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Figure 1-4 Number of Employers in Washington County by Location and Size

All Other
All of Parts of
Washington Beaverton Hillsboro Tigard Tualatin Washington
Employer Size County area area area area County
2,000 employees or more 4 0 2 0 0 2
1,000 – 1,999 employees 7 1 3 1 1 1

500 – 999 employees 25 2 7 2 3 11
100 – 499 employees 375 91 96 73 36 79
Less than 100 employees 19,533 4,342 3,301 3,091 1,457 7,342

Total # of Employers 19,944 4,436 3,409 3,167 1,497 7,435
Source: Oregon Employment Department 2015 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

1.4 Population and Employment Growth and Trends

Over the past 40 years, population has grown by 385 percent, from 158,000 people to 606,000
people and employment by 530 percent, from 52,000 jobs to 276,000 jobs. This dramatic
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growth is expected to slow down but continue above the national average.
Washington County’s population and employment are expected to grow significantly by 2035:
 Population is projected to increase to 758,500 people.
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 Employment is projected to increase to 382,000 jobs.
This growth is expected to have significant impacts on Washington County’s transportation
system. The number of trips is expected to increase 43 percent by 2035, with transit, bicycling
and pedestrian travel increasing the most (increases of 90 percent, 54 percent and 52 percent,
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respectively).

1 Washington County Transportation System Plan User’s Guide. November 2015. Retrieved from
https://s3.amazonaws.com/washcomultimedia/CMSBigFiles/TransportationPlanUsersGuideFinal.pdf
2 Ibid.
3 Washington County Transportation System Plan User’s Guide. November 2015. Retrieved from
https://s3.amazonaws.com/washcomultimedia/CMSBigFiles/TransportationPlanUsersGuideFinal.pdf

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