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Portland metropolitan area

:"For the metropolitan area in Maine, see Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area."The Portland-Vancouver, Oregon-Washington, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), also known as the Portland metropolitan area or Greater Portland, is an urban area in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington centered around the city of Portland, Oregon. The U.S. Census Bureau's definition for the MSA is currently all of the following counties: Clackamas County, Oregon, Multnomah County, Oregon, Washington County, Oregon, Yamhill County, Oregon, Clark County, Washington, and Skamania County, Washington. [cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bulletins/fy2008/b08-01.pdf|title=Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses|date=November 20, 2007|publisher=Office of Management and Budget|pages=45|accessdate=2008-09-05] The Washington counties are separated from Oregon by the Columbia River.

The Oregon portion of the metropolitan area is the state's largest urban center. Portions of this are under the jurisdiction of Metro, [cite web|url=http://www.oregonmetro.gov/files/planning/jurisdictionalboundaries.pdf|title=Metropolitan Portland: Jurisdictional Boundaries|publisher=Metro|accessdate=2008-09-05] a directly-elected regional government which, among other things, is responsible for land use planning in the region.

Before the recent redefinition of metropolitan boundaries, the Portland Consolidated Metropolitan Area included the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. [http://www.demographia.com/db-porugbmigr.pdf] If still considered a part of the metropolitan area the population would be 2,516,971.__NOTOC__

Cities and other communities

Major cities in the region in addition to Portland include Beaverton, Gresham, Hillsboro in Oregon, and Vancouver in Washington. The area also includes the smaller cities of Clackamas, Damascus, Gladstone,
King City,
Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Oregon City,
Sherwood,
Tigard,
Troutdale,
Tualatin,
West Linn,
Wilsonville in Oregon, as well as Battle Ground, Camas, and Washougal in Washington.

It includes the unincorporated suburban communities in Oregon of Aloha, Beavercreek, Dunthorpe, Garden Home, Raleigh Hills, and West Slope.

Categorized lists of cities, neighborhoods, and communities are also available:
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Metropolitan statistical area

The Portland–Vancouver–Beaverton Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the 23rd largest in the United States,Fact|date=January 2008 has a population of 2,159,720 (2007 estimate).Fact|date=January 2008 It consists of Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Columbia and Yamhill counties in Oregon, as well as Clark and Skamania counties in Washington. The area includes Portland and the neighboring cities of Beaverton, Gresham, Hillsboro, Milwaukie, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, Fairview, Wood Village, Troutdale, Tualatin, Tigard, Vancouver, Camas and Washougal.

Transportation

Portland is where Interstate 84 ends at Interstate 5, both major highways in the Pacific Northwest. Other primary roads include Interstate 205, an eastern bypass of the urban core, U.S. Route 26, which heads west and southeast, U.S. Route 30, which goes to the northwest, and Oregon Route 217, which connects US 26 with I-5 in the south, travelling through Beaverton. Both US 26 and US 30 go to the Oregon Coast. Also, Washington State Route 14 travels along the northern banks of the Columbia River from downtown Vancouver east to Camas and Washougal.

Transit service on the Oregon side is generally provided by TriMet. In addition, Sandy Area Metro serves Sandy, South Clackamas Transportation District serves nearby Molalla, Canby Area Transit serves Canby and South Metro Area Rapid Transit serves Wilsonville. Service in Clark County is provided by C-TRAN.

References

External links

* [http://www.metro-region.org/ Metro government website]
* [http://www.pdx.edu/media/p/r/PRC_2007_Population_Report2_rev.pdf] of key urban planning documents on the Portland Metropolitan area, at Portland State University


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