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The city was founded by David Hill (1809 - 1850) in the 1840s. It went by two other names -- East Tualatin Plains and Columbia -- before it became to Hillsborough in honor of Hill after his death; the spelling was later simplified to Hillsboro. It incorporated in 1876.
Hillsboro is located at 45°31'26" North, 122°56'34" West (45.523776, -122.942865) 1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 55.9 km˛ (21.6 mi˛). 55.9 km˛ (21.6 mi˛) of it is land and 0.05% is water.
Hillsboro is located in the Tualatin Valley, and the Tualatin River forms part of the southern city limits. The geography of that area is fairly flat. Hillsboro is about 18 miles to the west of Portland, Oregon, with Beaverton, Oregon located in the intervening area.
Many high-tech companies operate in Hillsboro, making it the center of Oregon's Silicon Forest. In particular, IntelThe following article is about the multinational corporation; intel is also an abbreviation for intelligence, used in reference to military intelligence and espionage. Intel Corporation is a US-based multinational corporation that is best known for design's largest site is Hillsboro. Sun MicrosystemsSun Microsystems is a Silicon Valley-based computer, semiconductor and software manufacturer. Sun's products include computer servers and workstations based on the SPARC processor, the SunOS and Solaris operating systems, the NFS network file system, the High-End Operations is headquartered in Hillsboro. Other high-tech companies with factories in Hillsboro include FujitsuFor the district in Saga, Japan, see Fujitsu, Saga . Fujitsu is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, computers ( supercomputers, personal computers, servers) , telecommunications, and services, and is headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu Limited, Epson, and NECNEC Corporation is a multi-national information technologies company headquarterd in Minato -ku, Tokyo, Japan. They are an internet solutions business involved in the manufacture and sales of computers, communications equipment, electron devices and softw.
As of the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f 2 of 2000, there are 70,186 people, 25,079 households, and 17,078 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,256.3/km˛ (3,253.8/mi˛). There are 27,211 housing units at an average density of 487.1/km˛ (1,261.5/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city is 77.50% White, 1.22% African American, 0.82% Native American, 6.53% Asian, 0.25% Pacific Islander, 10.38% from other races, and 3.30% from two or more races. 18.90% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 25,079 households out of which 37.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% are married couples living together, 9.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% are non-families. 23.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.76 and the average family size is 3.28.
In the city the population is spread out with 28.3% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 37.0% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 30 years. For every 100 females there are 105.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 105.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $51,737, and the median income for a family is $57,379. Males have a median income of $41,046 versus $30,172 for females. The per capita income for the city is $21,680. 9.2% of the population and 6.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 10.9% of those under the age of 18 and 7.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.