•Nearly 25,000 African immigrants and refugees live in Oregon: Source, Coalition of Communities of Color
•About 24 percent of the Portland Metropolitan Region was made up of youth ages 0-17. Nearly 11 percent were residents 65 years of age and older.
•Three quarters of Latinos in Multnomah County trace their roots to Mexico.
•More than 40 percent of the Latino population is under 19, compared to 18 percent of non-Latino whites.
•There are more than 3,200 licensed restaurants in Multnomah County and more than 710 food carts.
•In Multnomah County, African American men are 40 percent more likely than white men to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than two times as likely to die from it.
•There are 106 emergency shelter beds for women in Portland. There are currently 338 women on the waitlist at those beds.
•In 2012, 3,000 school children in Multnomah County were homeless.
• 11,773 same-sex couples are living in Oregon: 2010 U.S. Census
•Multnomah County, with approximately 5,120 same-sex couples, ranks 5th in the country for number of same-sex couples per 1,000 households (16.81 per 1000).
•Approximately 16 percent of same-sex couples are raising children.
•10,555 riders took part in the month long Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s cycling challenge across Oregon. Residents took 114,984 trips and rode a collective 1,151,687 miles during the challenge this fall.
•A December 2012 poll found that 54 percent of people in Oregon would vote to approve the freedom to marry, while only 40 percent said they would oppose marriage for same-sex couples. Independents support marriage by a 64-33 margin, and voters younger than 45 support the freedom to marry by a margin of 68-30.
Sources: Coalition of Communities of Color, Coalition for a Livable Future, City of Portland, Multnomah County, Bicycle Transportation Alliance