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Population Change by Race 1990 - 2000
1990 Total White Hispanic Black American Indian Asian & Pacific Islander
Hood River County 16,903 16,315 2,670 52 222 314
Sherman County 1,918 1,880 27 0 24 14
Wasco County 21,683 20,447 967 69 924 243
Klickitat County 16,616 15,851 880 30 596 139
Skamania County 8,289 8,031 162 5 200 53
MCEDD Region 65,409 62,524 4,706 156 1,966 763
             
Oregon 2,842,337 2,684,559 103,288 47,017 40,522 70,239
Washington 4,866,669 4,411,387 186,092 152,569 87,259 215,454
2000 Total White Hispanic Black American Indian Asian & Pacific Islander
Hood River County 20,411 16,099 5,107 117 229 326
Sherman County 1,934 1,810 94 4 27 9
Wasco County 23,791 20,599 2,214 71 906 310
Klickitat County 19,161 16,778 1,496 51 665 180
Skamania County 9,872 9,093 398 30 217 70
MCEDD Region 75,169 64,379 9,309 273 2,044 895
             
Oregon 3,421,399 2,961,623 275,314 55,662 45,211 109,326
Washington 5,894,121 4,821,823 441,509 190,267 93,301 346,288
1990-2000 Total White Hispanic Black American Indian Asian & Pacific Islander
Percent Change
Hood River County 20.80% -1.3% 91.3% 125.0% 3.2% 3.8%
Sherman County 0.80% -3.7% 248.1% n/a 12.5% -35.7%
Wasco County 9.70% 0.7% 129.0% 2.9% -1.9% 27.6%
Klickitat County 15.30% 5.8% 70.0% 70.0% 11.6% 29.5%
Skamania County 19.10% 13.2% 145.7% 500.0% 8.5% 32.1%
MCEDD Region 14.90% 3.0% 97.8% 75.0% 4.0% 17.3%
             
Oregon 20.40% 10.3% 166.5% 18.4% 11.6% 55.6%
Washington 21.10% 9.3% 137.3% 24.7% 6.9% 60.7%
Source: US Census Bureau
Text Box: While the MCEDD region underwent many demographic changes during the 1990s, perhaps the most significant is the relative increase in races that have not traditionally been a significant part of the population. The biggest increase was in persons of Hispanic or Latino descent, their population almost doubled. Even with this increase in the diversity of the region, it still remains largely white.