| Significant City History |
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Portland started as a spot known as "the clearing".
Early settlers, Pettygrove and Lovejoy each wished to name the
new city after his respective home town; this was decided by a
coin toss, which Pettygrove, from Portland, Maine won.
Portland remained the major port in the Pacific Northwest until
the 1890s, when Seattle's deepwater harbor was connected to
the rest of the mainland by rail.
The first known reference to Portland as "The City of Roses"
was made by visitors to an 1888 Episcopal Church convention.
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| Famous people |
Clark Gable Mel Blanc William Hurt
Dick Fosbury Micky Lolich Dale Murphy
Johnny Pesky The Kingsmen Sally Struthers
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| City |
State |
Population |
Year Founded |
| Portland |
OR |
529,121 |
1851 |
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| Elevation |
Industry |
% Unemploy |
Avg. Income |
| 50 feet |
Microbrewery |
6.5% |
52,592 |
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| Ethnic Groups |
% of Population |
Average Age |
Pop. Density |
| White |
78% |
35 |
4,199 per sq mi |
| Hispanic |
7% |
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| Asian |
6% |
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| Black |
6% |
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| Other / Mixed |
3% |
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| Avg Max Mean Temp |
Avg Max Mean Temp |
Avg Min Mean Temp |
Avg Min Mean Temp |
| July 1961 |
July 2000 |
Jan 1961 |
Jan 2000 |
| 81.2 |
87.8 |
37 |
41.8 |
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| Avg July Precip |
Avg July Precip |
Avg Jan Precip |
Avg Jan Precip |
| July 1961 |
July 2000 |
Jan 1961 |
Jan 2000 |
| 0.5 |
0.4 |
4.5 |
8 |
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| Current Avg |
% of Sunny Days |
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| Precip |
(Yearly) |
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| 3.9 |
52% |
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| State Ranking |
Total Carbon |
Total Carbon |
Resid. Carbon |
| C02 Footprint |
Output Per Person |
Output Portland |
Output Portland |
| (most consumption) |
Metric Tons of |
Metric Tons of |
Metric Tons of |
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CO2 Per Year |
CO2 Per Year |
CO2 Per Year |
| 41st |
11.81 |
6,248,919 |
1,402,170 |
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