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The Portland metropolitan area is a metro area with its core in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has 5 principal cities, the largest being Portland, Oregon . [ 4 ]
Counties in the Portland (Oregon) metropolitan area, also known as the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area, which lies within two U.S. states, Oregon and Washington. Pages in category "Portland metropolitan area counties"
East County is a region of Multnomah County, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is generally defined as being the entirety of Multnomah County east of Portland . [ 3 ]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
Western portion of Umatilla County and a small portion of eastern Wasco County: Named for state representative Jackson L. Morrow, an advocate for the formation of the county. 12,302: 2,033 sq mi (5,265 km 2) Multnomah County: 051: Portland: 1854: Eastern part of Washington and the northern part of Clackamas counties
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.
[12] [13] The modern metropolitan statistical area was created in 1983 amid a large increase in the number of eligible markets, which grew from 172 in 1950 to 288 in 1980; [12] [14] the core based statistical area (CBSA) was introduced in 2000 and defined in 2003 with a minimum population of 10,000 required for micropolitan areas and 50,000 for ...
The city is among the main cities that make up the Portland metropolitan area. Its population was 97,494 at the 2020 census, making it the second most populous city in the county and the seventh-most populous city in Oregon. Beaverton is an economic center for Washington County along with neighboring Hillsboro.