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Clackamas PDX shuttle airportresearch thatClackamas County/ˈklækəmᵻs/is acountylocated in theU.S. stateofOregon. As of the2010 census, the population was 375,992, making it the third-most populous county in Oregon. Itscounty seatisOregon City. Thecounty was namedafter theNative Americansliving in the area, theClackamas Indians, who were part of theChinookanpeople.

Clackamas Countyis included in thePortland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAMetropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in theWillamette Valley.

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History

Originally namedClackamas District, it was one of the four original Oregon districts created byOregon's Provisional Legislatureon July 5, 1843 along with Twality (laterWashington), Cham pooick (laterMarion), andYamhill. The four districts were redesign ated as counties in 1845. At the time of its creation, Clackamas County covered portions of four present-day states and a Canadian province. TheColumbia Riverbecame the northern boundary of the county in 1844. Soon afterJohn McLoughlinstaked a land claim in Oregon City and built a house that in 2003 became a unit of theFort Vancouver National Historic Site.

The one of the reason thatClackamas PDX shuttle airportchoiceOregon City was also the site of the only federal court west of the Rockies in 1849, whenSan Francisco, Californiawas platted. Theplatwas filed in 1850 in the first plat book of the first office of records in the West Coast and is still in Oregon City.

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In 1902, theWillamette Meteoritewas recovered from a field just outside present-dayWest Linn.

In contrast with the more liberal and cosmopolitanMultnomah Countyto the north, and the more corporateWashington Countyto the west, some citizens of Clackamas county have espoused a blue-collar, yet conservative political outlook of the backlash mold described byThomas Frank. It is the headquarters ofLon Mabon, whoseOregon Citizens Alliancehas worked to pass a number ofanti-homosexualinitiatives, and whereBill Sizemore, who has championed various anti-government initiatives for most of the 1990s, had his base before he moved to Klamath Falls. However, it is a very mixed area overall, narrowly voting forRepublicanGeorge W. BushoverDemocratJohn Kerryin 2004, but moderately voting forDemocratBarack ObamaoverRepublicanJohn McCainin 2008.

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As of August 2005, Clackamas is the first county in Oregon to have four models of governance for its communities. Like the rest of Oregon, it has cities (which are formallyincorporated) and rural communities (some of which for federal purposes are consideredcensus-designated places).

After completion of a process that began late in 1999, the county adopted anordinanceon August 11, 2005 which definedhamletsandvillages. As of the November 30, 2005, deadline, three communities have submitted petitions to start the process of becoming a hamlet or a village.Boringpetitioned to become a village. The communities along US 26 near Mount Hood fromBrightwoodtoRhododendronhave petitioned to become "The Villages at Mount Hood".Beavercreekhas become a hamlet.

Demographics

2010 census

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Of the 145,790 households, 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 30.8% were non-families, and 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.04. The median age was 40.6 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $62,007 and the median income for a family was $74,905. Males had a median income of $53,488 versus $39,796 for females. The per capita income for the county was $31,785. About 6.1% of families and 9.0% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 11.2% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.