Ethnic groups in Portland, Oregon explained

According to the City of Portland, "In all categories, the Eastside is more racially diverse than the Westside. Hispanics are most concentrated in North Portland at nearly 15% of the population. NE Portland has the highest concentration of African Americans at 30%. The concentration of Asians in Portland are mostly within NE, SE, and outer East Portland, with a percent population of 11%, 10%, and 9% respectively. Whites are the most common race group citywide."[1]

In 2016, Alana Semuels of The Atlantic wrote, "As black people moved into Albina, whites moved out; by the end of the 1950s, there were 23,000 fewer white residents and 7,000 more black residents than there had been at the beginning of the decade." She also said "by 1999, blacks owned 36 percent fewer homes than they had a decade earlier, while whites owned 43 percent more."[2] In 2021, the Southeast Examiner Don MacGillivray said "Portland is known for its lack of racial diversity and its lack of African Americans", with a Black population at six percent and Latinos at 10 percent of the city's population.[3]

African Americans

African Americans are concentrated in north and northeast Portland.[4]

Asians

Burmese

As of 2010, approximately 1,400 Burmese people lived in the Portland metropolitan area.[5] Notable Burmese restaurants have included Rangoon Bistro and Top Burmese.

Chinese

See also: History of Chinese Americans in Portland, Oregon. According to The Oregonian, "One in 10 residents in Portland were Chinese by 1890, making Portland’s Chinese community the second largest in the United States at that time." Ladd's Addition was among the city's first neighborhoods in which Chinese people were allowed to own homes.[6]

Filipino

Notable Filipino restaurants have included Botanical Bakeshop and Magna Kusina.

Indian

Notable Indian restaurants have included:

Koreans

See also: History of Koreans in Portland, Oregon.

Japanese

See also: History of the Japanese in Portland, Oregon. Ethnic Japanese in the present-day Portland area are known to date back as far as 1834, though permanent Japanese residents did not appear until the 1880s. The Japanese community grew over the next several decades, and eventually, two Japantowns had been established in the city of Portland. Both of these ethnic enclaves disappeared during World War II's Internment of Japanese Americans. Following World War II, a number of the interned Japanese Americans returned to the Portland area. As of 2010, approximately 30,000 Japanese-Americans resided in Portland, Oregon with a total of 38,000 residing in the greater Multnomah County area.[7]

Palestinian

According to 2019 census data, approximately 400 Portland residents listed Palestinian as their ancestry.

Thai

Notable Thai restaurants have included:

Vietnamese

Portland had the fifteenth largest Vietnamese population in the United States, as of 2022.[8] Vietnamese coffee gained popularity in Portland in the 2020s.[9] Notable Vietnamese restaurants have included:

Hispanic/Latino

See also: Hispanics and Latinos in Portland, Oregon.

Jews

Approximately 75,500 Jews live in Greater Portland.[10]

Native Americans

Portland has the ninth largest urban Native American population in the United States.[11]

Romani

Portland has a substantial Romani population.[12] Approximately 3,000 Romani people live in the metropolitan area.[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Race and Ethnicity Population Estimates. 2021-12-30. 2021-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20211230213559/https://www.portlandonline.com/portlandplan/index.cfm?a=288105&c=52257. live.
  2. Web site: The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America. The Atlantic. 22 July 2016. 30 December 2021. 8 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200508193733/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/racist-history-portland/492035/. live.
  3. Web site: Portland's Struggle with Diversity | the Southeast Examiner of Portland Oregon. 2021-12-30. 2021-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20211230213758/https://www.southeastexaminer.com/2021/01/portlands-struggle-with-diversity/. live.
  4. Web site: Portland is still the whitest big city in America. 2 October 2022 . 2023-09-03. 2023-09-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20230903025206/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/portland-is-still-the-whitest-big-city-in-america/?amp=1. live.
  5. Web site: 2021-05-26 . Marching for Home: First and Second Generation Immigrant Portlanders Can’t Look Away From Injustices in Their Homelands . 2024-08-18 . Willamette Week . en.
  6. Web site: Todd . Tanner . 2024-04-21 . Cemetery events honor memories of Chinese Americans buried in Portland . 2024-08-18 . The Oregonian . en.
  7. Web site: Oregon Japanese Population Percentage County Rank Based on ACS 2010–2014 data . 2022-06-20 . www.usa.com.
  8. Web site: 2022-06-29 . In a First for the Nation, Five Vietnamese American Candidates Are Bound for the Oregon Legislature . 2024-08-18 . Willamette Week . en.
  9. Web site: Wong . Janey . 2024-07-24 . Portland’s Vietnamese Cafe Renaissance Is Peaking . 2024-08-18 . Eater Portland . en.
  10. Web site: 2022-23 Greater Portland Jewish Community Study. 2023-08-27. 2023-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20230827014926/https://www.brandeis.edu/cmjs/community-studies/portland-report.html#:~:text=Among%20the%20findings%3A,Jewish%2C%20living%20in%2031%2C100%20households.. live.
  11. Web site: The roots of Portland's Native American community. 10 July 2017 . 2023-10-07. 2023-06-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20230607161722/https://www.oregonmetro.gov/news/roots-portlands-native-american-community. live.
  12. Web site: Oregon Roma (Gypsies) . 2022-05-25 . 2022-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522112511/https://www.ohs.org/oregon-historical-quarterly/award-winning-articles/upload/Silverman_Roma-in-Oregon_OHQ-Winter-2017_Final.pdf . live .
  13. Web site: Roma minority has special sensitivities, health-related beliefs, professor, doctors say. Simina Mistreanu | The. Oregonian/OregonLive. February 2, 2014. oregonlive.