Tillamook (Oregon)

Tillamook County

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Tillamook is a small town and the county seat of Tillamook County in the U.S. state of Oregon with 4476 inhabitants ( 2004).

The city is located at the southeastern end of the bay Tillamook Bay on the Pacific Ocean. It was named after the indigenous people of the Tillamook, a tribe of the Salish, named.

History

In 1788, anchored under Captain Robert Gray first time an American ship in the Tillamook Bay. The settlement of the later town Tillamook began in 1851, the first store opened in 1862.; of 1866, when a post office was established, the town was finally called Tillamook. He was elected in 1873 to the county seat, and in 1891 entered as a City.

One last operated by the Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad railway line led since 1911 by Tillamook over the coastal mountains to the center of Oregon. This train had to be stopped after heavy storm damage in 2007.

Economy

The main economic activity of the village is agriculture. It is mainly dairy cattle kept, which supplies the cheese factory.

Furthermore, Tillamook benefited from by -trotting tourists that go to the Pacific. Five kilometers south of the city lies the Tillamook Airport.

Geography

Tillamook has an area of 4.0 km ². The settlement area is focused on the area between the Trask River, which flows from the southeast to the city and along the meandering from east to west Hoquarten Slough.

U.S. Highway 101 leads to the Main Avenue South and on the Pacific Avenue north through the center of the village; at the intersection with 3rd Street ends of Oceanside in the west Oregon State Route 131 and State Route 6 begins Oregon, which leads east to U.S. Highway 26 to Portland.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 4352 people Tillamook. The population density was 1091.1 people per km ². There were 1898 housing units at an average 475.9 per km ². The population consisted of Tillamooks 92.56 % White, 0.16 % African American, 1.22% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.16 % Pacific Islander, 3.42 % reported other races to belong and 1.77 % from two or more races. 11.12 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Tillamooks distributed to 1768 households out of which 33.3 % were living in children under 18 years. 44.7 % married couples living together, 12.5 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1 % were non-families. 32.1 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 13.1% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size is 3.08.

The population was spread out with 29.2 % under the, 9.4 % 18 -24- year-old, 28.1 % 25 -44- year-old, 19.6% 45-64 year olds and 13.6 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 96.0 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 92.1 men.

The median household income in Tillamook was 29 875 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 36 351 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 28 458 U.S. dollars, compared to 20,801 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 15,160 U.S. dollars. 15.4 % of the population and 11.8 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 18.2 % of minors and 14.8 % of those age 65 or over.