King City, Oregon

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King City is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Its name was picked arbitrarily by the Tualatin Development Company, Inc., which used a royalty theme in naming the city streets. The population was 1,949 at the 2000 census. The 2006 estimate is 2,350 residents. [http://www.pdx.edu/media/p/r/PRC_Certified_Cities_2006.pdf PSU:Population Research Center] ]

History

Created as a planned adult community, King City was incorporated in March 1966. The city's legal restrictions which forbid minors from living within its city limits for more than a short time have since been subjected to increasing criticism.

Due to controversy in the annexation by the City of Tigard of the Bull Mountain area directly north of King City, a proposal for King City to annex the area instead was made. Since the population and size of Bull Mountain is significantly large (about 5,600 registered voters), compared with King City, this would be a noteworthy change in King City.

Geography

King City is located at coor dms|45|24|4|N|122|48|11|W|city (45.400990, -122.803160).GR|1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 1,949 people, 1,389 households, and 480 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,652.9 people per square mile (1,791.7/km²). There were 1,488 housing units at an average density of 3,552.4/sq mi (1,367.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.31% White, 0.15% Native American, 0.92% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 0.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.51% of the population.

There were 1,389 households out of which 0.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.4% were married couples living together, 2.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 65.4% were non-families. 63.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 55.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.40 and the average family size was 2.09.

In the city the population was spread out with 0.9% under the age of 18, 0.5% from 18 to 24, 3.0% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 78.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 76 years. For every 100 females there were 50.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 49.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,617, and the median income for a family was $49,444. Males had a median income of $39,917 versus $33,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,536. None of the families and 2.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 2.1% of those over 64.

References

External links

* [http://www.ci.king-city.or.us/ City of King City web site]