction at time
Oregon State Board of
Section, Oregon State
pitals, Public Health
Revision, 1971.
SOURCE:
Table 49.
5,514
13,318
of report.
Health, Health Facility Planning and Construction
Plan for Construction and Modernization of HosCenters and Medical Facilities, 1971 Annual
Percent Occupany of Existing Medical Facilities,
Washington County, 1969
Name of Facility
General Hospitals
St. Vincent's Hospital
Forest Grove Hospital
Tuality Community Hospital.
Long-Term Care Facilities
Bel-air Convalescent Home..
Maryville Nursing Home
Maryville Addition 1/ .....
Northwestern CH Home 2/
Forest Grove Nursing Home 2/
Forest View Convalescent
Home
Masonic and Eastern Star
Home
Laureiwood Manor 2/
Evalena Nursing Home 2/
Hilaire Convalescent Home
Quaring Nursing Home
Raleigh Convalescent Ilome
Canterbury Crest
Tigard Convalescent Home...
Location
Beaverton
Forest Grove
Total
Capacity
400
Percent of
Occupancy
1/
Hil lsboro
46
81
58
90
Beaverton
Beaverton
Beaverton
60
86
50
96
99
Beavert on
18
Forest Grove
26
91
86
Forest Grove
112
66
Forest Grove
Gaston
47
Hil lsboro
Hilisboro
Hilisboro
Portland
Tigard
Tigard
19
29
51
60
88
20
112
96
94
116 3/
89
82
97
68
96
Under construction at time of report.
This facility lacks the skilled nursing care that is a requirement for longterm care facilities according to the State Plan so existing beds are not
counted in county totals.
Licensed capacity exceeds evaluation capacity, resulting in high percentage
3/
of occupancy.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Board of Health, Health Facility Planning and Construction
Section, Oregon State Plan for Construction and Modernization of Hospitals,
Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities, 1971 Annual Revision, 1971.
1/
2/
Table 50.
Number of Licensed Medical Personnel and Ratio of Population Per
Professional, Washington County, 1969
Washington County
Number
Ratio 1/
Profession
Medical doctors and doctors of
osteopathy
Dentists
Registered nurses
Licensed practical nurses
Pharmacists
1/
83
84
226
1,227
1,706
634
1,963
1,214
73
118
State
Ratio
770
1,470
276
1,002
1,375
Ratio figure equals population per professional in particular category.
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
SOURCE:
Table 51.
Number of Admissions to State Psychiatric Hospitals and Mental Health
Clinics and Ratio per 100,000 Population, Washington County, 1968-69
Washington Count 7
Number
Ratio
Facility
Psychiatric hospitals
Mental health clinics
SOURCE:
133
665
State
Ratio
93
464
134
460
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
Table 52.
Births and Deaths by Major Category, Washington County and
State of Oregon, 1967 and 1971
Category
All births 1/
All deaths 1/
Illegitimate births 2/
Premature births 2/
Infant deaths 2/
Accidental deaths 3/
Washington County
Number
Rate
1967
1971
1967
1971
2,342
911
2,622
1,099
108
137
29
43
120
112
40
80
17.1
6.6
46.1
58.5
12.4
31.4
15.1
6.3
45.8
42.7
15.3
47.2
State
Rate
1971
15.6
9.4
78.1
57.4
18.4
61.3
Rates per 1,000 population.
Rates per 1,000 live births
3/
Rate per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, State Health Division, Vital
Statistics Section, Vital Statistics Annual Report, 1971 and 1968
Statistical Report.
1/
2/
Table 53.
Health Statistics, Washington County, 1970
Item
Morbidity
Tuberculosis
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Influenza
Hepatitis, infectious
Measles (Rubella) .....
Deaths from all causes
Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
Diabetes mellitus
Fleart diseases
Cerebrovascular diseases. ...
Arteriosclerosis
Other cardiovascular diseases
Influenza and pneumonia
Bronchitis, emphysema, asthma
Peptic ulcer
Cirrhosis of liver
Congenital anomo lies
Washington County
Ratio
Number
5.9
5
2.9
277
163.3
2,531
1,491.8
91 2/
70.0 2/
10
5.9
10
1,099
218
15
388
126
6,5 3/
128.5 8.8
228.7
74.3
11.2
13.0
19.5
15.9
State
Ratio
11.6
5.3
422.0
1,171.7
45.1 2/
18.1
9.4 3/
168.4
13.3
349.6
ll09
1
.6
16
10
9.4
5.9
21.2
17.3
26.4
26.9
4.3
15.8
8,2
23
13.6
14.7
100
80
76.9
61.3
18
58.9
47.2
10.6
1
.6
19
22
33
27
1/
Certain infancy mortality
causes
All other diseases
Accidents
Suicide
Homicides
14.9
3.8
Rate per 100,000.
1966-68 average, taken from Office of the Governor, Planning Division, Health
Facts, 1969.
3/
Rate per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, State Health Division,
Vital Statistics Section, Vital Statistics Annual Report, 1971.
1/
2/
Public Welfare
Table 54.
Average Monthly Public Welfare Payments by Type of Service,
Washington County, Fiscal Years 1968-69 and 1971-72
Average Payment per Case
Type of Service
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Disabled
Aid to the Blind
General Assistance
Aid to Dependent Children 1/
UN 2/
Basic 2/
1968-69
$
$
1971-72
59.80
80.94
84.62
56.33
$
34.94
40.56
$
57.73
79.73,
109.56
51.62
47.59
45.48
Payment per person, not case.
The UN figure represents payments to families where the male parent is in
the home but unemployed.
The basic figure represents all others.
SOURCE:
Unpublished data received from Sondra Lipman, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Research and Statistics Section, May 1973.
1/
2/
The State of Oregon operates three special schools for the handicapped, all located at Salem in Marion County. The School for the Blind
provides special education for approximately 100 children with acute
vision problems in a boarding school situation. The School for the
Deaf provides parallel training for severly handicapped children from
four years of age through high school. Oregon Fairview Home provides inand out-patient training for mentally deficient minors and adults.
Table 55.
Public Welfare Payments for Assistance, Washington County,
August, 1972
Category
Cases
Cases receiving non-medical payments
Old age assistance
Aid to the blind
Aid to the disabled
Aid to dependent children 1/
229
17
166
3,140.
Generalassistance
51
Physicians services 1/
OAA
48
AB
AD
ADC
GA
FC
33
14
$117.02
8
634.08
540.64
716.12
384.00
66
707
16
AB
AD
ADC
GA
66
12
FC
1
Drug Dayments 1/
OAA
AB
AD
ADC
GA
268
8
84
366
14
13
PC
$ 56.88
114.88
82.53
46.81
46.10
$ 17.52
113.83
25.02
21.01
41.04
11.17
3
Hospital payments 1/
OAA
Average Payment
$ 20.31
9.78
22.30
7.98
8.78
5.51
Persons, not cases.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Public Welfare in Oregon,
August 1972.
1/
4.3
Housing
Table 56.
Housing Oacupancy and Facilities, Washington County, 1970
Subj ect
Occupancy
All housing units
Seasonal or migratory
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Population in housing units
per unit
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Washington County
Number Units
Percent
State
Percent
52,437
100.00
399
.76
1.3
34,238
14,935
2,865
65.29
28.48
5.46
61.3
31.5
5.9
100.0
3.4
2.7
Persons per room
All occupied units
1.00 or less
1.01-1.50
1.51 or more
49,173
47,139
1,597
437
100.00
95.86
3.24
100.0
94.7
4.2
.88
1.1
Facilities
Lacking some or all plumbing
facilities
Telephone available
Air conditioning
631
40,652
4,623
1.21
94.05
8.88
3.6
89.5
10.3
- number -
Median number of rooms
Median value
Median gross rent 2/
5.4
$21,600
$139
-. number
5.0
$11,300
$107
Specified owner occupied. Limited to one-family homes on less than 10 acres.
and no business on property.
2/
Specified renter occupied.
Excludes one-family homes on 10 acres or more.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing, 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report, HC(1)-B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
!/
Table 57.
Housing, Occupancy, and Facilities for Places with Over 2,500
Inhabitants, Washington County, 1970
Subj ect
Occupancy
All year-round housing units
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Facilities
Telephone available
Air conditioning
Median gross rent of renter
occupied
Beaverton
Number
Percent
6,815
3,413
2,719
556
100.00
50.08
39.89
8.15
2,074
788
999
287
100.00
37.99
48.16
13.83
8.42
1,627
230
91.04
11.08
NA
574
$148
$148
Hil isboro
Subj ect
Occupancy
All year-round housing units
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Facilities
Telephone available
Air conditioning
Median gross rent of renter
occupied
Tigard
Number
Percent
Forest Gr ove
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
4,962
3,068
1,736
100.00
61,82
34.99
2.09
2,719
1,488
1,081
150
100.00
54.72
39.75
5.51
2,265
224
87.85
8.23
104
NA
355
$121
7.15
$108
NA - not available.
SOURCE
U S Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing, 1970 Detailed Housing
Characterisitcs, Final Report HC(1)-339, Oregon, U S Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
THE COUNTY'S ECONOMY
Washington County's economy is in a period of transition from a
rural farm-based economy to a much more urban-centered economy.
The
following tables illustrate this trend, as agriculture and lumbering
are decreasing in importance and manufacturing and businesses increase
in importance. This trend will probably continue as Washington
Couitys population is expected to increase rapidly over the next ten
years.
Agriculture
From its beginning, Washington County's primary economic aspect
as been agricultural.
Land totalling 172,055 acres or approximately
37.5 percent of the total area of the county is presently being used
for farm purposes.
Following national trends, the number of Washington County farms has steadily decreased from 4,348 in 1940, to 1,976
in 1969.
While this trend tends to reflect some conversion of agricultural land to urban use, there is also an apparent consolidation
of smaller one-owner farms to larger commercial enterprises. The
average Washington County farm has increased in size from 56.3 acres
in 1940 to approximately 87 acres in 1969 and the average value of
farms increased between 1940 and 1969 from $7,018 to $74,126.
Although the economic base of the valley is becoming more diversified, the total raw product value of agriculture has risen from
$5,989,000 in 1940 to $23,446,000 in 1966, or nearly five times in that
period.
In 1966, 31.6 percent of the agricultural income came from
livestock and 68.4 percent from field crops. Harvested acres have
decreased since 1939 from 118,931 to 92,525 in 1969. While the average
farm size is 87 acres, it is estimated that there are approximately
1,200 farms of 19 acres or less
The larger farms are usually devoted
to dairying, small fruits and berries, grain, nuts or tree fruits,
and livestock, with smaller farms tending to specialize in poultry,
vegetables and specialized horticultural products.
Agriculture should continue to play an important part in the
economy of Washington County
The rapidly increasing population of
the Portland area and the Northwest will provide an ever-growing
market for most of the county's agricultural products
Expansion of
the frozen food industry is one example of a developing market for
agricultural products. Many other items, in addition to food products,
can be manufactured from products of the soil. Production has increased
with use of better seed, proper fertilizers, and irrigation
Better
farming methods and crop adjustment should compensate for loss of farm
land to urban and industrial development in maintaining total farm production.
Table 58.
Farm Size and Value, Washington County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
1964
1959
Subject
458,368
37.5
1,967
172,055
87.0
81.2
NA $146,473,561
$74,126
$48,377
$851.31
$593.16
458,245
43.7
2,468
200,345
458,240
46.1
2,785
211,108
Approximate acres of land area.
Proportion in farms
Total number of farms
Acres in farms
Average size of farms ........
Value of land and buildings
Average per farm
Average per acre..............
1969
75.8
NA
$33,821
$444.44
NA - not available.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1969,
SOURCE:
1, krea Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U S Government Printing Office,
Vol
Washington, D.C., 1967, 1972.
Table 59.
Number and Percent of Farms by Size, Washington County,
1959, 1964, and 1969
Percent
Number
1959
1964
1969
Less than 10 acres
10 to 49 acres
50 to 69 acres
70 to 99 acres
100 to 139 acres
140 to 179 acres
180 to 219 acres.
220 to 259 acres
260 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1,000 to 1,999 acres
2,000 acres or more.
483
1,158
225
292
197
136
86
320
1,106
211
260
265
871
171
196
154
91
53
34
95
Total farms
2,785
Size
SOURCE:
65
106
32
5
-
189
120
66
48
109
31
7
34
11
1
1
2468
1,976
1959
1964
1969
17.34
41 57
8.07
10.48
7 07
4 88
12.96
44 81
8.54
10.53
7 65
4 86
13.41
44 07
8.65
9.91
7 79
4 60
308
233
267
194
268
172
3 80
1.14
4 41
4 80
1.25
1.72
.17
.28
.04
.55
.05
100 00
100 00
100 00
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1969,
Volume 1, Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 1967, 1972.
Classification of farms by economic class considers only those classified by the U S Department of Agriculture as "Commercial Farms "
In general, all farms with a total value of products sold amounting
Farms with sales of $50
to $2,500 or more are classified as commercial
to $2,499 are classified as commercial if the farm operator was under 65
years of age and (1) he did not work off the farm 100 or more days during
the year and (2) the income received by the operator and members of his
family from nonfarm sources was less than the value of all farm products
sold.
Table 61.
Farms by Economic Class, Washington County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
Number
Economic Class
Commercial farms
Class I (sales of $40,000
or more)
Class II (sales of $20,000
to $39,999)
Class III (sales of $10,000
to $19,999)
Class IV (sales of $5,000
to $9,999)
Class V (sales of $2,500
to $4,999)
Class VI (sales of $50 to
$2,499)
1959
1964
1969
1959
Percent
1964
1969
54
102
131
1.90
413
6.58
118
163
153
4.15
6.60
7.74
275
229
147
9.69
9.27
7.43
410
278
206
14.45
11.26
10.42
390
306
316
13.74
12.39
15.99
95
177
86
3.34
3.11
4.35
Other farms
Part-time
Part-retirement
Abnormal
1,150
335
885
327
742
194
40.53
11.80
35.85
13.24
37.55
9.81
10
1
1
.35
.04
.05
Total farms
2,837
2,468
1,976
100.00
100.00
100.00
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1969, Vol. 1
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1967, 1972.
Table 62.
Farm Operators by Tenure, Washington County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
Tenure
1959
1964
1969
Full owners
Part owners
Managers
Tenants
2,140
505
1,874
453
1,425
444
14
9
126
132
107
Total operators
2,785
2,468
1,976
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1969,
Vol
1, Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U S Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1967, 1972.
Table 63.
Farm Operators by Age and Years of School Completed,
Washington County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
Subject
Average age (years)
65 years and over
Years of school completed
Elementary:
0-4 years
5-7 years
High School:
College:
8 years
1-3 years
4 years
1-3 years
4 years or more
1959
1964
1969
52.5
566
52.2
487
51.4
344
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
37
137
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
663
335
860
222
214
NA - not available.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1969,
Vol. 1, Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 64.
Acres of Crops Harvested, Washington County, 1969 and 1970
Crop Harvested
Corn for grain
Small grains
Wheat
Oats
Barley
Hay crops
Field seed crops
Hairy vetch
Crimson clover
Red clover
Red fescue
Other field crops
Vegetables
Fall potatoes
Snap beans
Berries
Strawberries
Blackberries
Raspberries
Tree fruits, nuts, and grapes 2/
1969
1'
1970
100
SO
45,000
15,000
12,000
18,000
22,800
41,200
16,200
11,000
14,000
24,300
1,400
4,500
4,700
3,000
6,000
7,800
100
50
550
860
400
850
4,300
4,000
310
950
12,740
330
850
NA
NA - not available.
1/
Preliminary figures.
2/
Figures from Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1, Part 47.
SOIJR(F
Oregon State FxtLnslon Service and USDA cooperating "Oregon Commodity
i)ata Sheets", 1971-72.
Table 65.
Value of Farm Products Sold 1/, Washington County, 1966-1970
Product
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
thousand dollars
All crops, livestock and
livestock products
All crops
All grain, hay and seeds
All seed crops
All grain and hay
All hay
All grains
Jheat
Barley
Vegetables, fresh and for
processing
All berries
Strawberries
All tree fruits and nuts.
Specialty field crops
Specialty horticultural
crops
Potatoes
All livestock and livestock
products
Dairy products
Poultry products
Cattle and calves
Sheep and lambs
26,597
26,292
25,451
28,339
28,544
18,256
3,803
764
3,039
536
2,503
1,444
770
17,965
3,178
690
2,488
467
2,021
1,431
399
16,522
2,983
776
2,207
356
1,851
1,121
529
19,023
3,499
1,114
2,385
403
1,982
1,057
616
19,337
3,765
1,214
2,551
415
2,136
1,363
472
1,662
6,038
NA
3,111
2,233
4,536
NA
2,779
1,708
4,316
3,667
1,862
2,158
5,200
3,925
2,472
2,084
4,679
3,896
2,691
-
-
-
-
3,300
180
4,786
200
5,247
206
5,124
268
5,670
8,341
4,063
804
1,013
8,327
4,468
674
1,064
8,929
4,538
742
1,357
9,316
4,653
811
1,468
9,207
4,879
479
1,657
79
361
71
320
10.2
273
114
272
114
271
Hogs
25
138
NA - not available.
1/
Crop year includes quantities sold or held for sale.
2/
Preliminary.
SOURCE:
Oregon State University Extension Service and USDA cooperating "Oregon
Commodity Data Sheets", 1971-72.
Table 66.
Category
All cattle
Dairy cattle
Sheep and lambs
Hogs
Chickens
Turkeys raised
1!
Livestock and Poultry Numbers, Washington County,
1950, 1960, 1969, and 1970
1950
1960
24,000
14,400
1,900
6,500
NA
NA
28,000
12,500
6,000
8,700
NA
NA
f
1969
28,000
8,500
5,200
3,800 2/
280,000
80,000
1970 2/
28,000
8,300
5,000
NA
253,000
30,000
NA - not available.
1/
Numbers as of January 1, unless otherwise noted.
2/
Preliminary figures.
SOURCE:
Oregon State University Extension Service and USDA cooperating, "Oregon
Commodity Data Sheets", 1971-72.
- 50 -
Table 67.
Food and Kindred Products Manufacturing, Washington County,
1968 and 1970
Number of Firms
Product Group
Meat packing plants
Sausages, other prepared meat
products
Poultry and small game dressing,
1968
1970
34 1
6
wholesale.........
Creamery butter
Canned specialties
Canned fruits, vegetables, jellies,
preserves
Employm en
1968
t
1970
97
4
9
12
12
5
1
30
379
377
27
28
Dried and dehydrated fri.iits and
vegetables
Pickled fruits and vegetables,
salad dressing, sauces, and
seasoning
Frozen fruits, juices, vegetables,
and specialties
Prepared feed for animals and fowls
Bread and other bakery products,
except cookies and crackers
Animal and marine fats and oils
Food preparations, not elsewhere
classified
1/
One or more firms
Oregon State
Directory of
Oregon State
Directory of
SOURCE:
1/
72 1/
163 -
1
12
771
222
11
100
4
4
60
135
did not report number of employees.
Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Oregon Manufacturers - 1968.
Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Logging and Wood Products
The following tables give information on logging and wood products
contribution to the economy of Washington County. Logging is less
important than it has been in the past, but it is still a major contributor to the economy of the county.
Table 68.
Lumber and Wood Products Manufacturing Excluding Furniture,
Washington County, 1968 and 1970
Number of Firms
Product Group
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Millwork
Veneer and plywood
Prefabricated wooden buildings
Wood preserving
Wood products, not elsewhere
classified
One or more firms
SOURCE: Oregon State
Directory of
Oregon State
Directory of
1/
Table 69.
Employment
1968
1970
1968
13
11
10
4
9
6
3
5
79
77
260
345
56
102
3
4
2
2
3
3
1970
421/
l35T/
313
617
94
102
131/
18
did not report number of employees.
Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Oregon Manufacturers, 1968
Executive Department, Econonic Development Division,
Oregon Manufacturers, 1970
Timber Harvest by Ownership, Washington County, 1970 1/
Ownership
Total timber harvest
Private 3/
Bureau of Land Management
National forest
State 3/
Production
Percent of Total
20,435
18,174
100.00
88.93
2,261
11.06
Includes volume removed as logs but not volume removed for poles, piling,
and wood cutting operations.
2/ Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
3/
Compiled by State Forester.
SOURCE:
Wall, Brian R., "1970 Timber Harvest", U.S.D.A. Forest Service Resource
Bulletin PNW-38, U S Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and
Range Experiment Station, Portland, Oregon, 1971.
!/
Table 70.
Installed 8-Hour Capacity of Wood-Using Industries,
Washington County, 1968
Industry
Sawmill-lumber 1/
Veneer and plywood 2/
Pulp and board mills 3/
1/
Capacity
405
521
80
Scribner log rule, board feet.
2/
Square feet, 3/8 inch basis.
3/
24 hour capacity in tons.
SOURCE:
Manock, Eugene R., Grover A. Choate, and Donald R. Gedney, Oregon
Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Salem, Oregon, 1968.
Table 71.
Log Consumption in Thpusand Board Feet by Species and Industry,
Washington County, 1968 1/
Species
Sawmills
Veneer and
Plywood
Douglas-fir
Hemlock
True firs
Spruce
Other softwoods
Hardwoods
24,767
19,041
80
525
1,360
5,250
2,476
Total
45,773
66,750
57,874
1, 150
Shake and
Shingle
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA - not available.
1/
Scribner log rule.
2/
Tillamook and Washington Counties combine to avoid disclosure of individual
firms confidential records.
SOURCE
Manock, Eugene R , Grover A Choate, and Donal R Gedney, Oregon
Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Salem, Oregon, 1968.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing in Washington County is a rapidly growing industry,
partially due to increased population and urbanization of the area
The following tables give data on value of manufacturing, and types of
products produced in the county.
Table 72.
Value Added by Major Manufacturing Industries, Washington County, 1967
I tern
All manufacturing
Fabricated metal products
Food and kindred products
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
SOURCE:
Value Added
$168,200,000
8,400,000
19,000,000
8,200,000
3,400,000
Percent of Total
100.00
4.99
11.29
4.87
2.02
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Manufacturers, 1967, Area
Services
Oregon, MC67(3)-38, U S Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1970.
Table 73.
Manufacturing, Other than Lumber and Wood Products; Food and Kindred
Products, and Mineral, Metal, and Related Products Manufacturing,
Washington County, 1968 and. 1970
Number of firms
Product Group
Employment
1970
1968
1970
1
1
2
1
1
4
11
4
11
6
5
4
13
Small arms
Mens, youths, and boys neckwear
Curtains and draperies
Housefurnishings, except
curtains and draperies
Wood household furniture,
except upholstered
Mattresses and bedsprings
Wood partitions, lockers,
office and store furniture
Newspapers, publishing and
printing
Periodicals, publishing and
printing
Metal partitions, lockers,
office, store furniture
Bags, except textile bags
Corrugated and solid fiber boxes
Miscellaneous publishing
Commercial printing, except
1968
--
1
1
1
.
2
1/
-
1
2
2
68
183
12
1
-
39
1
-
80
120
45
-
65
97
1
1 ithographing
Commercial printing,
lithographic
Manifold business forms
Typesetting
Soap and other detergents,
except special cleaners
Paints, varnishes, lacquers,
enamels, and allied products
Agricultural chemicals and
pesticides
Adhesives and gelatin
Miscellaneous plastic products
Leather tanning and finishing...
Leather gloves and mittens
Leather goods, not elsewhere
classified
Farm machinery and equipment.
Construction machinery and
equipment
Industrial trucks, tractors,
trailers and stackers
Special dies and tools, die
sets, jigs and fixtures
Wood upholstered household
furniture
Sproting and athletic goods
3 1
5
-
1
-
34
1
-
6
15
15
-
2
3
1
1
6
7
1
1
18
1
20
77
48
22
20
133
48
1
5
3
1
-
2
2
7
10
.
.
1
20
2
85
5
4
161/
1
4
2
5
3
108
49
162
4
Table 73, cont.
Manufacturing, Other than Lumber and Wood Products; Food and
Kindred Products, and Mineral, Metal, and Related Products Manufacturing,
Washington County, 1968 and 1970
Number of Firms
Product Group
1968
Machine tool accessories and
measuring devices
Food products machinery
Woodworking machinery
Pumps, air and gas compressors
General industrial machinery
and equipment
Blowers, exhaust and ventilation.
Industrial patterns
Air conditioning, refrigeration
equipment
Service industry machines
Miscellaneous machinery, exc.
electrical
Electrical measuring instruments
and test equipment
Power, distribution and
specialty transformers
Switchgear and switchboard
apparatus
Electrical housewares and fans
Industrial controls
Non-current carrying wiring
devices
Radio and television receiving
1970
Emplo yment
1968
1970
17
2
176
96
25
77
12
3
2
..........
5
45
6,232
7,041
65
65
3
172
130
1
2
2
2
9
60
1
30
62
43
80
29
37
207
152
37
150 1/
10
198
364
sets
Radio and television transmitting equip. and apparatus
Storage batteries
Passenger car bodies
Motor vehicle parts and accesories
Truck trailers
Boat building and repairing
Trailer coaches
Engineering, lab. and scientific
research equipment
Mech. measuring and control
instruments
Automatic temperature controls
Surgical and medical instruments
and apparatus
Photographic equipment and supplies
Musical instruments
Feathers, plumes, artificial flowers
Signs and advertising displays
Transportation equipment
4
2
7
44
3
75
15
15
1
1,025
1,025
1
140
140
1
-
1
15
1/
9
1
i' One or more firms did not report number of emp 1 oyees.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Exeuctive Department, Economic Development Division, Directory
of Oregon Manufacturers, 1970; Oregon State Department of Commerce,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers, 1968.
- 55 -
Mining
Mining and metal industry manufacturing provided employment for 694
persons in Washington County in 1970.
Most of the income was from stone
and sand and gravel. This industry fluctuates considerably
with construction activity and is quite large at the present due to the large amount
of construction activity in the county.
Table 74.
Mineral, Metal and Related Manufacturing, Washington County
1968 and 1970
Product Group
Brick and structural clay tile.
Structural clay products, not
classified elsewhere
Pottery products
Concrete products, except block
and brick
Ready-mix concrete
Cut stone and stone products....
Minerals or earths, ground or
treated
Steel pipe or tubes
Gray iron foundries
Drawing, insulating of nonferrous wire
Metal cans
Cutlery
Hand saws and saw blades
Hardware
Heating equipment, exc. electric
Fabricated, structural steel
Fabricated platework
Sheet metal work
Architectural, ornamental metal
work
Miscellaneous metal work
Miscellaneous fabricated wire
products
Screw machine products
Valves and pipefittings
1/
One or more firms
Oregon State
Directory of
Oregon State
Directory of
SOURCE:
Number of Firms
1968
1970
1
1
Employment
1970
1968
35
5
2
-
8
1
20
15
3
2
57
47
1
7
1
1
25
17
25
3
3
65
1
1
31
65
31
2
1
91
200
1
-
2
-
1
1
55
60
-
5
1
1
55
98
20
1
-
1
1
-
6
2
-
1
1
3
3
210
95
63
1
-
-
95
351/
6
44
25
1
did not report number of employees.
Department of Commerce,
Economic Development Division,
Oregon Manufacturers,1g68.
Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Oregon Manufacturers, 1970.
27
5
Table 75.
Value of Mineral Production, Washington County
Year
1963
1965
1967
1970
Value
$ 689,000
1,309,000
2,441,000
2,276,000
SOURCE:
Minerals Prcduced in Order of Value
Stone,
Stone,
Stone,
Stone,
sand
sand
sand
sand
and
and
and
and
gravel,
gravel,
gravel,
gravel,
clays
clays
clays
clays
U.S. Bureau of the Mines, Minerals Yearbook, Bureau of Economic Research,
Oregon Economic Statistics, various years, University of Oregon.
Outdoor Recreation
Most of the recreation facilities in Washington County are located
This contrasts with
in or near the urbanized sections of the county
most of the state as most county recreation facilities are located in
rural, undeveloped areas.
The State Forestry Department operates one such park near Gales
The park has facilities for camping and picnicking and is a
Creek
popular fishing area. There are also several county parks in rural
areas.
The rest of the parks in the county are primarily located near the
Tualatin Hills Recreation District (Beavertonmajor population centers
Cedar Hills), Tigard, Ililisboro, Forest Grove, Cornelius, and Banks all
They also have public
operate recreational parks within the cities
recreation activities organized through individual schools in the county
Public golf courses and swimming pools are also located in these areas for
outdoor recreational use.
Finally hunting is available in the county during the fall months.
The following table gives some additional information on this aspect
of outdoor recreation in Washington County.
Table 76.
Washington County, Game Harvest
Hunters
Percent of
Number
State Total
Game
Pheasants
Quail
Blue and ruffed
grouse
Silver gray
squirrel
Band-tailed
pigeon
Mourning dove
Ducks
Geese
Deer 1/
Elk 1/
Harvest
Percent of
State Total
Number
Days
Hunted
924
5.90
3.53
9,275
2,918
3.81
1.84
16,326
3,475
205
2.65
295
1.75
349
52
1.14
257
L18
250
324
725
1,580
340
2.61
4.43
3.01
1.21
1.95
11.95
1,090
7,931
17,620
430
1,580
331
.90
801
2,129
10,090
2,580
NA
12,030
4,256
5,460
2,740
4.03
3.09
.67
1.79
12.35
NA - not available.
1/
Data reported for Scappoose and Trask Game Management Units, not for the
county.
The units are not completely contained within the county,
nor do they cover all the county area.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Game Commission, "1966 Upland Game Questionnaire",
1967;
"Water Fowl Estimates, 1969-70 Season"; Oregon State
Game Commission Bulletin, May, 1972.
Business
Because the county is becoming increasingly
urbanized businesses in the
county are growing rapidly
Retail trade is especially increasing with
new ma3or shopping centers being built at the
present time
This trend
is likely to increase along with the
population for the next ten years.
Table 77.
Retail Trade, Washington County, 1967
Kind of Business
Establishments
- - number -
Retail trade, total
Lumber, building materials,
hardware, farm equip. dealers,
total
Lumber and building
materials dealers
Hardware stores..
Farm equipment dealers
General merchandise group stores
total
Department stores
Limited price variety stores
Misc. general merchandise
stores
Food stores, total
Grocery stores
Meat markets
Fruit stores, vegetable mkt
Candy, nut, confectionary
stores
Retail bakeries
Other food stores
Automotive dealers, total
Motor vehicle dealers
Tire, battery, and accessory
dealers
Misc. automotive dealers....
Gasoline service stations,
total
Apparel, acessory stores,
total
Ready-to-wear stores
Women's accessory and
specialty stores
Other apparel, accessory
stores
Furniture, home furnishing,
equipment stores, total
Furniture stores
Household appliances
Radio, TV, music stores
Home furnishing stores
Eating, drinking places, total
Eating places
Drinking places (alcoholic
beverages)
Drug stores, proprietary stores,
total
Drug stores 3/
Proprietary stores 31
-
Paid 1/
Employees
- number
-
Sales 2/
$1,000
916
4,716
$ 180,745
50
227
10,386
23
*
*
47
1,351
*
*
538
19,284
*
*
*
*
18
9
37
2
14
21
180
109
76
937
893
9
5
11
7,153
47,798
46,628
596
*
*
4
*
*
6
9
*
*
*
*
57
824
52,210
*
*
16
10
61
1,790
*
*
153
437
12,332
53
246
6,834
31
*
17
*
*
33
128
4,034
62
148
65
6,097
2,257
*
*
*
*
3
24
11
14
13
11
250
142
98
856
693
8,832
6,887
44
163
1,945
17
*
*
Table 77, cont.
Retail Trade, Washington County, 1967
Kind of Business
Establishments
number - -
Other retail stores, total
Liquor stores
Antique, secondhand stores
Cigar stores and stands
Sporting goods stores
Florists
Jewelry stores
Fuel, ice dealers
Other stores
Nonstore retailers, total
Mail order houses
Merchandising operator
Direct selling establishments
Paid 1/
Employees
Sales
- number -
$1,000
151
315
11,688
14
17
*
*
12
175
14
14
9
336
311
277
*
*
161
4,410
2
10
12
9
10
77
*
85
8
8
*
*
*
*
*
69
1/
Excludes active proprietors of unincorporated businesses
2/
Sales of
establishments with payroll
Data no provided because establishments
3/
with no payroll are classified only at the next broader kind of business level.
*
Withheld to avoid disclosure
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Retail Trade:
Oregon, BC 67-RA39, U S Government Printing Office, Washington, D C
1969.
Table 78.
Wholesale Trade, Washington County, 1967
Kind of Business
Establishments
-
Wholesale trade, total
- number 125.
Paid
Employees
Sales
- number -
$1,000
1,370
Motor vehicles and automotive
equipment
Drugs, chemicals and allied
products
Piece goods, notions, apparel
Groceries, related products
Farm products, raw materials
Electrical goods
Hardware, plumbing, heating
equipment
Machinery, equipment and
supplies
Miscellaneous wholesale
establishment
60
472
Merchant wholesalers, total
Other operating types,.total..,
86
36
-
1/
297,632
*
9
4,472
2
8
*
4
855
20
9,019
-
45,431
99,118
198,514
Excludes active proprietors of unincorporated businesses.
Withheld to avoid disclosure.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Wholesale Trade: Oregon
BC67-WA39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1969.
- 60 *
Table 79.
Selected Services, Washington County, 1967
Kind of Business
Establishments
number - -
Selected services, total
Hotels, motels, tourist courts,
camps, total
Hotels
Motels, motor hotels, tourist
centers
Trailer parks, camps
Personal services, total
Laundries, laundry services, etc
Beauty shops
Barber shops
Other personal services
Miscellaneous business services,
total
Advertising
Services to dwellings, buildings
Business, management consulting,
public relations
Other
Auto repair, services, garages,
total
Auto repair shops
Auto parking
Auto, truck renting, services
Miscellaneous repair services,
total
Electrical repair shops
Motion pictures, total
Motion picture theaters
Amusement, recreation services,
exc. motion pictures, total
Bands, orchestras, entertainers
Bowling, billiards, pooi
Other commercial recreation and
amus ements
Receipts
Paid 1/
Employees
$1,000
- number
578
15,470
1,157
25
4
1,467
53
123
10
10
1,148
111
*
*
208
473
70
49
50
5,168
1,799
1,441
567
1,361
104
1,883
98
5
19
12
39
*
189
175
40
*
151
25
65
176
1,544
*
83
69
3,076
2,157
142
14
919
*
88
1,008
409
31
*
*
*
*
15
29
13
11
*
*
17
57
*
*
16
189
14
7
1,113
*
34
*
61
Excludes active proprietors of unincorporated businesses.
Withheld to avoid disclosure.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967, Selected Services:
Oregon, BC67-SA39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1969.
1/
*
PUBLIC SERVICE
Transportation
Washington County has a strategic location with the major northsouth interstate freeway (Interstate 5) passing just inside the eastern
boundary.
This places Washington County at the southern entrance to
Portland and at the head of the Willamette Valley, Oregon's primary
economic service area. The county is criss-crossed with several major
federal and state highways which in turn are inter-connected by
many paved county roads. This network of paved roads makes most sections of the county readily accessible.
The county is well served by both Southern Pacific and Spokane,
Portland and Seattle Railroads with the additional advantage that
access to Portland's switch yards and terminal facilities is available by two different routes: through Cornelius Pass in the vicinity
of Linton in the north, and through Oswego on the south.
Products
sold on the domestic market may be shipped directly south to California via Southern Pacific, or may be shipped east from Portland via
Northern Pacific, Great Northern or Union Pacific.
The port of Portland ranks first on the west coast in shipping
and is served by several transoceanic and intercoastal steamship
carriers providing access to the export market, or to the domestic
market via Atlantic or Gulf Coast ports. There are two general
aviation airports (Beaverton and Hillsboro) providing charter service,
maintenance, and housing for private planes. The Portland International Airport is within an hour's driving time from the most populated areas of the county.
Bus service throughout the eastern portion of the county and between all cities is supplied by the Tualatin
Valley Busline and Pacific Greyhound Company
Several truck lines maintain regular and unscheduled freight
truck service county-wide and to points in Oregon, Washington, California, and Idaho. They also provide connections with rail, truck,
steamship, and air freight lines in Portland.
Table 80.
Miles of Roadway in Washington County, 1972
Agency
Federal agency roads
State agency roads
County and public usage roads
City streets
Miles
14
222
1,231
150
1/
Total
1,617
1/
Public usage roads are roads under county jurisdiction but generally
privately maintained.
SOURCE: Transportation Research Institute, Oregon State University,
Functional Classification of Public Roads and Streets in Oregon, 1970.
- 62
Motor Vehicle Registration, Washington County, 1970 and 1971
Table 81.
Number of Vehicles
Vehicle
Passenger vehicles
Buses
Trucks
All trailers
Motorcycles
Recreational 1/
Snowmobiles
Total vehicles ............
1971
1970
105,086
88,078
48
28
3,286
5,039
3,847
5,284
NA
4,029
3,010
5,559
7,255
109
105,582
125,076
NA - not available.
Includes campers and travel trailers.
1/
Oregon State Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicles Division,
SOURCES:
1970 figures taken from Bureau of Business and Economic Research,
Oregon Economic Statistics, 1972, University of Oregon,; 1971 figures
from unpublished data, State Motor Vehicles Division.
Table 82.
Number of Aircraft and Boats in Washington County, 1968
Subject
Number
246
Aircraft
4,013
Boats
SOURCE:
Oregon State Executive Department, Program PlanningDivision, District
Facts, 1970
Communication
Although there are no television stations located in the Washington
County area, it is adequately served by all of the major networks through
In addition to the two radio stations
stations located in Multnomah County.
in the county, all the stations from the Portland area are also received.
The following tables give more detailed information on communication
facilities in the county and services to individual homes.
Table 83.
Type Service
Communication Facilities, Washington County
Location
Network
Affiliation
Radio Stations
KU 1K
KPUR
Newspapers
The Valley Times
Washington County
News-times
Argus
Tn-City Times
Tigard Times
Periodicals
Independent News
Review Digest
Telephone
General Telephone of
the Northwest
Hilisboro
Forest Grove
Beaverton
Forest Grove
flu isboro
Sherwood
Tigard
NA
lBS *
Days Published
Thursday
Thursday
Monday, Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
Hilisboro
Beaverton, Scholls
Forest Grove,
Hilisboro, Sherwood
Stafford, Tigard
Pacific Northwest
Bell
Washington County
* Intercollegiate Broadcast System.
NA - not available.
SOURCE:
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Directoryof Radio and Television
Stations for the State of Oregon, 1972.
Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Myers, Secretary of State,
Oregon Blue Book, 1973-74, January 1973.
Pacific Northwest Bell, unpublished data.
Table 84.
Residential Communication Facilities, 1960 and 1970,
Washington County
Number of Housing Units
Facilities
1960
1970
26,374
1,016
40,137
9,077
23,546
3,844
46,252
2,921
2,200
22,329
2,861
1,598
30,427
17,189
NA
NA
18,768
28,848
Battery radio sets
Yes
No
Telephone available
Yes
No
Television sets
None
One
Two or more
UHF equipped
Yes
No
NA - not available.
SOURCE
U S Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing
1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(1)-B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D C , 1972
Library Facilities
Washington County libraries recieved no public support from the county
budget
Instead they were financed by the cities in which the libraries
were located
The total expenditure per capita was $1 73 and the circulation per capita was 2.1.
Table 85.
City
Beaverton
Hil lsboro
Forest Grove
Cornelius
Sherwood
SOURCE:
Washington County Libraries, by City of Location, 1969-70
Volumes
Circulation
Circ./
Capita
24,691
22,356
17,362
6,884
5,038
140,324
67,329
56,385
4,577
5,379
7.75
4.81
7.94
2.47
4.48
I-Irs. Open
Per Week
48
50
45
20
8
Operating
Expend.
$48,457
23,321
21,427
3,338
425
Expend.!
Capita
$2.68
1.67
3.02
1.80
.35
Oregon State Library, Directory of Oregon Libraries, annual statistics
for the year ending June30, 1970.
tJtilities
Although there are no electric power generation units in the county,
Portland General Electric Company and the municipally owned electric
company of Forest Grove provide electrical power to the Washington County
area,
The following tables give data on water supply, sewage disposal, and
types of fuel used in the county.
- 65 -
Table 86.
Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal,
Washington County, 1970
Washington County
Number
Percent 1/
Subject
State
Percent
Water source
Public system or private company..
Individual well
Other or none
43,579
7,525
936
83.74
14.46
1.79
79.8
16.9
3.3
Sewage disposal..
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
36,941
14,723
376
70.98
28.29
37. .5
.72
1.5
61.0
Percent of all year-round housing.
SOURCE
U S Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing
1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(1)-B39, Oregon, U S Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
1/
Table 87.
Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal, for Places
with over 2,500 Inhabitants, Washington County, 1970
Be avert on
Subj ect
Water source
Public system or
private company
Individual well..
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or
cesspool
Other or none
SOURCE:
Number
I
Percent
Tigard
Number
Percent
Hil isboro
NUmber
Percent
6,752
65
99.07
2,022
48
97.49
2.31
4,744
.95
218
95.60
4.39
6,566
96.34
1,824
87.94
4,560
91.89
245
3 59
08
240
6
11 57
393
7.71
28
9
18
6
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report, I-IC(1)-B39, Oregon, U S Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 88.
Types of Fuels for Heating, Cooking, Number of Housing Units,
Washington County, 1960 and 1970
Home Heating
Water Heating
Fuel
Type of Fuels
utility gas
Fuel oil, kerosene,
etc
Coal or coke
Wood
Electricity
Bottled, tank, or
LP gas
Other fuel
None
All housing units
SOURCE:
Cooking
Fuel
1960
1970
4,064
Fuel
1960
1970
1960
1970
15,962
1,809
6,170
1,381
2,368
15,124
98
NA
4,719
15,827
80
22
255
17
688
16,067
NA
45
24g252
42,096
348
20
347
266
40
258
435
534
27,390
49,214
27,390
3,017
86
629
-
NA
24,806
45,869
195
85
368
539
624
35
22
49,214
27,390
49,214
245
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing, 1960 and 1970 Detailed
Housing Characteristics, Final Report, HC(1)-B39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
PUBLIC FINANCE
Table 89.
Selected Items of Local Government Finances, Washington County, 1966-67
I tern
Washington County
Total
Per Capita
Amount
Amount
$1,000
General revenue, exc. interlocal
Intergovernmental revenue
From state government
From local sources
Taxes
Property
Other
Charges and miscellaneous
Direct general expenditure
Capital outlay
Other
Education
Other than capital outlay
Highways
Other, than capital outlay
Public welfare
Hospitals
Other than capital outlay
Health
Police protection
Fire protection
Sewerage
Other than capital outlay
Sanitation other than sewerage
Parks and recreation
Natural resources
Housing and urban renewal
Correction
Libraries
Financial administration
General control
General public buildings .........
Interest on general debt
Other and unallocable
$29,746
8,343
State
Per Capita
Amount
ilars - -
-
$235.89
66.16
64.64
169.73
137.51
135.08
2.43
32.22
$308
97
32,174
6,262
25,912
23,401
19,250
2,207
1,314
255.15
49.66
205.48
316
62
254
180
152.65
17.50
10.42
152
1
.01
2
8, 151
21,403
17,340
17,034
306
4,063
185 .58
83
210
156
151
5
54
30
20
6
272
635
782
1,535
538
46
365
2.15
5.04
6.20
12.17
4.27
30
153
80
440
677
153
935
463
4
12
9
8
3
.36
2
2.90
.24
10
4
4
1.21
2
.63
3
5
8
3
6
3.49
5.37
1.21
7.41
3.67
21
Water supply revenue
Water supply expenditure
2,004
2,420
15.89
19.19
12
13
General debt outstanding
31,815
31,796
23,493
8,304
252.30
252.15
186.30
65.85
214
203
101
101
Long- term
Local schools
Other
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 4, No.
Compendium of Government Finances, U S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
- 68 -
Table 90.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Washington County,
for 1971-72 Fiscal Year
Beaverton
Item
Population... .. .......
True Cash Value (TCV).
Per capita TCV
City tax
Consolidated tax
Per capita tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of total levy
County
City
School
Other
Average rate/l000$TCV
basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
Item
Population
True Cash Value (TCV).
Per capita
City tax
Consolidated tax
Per capita tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of total levy
County
City
TCV...........
School
Other
Average rate/1000$TCV
basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
Forest Grove
Hillsboro
Tigard
11,741
896,566
7,029,995
15,960
$128,624,337
8,059
535,077
3,882,207
8,720
$50,411,416
5,781
154,763
1,619,719
?,065
$95,630,997
13,536
237,165
2,620,461
46
359
34
243
18
186
371
6.9
9.6
82.4
1.1
8.1
9.1
69.5
13.3
2.23
2.23
2.48
19.04
3.66
27.40
19,580
$229,888,807
7.3
12.8
76.8
3.1
7.4
13.8
78.8
2.23
3.90
23.50
2.23
4.16
23.79
.0
3.. 07
26.48
.95
.00
.35
30.58
30.18
32.13
Cornelius
King City
Sherwood
34
North Plains
715
464,301
1,652
$10,811,422
6,544
9,298
350,759
$3,237,317
4,528
10,942
94,316
190
295
6
212
15
132
7.0
9.2
9.1
82.7
1.1
77.2
13.8
6.9
2.7
80.1
10.3
7.7
11.6
76.7
4.0
2.23
2.92
26.34
2.23
2.23
.00
.86
18.98
3.39
24.60
26.00
3.35
32.44
2.23
3.38
22.35
1.17
29.13
2,175
$12,962,252
5,960
37,850
412,873
1,575
$18 ,874, 124
11,984
17
.36
31.85
.0
Table 90, cont.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Washington
County for 1971-72 Fiscal Year
Item
Banks
Population
True Cash Value (TCV)
Per capita TCV
City tax
Consolidated tax
Per capita tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of total levy
County
City
School
Other
Average rate/1000$TCV basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
SOURCE:
430
$1, 347,605
3,134
6,536
42,032
15
Durham
Gaston
410
$2,427,325
5,920
425
$1,348,672
3,173
16,049
59,703
-
59,639
38
-
98
145
140
7.1
15.6
76.2
1.1
9.1
5.0
26.9
2.23
4.85
23.76
.35
31.19
.0
77.2
13.7
64.7
2.23
2.23
11.90
28.65
1.49
44.27
.00
18.98
3.36
24.57
3.4
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax Rolls
for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax
Collections, Research and Special Services Division, 1972.
Table 91.
Amount and Percent of Unpaid 1970-71 Property Tax,
As of June 30, 1971, Washington County
I tern
Total
Amount
Amount
Unpaid
Percent
Unpaid
Property taxable
Real
Personal
Public utilities
Western Oregon additional
timber tax
Yield tax
Other
Total for collection
$32,523,892
4,328,245
2,613,750
14,986
825
38,462
39,520,160
$2,894,129
640,710
358,615
S 13
,
8.9
14.8
13.7
32.5
/
NA
NA
NA - not available.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax Rolls
for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax
Collections, Research and Special Services Division, 1972.
Table 92.
Summary of 1971-72 Property Tax Levies and Assessments,
Washington County
Item
Amount in Dollars
Levies
County
Cities
Community colleges
Elementary and Secondary School Districts
Intermediate county
Education joint
Elementary and unified
Union high
County unit
Total school districts
Special districts
Cemetery
Fire protection
Hospital
Park and recreation
Port
Road
Sanitary
Water supply
Other
Total special districts
Total gross ad valorem levies
Special assessments
Fire patrol...
Forest fee
Diking and drainage
Irrigation
Lighting
Other
Total special assessments
Total gross levies and assessments
Less property relief money
Senior citizens
Game commission
Total net ad valorem levies
Net ad valorem taxes by class
Real property
Personal property
Utility property
SOURCE:
$ 3,466,350
1,948,069
1,165,813
1,054,944
118,703
30,289,244
2,954,077
34,416,968
2,794,841
393,153
694
703,764
269,837
4,162,289
45,159,489
30,992
1,762
513
31,164
69,515
133,946
45,293,435
146 ,682
45,012,807
36,997,586
4,859,936
3,155,285
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, Research and Special Services Division, 1972.
Table 93.
Summary of Assessment Rolls for 1971-72 Fiscal Year Real Property,
Personal Property and Utilities, Washington County
I tern
Assessed
Value
Percent of
Total
$1,000
Class
Real property
Lands inside corporate limits
Lands outside corporate limits
Improvements inside corporate limits
Improvements outside corporate limits
Timber (excludes land)
Less veterans exemptions
Less senior citizens residence
exemptions
Taxable real property
Personal property
Merchandise and stock in trade
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Farm machinery and equipment
Other machinery and equipment
Livestock
Miscellaneous
Less veterans exemptions
Less senior citizens residence
exemptions
Taxable personal property
Total taxable real and personal property
Utilities
Airline companies
Electric companies
Express companies
Gas companies
Heating companies
Pipeline companies
Railroad companies
Tank and private car companies
Telegraph companies
Telephone companies
Water companies
Water transportation companies
Taxable utility property
Total taxable real, personal and utility
property
$143,160
248,765
336,557
556,609
3,444
10,392
9.22
16.03
21.68
35.87
.22
.66
4,916
1,273,227
82.05
99,764
6.42
19,037
6,058
34,885
.51
.39
.31
2.24
2222
14
7,161
.46
1/
8
61
1/
169,058
10.89
1,442,285
92.94
36,879
2.37
15,994
1.03
565
.03
.26
4,131
52
16
1/
TI
51,315
473
3.30
109,424
7.05
1,551,709
100.00
.03
Less than .01%.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessments and Tax
1/
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, Research and Special Services Division, 1972.
Selected List of Agencies
The following list gives names and addresses of agencies that have
served as data sources for this publication and may provide further or more
current data on subjects of interest
In addition, a number of local and county offices are available to offer
local information and assistance, including
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation
Assessor
City Library
Corrections and Parole
County Engineer
County Extension
County Surveyor
Employment Division
Game Commission
Health Department
Public Welfare
Soil Conservation Service
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Oregon, Eugene,
Oregon 97403
Center for Population Research and Census, PortlandState University,
724 S.W. Harrison, Portland, Oregon 97201
Children Services Division, Oregon State Department of Human Resources,
Public Services Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Department of Environmental Quality, 1234 S.W. Morrison, Portland,
Oregon 97204
Economic Research Service, U.S.D.A. Extension Hall, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Extension Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Fish Commission of Oregon, 1400 S.W. 5th St., Portland, Oregon 97201
4-H Youth Office, Extension Hail, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
Oregon 97331
9
10
Forest Service, U S D A , 319 S W
Pine St , Portland, Oregon 97204
Governor's Office, Economic Development Special Projects, State Capitol
Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Local Government Relations Division, Oregon Executive Department, 240
Cottage S.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Allen Hall, University of Oregon,
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Oregon Board of Higher Education, School Finance and Statistical
Services, 942 Lancaster Dr. N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, 1400 S.W. 5th St.,
Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, 4263 Commercial S.E., Salem,
Oregon 97310
Oregon State Department of Revenue, State Office Building, Salem, Oregon
97310
Oregon State Employment Division, Community Manpower, Research and
Statistics, or Rural Manpower Sections, Labor and Industries Building,
Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Game Commission, 1634 Alder, Portland, Oregon 97214
Oregon State Health Division, Department of Human Resources, 1400 S.W.
5th, Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon State Highway Division, State Parks and Recreation Section, 8009 E.
Burnside, Portland, Oregon 97215
Oregon State Lands Division, 502 Winter N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Library, State Library Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Public Welfare Division, Department of Human Resources,
Public Services Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
24
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U S
809 N.E. 6th St., Portland, Oregon 97232
25
Secretary of State's Office, State Capitol Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
26.
Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A., 1218 S.W. Washington, Portland,
Oregon 97205
27
State Water Resources Board, 1158 Chemeketa N E
28.
U.S. Department of Commerce, 921 S.W. Washington, Portland, Oregon 97204
(for copies of U.S. Census publications)
,
Forest Service,
Salem, Oregon 97310
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Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
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5
Legislative Fiscal Committee, Inventory of State-Owned Real Property,
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6
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- 76 -
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