Located on the Pacific Rim and bridging the states of Oregon and Washington, the Portland region is a strategic center of trade and commerce on the West Coast. Well served by interstate highways, rail lines, airport and navigable waterways, the region is an efficient and economical manufacturing and distribution point.

Los Angeles, 960 miles
New York, 2,897 miles
San Francisco, 632 miles
Seattle, 173 miles

February 2007
Portland MSA (Oregon Only)
Total Employment (ages 14 to 99), 848,659
Job creation, 43,605
New hires, 137,201
Separations, 155,260
Avg. monthly earnings, $3,547.50
Avg. new-hire earnings, $2,259.75

Clackamas County, 374,230
Clark County, Wash., 412,938
Columbia County, 49,163
Multnomah County, 681,454
Washington County, 514,269
Yamhill County, 94,678
Total, 2,126,732

Airport
Portland International Airport
(503) 460-4040
(877) 739-4636
www.flypdx.com

Ports
Port of Portland
(503) 944-7000, (800) 547-8411
www.portofportland.com

Port of Vancouver
(360) 693-3611
www.portvanusa.com

Railroads
Amtrak
(800) 872-7245
www.amtrak.com

Burlington Northern Santa Fe
(800) 795-2673, www.bnsf.com

Union Pacific
(402) 544-5000
(888) 870-8777
www.up.com

Tax, Rate

Property tax, Portland area 2007: Rates across counties in the Oregon portion of the MSA range from $9.27 to $26.81 per $1,000 assessed valuation.

Property tax, Clark County, Wash., 2007: $10.48 per $1,000 assessed value

Transit district payroll tax, .006518% of payroll

2008
No. 1 “Greenest City in America” – Popular Science (February 2008)
No. 1 among “Best Cities in America in Which to Have a Baby” – Fit Pregnancy (February/March 2008)
Distinctive Destination (one of 12 cities chosen) – National Trust for Historic Preservation (February 2008)
“Top 10 Cities for Independent Moviemakers” – MovieMaker (Winter 2008)
Top 10 Cities to Beat/“Portland: Leader of the New Urbanism” – BusinessWeek (January 2008)

2007
No. 1 Cityscape/No. 1 “Environmental Awareness” – CNN/Travel & Leisure (October 2007)
No. 2 among “10 Greenest Cities in America” – MSN.com City Guides
No. 1 in the nation for biking to work – U.S. Census Bureau
America’s “Best Eating Destination” – The Food Network (April 2007)
No. 9 among the “Top 25 Fittest Cities in the United States ” – Men’s Fitness (February 2007)
No. 2 among Cooking Light’s 20 Best Cities (January-February 2007)
One of the World’s Top Travel Destinations for 2007 – Frommer’s Guidebooks/Frommer’s.com (January 2007)