Fighting Sprawl, Oregon County Makes Deal With Intel to Limit Job Growth. (The New York Times, 6/9/1999)
In an unusual arrangement that reflects both the flush national economy and Oregon's particular obsession with controlling sprawl, the computer-chip maker has agreed to pay a ''growth impact fee'' if it exceeds a ceiling of 1,000 new manufacturing jobs on top of the 4,000 it already provides here in Washington County, part of the growing Portland metropolitan area.
Hillsboro is the county seat of Washington County.
% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
- 43.7% - Washington County
- 32.9% - Oregon
- 30.9% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
- 13.4% - Washington County
- 17.6% - Oregon
- 16.0% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
- 8.8% - Washington County
- 12.6% - Oregon
- 11.8% - U.S.
Diverse, suburban, well-educated, higher income, younger.
Source: Wikipedia
3rd party votes: 25.4% in 1992, 11.2% in 1996. 12.2% in 2016
(George Wallace received 4.7% of the vote in 1968)
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