Hillsboro is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 69,883 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Hillsboro is the sixth largest community in Oregon.

Unlike some cities, Hillsboro isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hillsboro are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hillsboro is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hillsboro who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.07%), sales jobs (9.80%), and management occupations (8.48%).

Also of interest is that Hillsboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Hillsboro Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Hillsboro is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.52% of adults in Hillsboro have a college degree.

The per capita income in Hillsboro in 2000 was $21,680, which is wealthy relative to Oregon, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $86,720 for a family of four.

Hillsboro is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hillsboro home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hillsboro is White, followed by Asian. Hillsboro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.93% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Hillsboro include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Italian.

In addition, Hillsboro has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.05%).

The most common language spoken in Hillsboro is English. Some people also speak Spanish.