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About Sherman County, Oregon
Location: North Central Oregon
Elevation at Moro: 1,807''
Average Temperature: January 30.1 - July 68.3
Annual Precipitation: 11.38"
Area: 831 sq. mi.
2000 Estimated Per Capita Income: - $17,448
Principal Industries: - Wheat, Barley and Cattle
 U.S. Census Bureau - Sherman County Quick Facts
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/41/41055.html
| People Quick Facts |
Sherman County |
Oregon |
| Population, 2001 estimate |
1,827 |
3,472,867 |
| Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 |
-5.5% |
1.5% |
| Population, 2000 |
1,934 |
3,421,399 |
| Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
0.8% |
20.4% |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
5.1% |
6.5% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
26.4% |
24.7% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
18.3% |
12.8% |
| Female persons, percent, 2000 |
49.3% |
50.4% |
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| White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
93.6% |
86.6% |
| Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% |
1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.4% |
1.3% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% |
3.0% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.0% |
0.2% |
| Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
2.8% |
4.2% |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.6% |
3.1% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
4.9% |
8.0% |
| White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
92.1% |
83.5% |
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| Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
62.6% |
46.8% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
2.5% |
8.5% |
| Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
8.0% |
12.1% |
| High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
84.3% |
85.1% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
19.0% |
25.1% |
| Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
309 |
593,301 |
| Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 |
20.6 |
22.2 |
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| Housing units, 2000 |
935 |
1,452,709 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
70.5% |
64.3% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
4.5% |
23.1% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$77,400 |
$152,100 |
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| Households, 2000 |
797 |
1,333,723 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.43 |
2.51 |
| Median household money income, 1999 |
$35,142 |
$40,916 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$17,448 |
$20,940 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
14.6% |
11.6% |
| Business Quick Facts |
Sherman County |
Oregon |
| Private non-farm establishments, 1999 |
40 |
99,945 |
| Private non-farm employment, 1999 |
247 |
1,332,403 |
| Private non-farm employment, percent change 1990-1999 |
31.4% |
31.0% |
| Non-employer establishments, 1999 |
102 |
212,334 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
NA |
47,665,990 |
| Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
12,897 |
33,396,849 |
| Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$7,145 |
$10,297 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
F |
6.2% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
F |
27.6% |
| Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 |
4 |
19,8771 |
| Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) |
34,494 |
18,401,222 |
| Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 |
105 |
117,999 |
| Geography Quick Facts |
Sherman County |
Oregon |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
823 |
95,997 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 |
2.3 |
35.6 |
| Metropolitan Area |
None |
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1: Includes data not distributed by county.
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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. |
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms |
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