- State:OregonCounty:Baker CountyZips:97819,97837,97905,97840,97884,97907,97870,97833,97877,97834,97814Coordinates:44.709174206487404, -117.67536362688568Area total:3087.98 sq. mi., 7997.83 sq. km, 1976307.20 acresArea land:3067.97 sq. mi., 7946.00 sq. km, 1963498.88 acresArea water:20.01 sq. mi., 51.83 sq. km, 12808.32 acresEstablished:1862Capital seat:
Baker City
Address: 1995 3Rd St
County Courthouse
Baker City, OR 97814-3359
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Baker County, Oregon, United States
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- Population:16,668; Population change: 3.31% (2010 - 2020)Population density:5.43 persons per square mileHousehold income:$36,749Households:6,720Unemployment rate:7.20% per 7,285 county labor force
- Income taxes:9.00%GDP:$621.85 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Baker County's population of Oregon of 16,754 residents in 1930 has decreases 0,99-fold to 16,668 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.37% female residents and 49.63% male residents live in as of 2020, 63.34% in Baker County, Oregon are married and the remaining 36.66% are single population.
As of 2020, 63.34% in Baker County, Oregon are married and the remaining 36.66% are single population.
- Housing units:8,609 residential units of which 83.65% share occupied residential units.
17.8 minutes is the average time that residents in Baker County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
68.20% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 13.58% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.53% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 10.58% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Baker County, Oregon 55.68% are owner-occupied homes, another 23.33% are rented apartments, and the remaining 20.99% are vacant.
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The 32.10% of the population in Baker County, Oregon who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 64.370%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 31.960%) of those eligible to vote in Baker County, Oregon.
