POPULATION HEALTH DATA BRIEF

Lane County, Oregon

A. SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE

1. Key Findings

● The overall population of Lane County is about 0.1 percent of the total

population of the USA, with an estimated 382,067 citizens.

● In Lane County, 89.1% of people are white alone while the USA average for

white alone is 76.5%.

● The poverty rate in Lane County is at 18.1% which is higher than the

poverty rate for the United States, which is 11.8%.

● 22% of Lane County residents have severe housing problems.

● STIs are on the rise with a current rate of 490 cases of chlamydia per

100,000 people in Lane County.

Lane County, Oregon

 (Lane County, 2017)

Introduction

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The United States Census Bureau provides a wide variety of information

about population characteristics in each county, state, and overall nation.

Information was gathered from the United States Census Bureau website to

summarize sociodemographic characteristics in Lane County, Oregon in

comparison with the United States (USA). The overall population of Lane

County is about 0.1 percent of the total population of the USA, with an

estimated 382,067 citizens in the county versus 328,239,523 citizens in the

USA. The population percent change in Lane County of 8.6 percent is higher

than that of the USA, which is only 6.3 percent. This means the local population

in Lane County is growing faster than the overall national population. The

percentage of people under the age of 18 in the USA is larger than in Lane

County, with the national average being 22.4 percent and the county average

being 18.4 percent. However, the percentage of people over the age of 65 in

Lane County is 19.3 percent which is higher than the national average of 16

percent. This indicates that the average age of residents in Lane County is

likely higher than that of the overall nation. The percentage of women in Lane

County is the same as the percentage in the USA, 50.8 percent which is just a

tad over half of the total population being female.

Ethnic distribution in Lane County is far less varied than the diversity in

the USA overall. In Lane County, 89.1 percent of people are white alone while

the measure for white alone in the USA is 76.5 percent. The population of

Hispanic alone in the county is 9.1 percent which is lower than the national

population of 18.3 percent. The percentage of foreign born people in Lane

County, 6 percent, is less than half the percentage of foreign born people in the

USA overall, 13.5 percent. The percentage of those over the age of five that

speak another language besides English at home in Lane County is very low,

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8.5 percent, compared to the national measure of 21.5 percent. The

percentages of homes with a computer is higher in Lane County, 92.2 percent,

than the USA measure of 88.8 percent. Similarly, those with a high school

graduate degree or higher is higher in Lane County at 91.4 percent than the

national measure of 87.7 percent. The percentage of those with a disability

under the age of 65 is higher in Lane County than the USA, 12.4 percent and

8.6 percent respectively. The percentage of those without health insurance

under the age of 65, 9.4 percent is only slightly lower than the national

percentage of 10 percent.