Tigard, Oregon

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The 2000 Census showed that Tigard had a population of 41,223 people^<1>. This represents 1.2% of the total population of Oregon, making it the state's 11th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
8	Springfield	S	95 mi [152.9 km]	57,224	8.25% increase
9	Bend	SE	118 mi [189.9 km]	77,181	48.34% increase
10	Corvallis	S	63 mi [101.4 km]	51,110	3.63% increase
-11-	Tigard			48,713	18.17% increase
12	Albany	S	57 mi [91.7 km]	48,081	17.7% increase
13	Lake Oswego	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	36,926	4.67% increase
14	Keizer	S	31 mi [49.89 km]	35,864	11.37% increase

Tigard had 17,369 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Tigard has an area^<4> of 10.86 square miles [28.13 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Tigard had a 2000 population density of 3,795 people per square mile [1,465 people/km²], making it the state's 19th most densely populated area.

Washington County

The city of Tigard is located in Washington County.

The county had a population of 448,509 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 41,223 people, Tigard contained 9.19% of the Washington County total.

In addition, where the community of Tigard has a population density of 3,795 people per square mile [1,465 people/km²], Washington County averages 619 people per square mile [239.3 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Washington County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Tigard and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Tigard. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Tigard. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Tigard, it also contains a comparison between Tigard and the state of Oregon.

Click here for the Tigard QuickFact (QF-4173650).

The following communities are nearby Tigard and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Lake Oswego	QF-4140550	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	36,926	4.67% increase
	Beaverton	QF-4105350	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	91,757	20.53% increase
	Hillsboro	QF-4134100	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	93,638	33.41% increase
	Portland	QF-4159000	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	557,706	5.4% increase
	Vancouver (WA)	QF-5374060	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	163,186	13.67% increase
	Gresham	QF-4131250	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	101,221	12.21% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Tigard.

A Census Quickfact is available for Washington County (QF-41067).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Washington County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clackamas	QF-41005	SE	380,576	12.1% increase
	Clatsop	QF-41007	NW	37,404	5.16% increase
	Columbia	QF-41009	N	49,408	13.17% increase
	Multnomah	QF-41051	E	714,567	7.98% increase
	Tillamook	QF-41057	W	24,927	2.78% increase
	Yamhill	QF-41071	SW	98,168	15.16% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Tigard:

Tigard is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Tigard.

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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Tigard. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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