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I remember visiting Portland for the first time in 1987 to visit my cousins and to attend a wedding. My cousins were half-Hawaiian (Japanese ethnicity) and half-caucasian. During that weekend, they were the only people I saw who weren’t 100% caucasian, near as I could tell.
While Portland is now home to the weird and tragically Left, The Atlantic remembers a time when it was one of the most racist cities in the United States.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/racist-history-portland/492035/
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Last census data has PDX population at 8% AA. A big irony with Portland is locals see themselves as inclusive, open and a real life example of the big tent principle. Well, PDX is a big tent until you think differently or view life differently than the white, puffy, wool pants wearing and Subaru Forrester driving folks that live here.
Nope, that makes you a narrow minded, racist, hater, stereotypical old white man.
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This web site says that African American populations remained a fairly constant percentage of the overall Portland community (2.5% to 2.7%) from 1980 through 2000, though all other non-Caucasian races grew quickly. Total Hispanic population grew from 2.0% to 7.4% and Other, Non-Hispanic races grew from 3.2% to 8.4% in 2000.
Foreign-born population increased significantly between 1970 (3.9%) and 2000 (10.8%).
https://socds.huduser.gov/Census/race.odb?msacitylist=6440.0*4100059000*1.0&metro=msa
By 2020, Portland was still 77.4% caucasian:
Race and Hispanic Origin White alone, percent 77.4%
Black or African American alone, percent(a) 5.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) 0.8%
Asian alone, percent(a) 8.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a) 0.6%
Two or More Races, percent 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b) 9.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent 70.6%
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