This history resulted in a very white state. Technically, after 1868, black people could come to Oregon. But the black-exclusion laws had sent a very clear message nationwide, says Darrell Millner ...

As the United States became more ethnically and racially diverse in the last decade, Portland did too – all while remaining the whitest big city in America. In 2020, 66.4% of city residents ...

Oregon's largest city has a storied history. ... A very white city. Just over 77% of Portland residents are white, according to the 2020 U.S. Census. It is the whitest large city in the nation.

Often called the “whitest” U.S. big city — more than 70% of the population is non-Latino white — Portland has transformed into a ... Though Oregon experienced an influx of Black ...

In 1921, the Portland Telegram published a photograph of Oregon Ku Klux Klan leaders outfitted in full regalia (including white hoods) posing with Portland city officials during a meeting about ...

Oregon’s relative homogeneity — the state is three-quarters white compared with neighboring California, where white people make up 37 percent of the population — was not accidental.

Portland, one of America's most woke cities and hub of the Black Lives Matter movement, is also the whitest among cities with a population of more than 200,000, new census data has revealed.

Oregon is known today for liberal politics and residents who faintly resemble the quirky characters on the TV parody Portlandia. And since last summer Portland, the state’s largest city, has ...

OREGON CITY, Ore. — Police are investigating a bias incident after people in several Oregon City neighborhoods found flyers with homophobic statements and overt references to white supremacy in ...

Oregon City police called it a bias incident. The flyers contained homophobic statements and overt references to white supremacy, according to city officials. Skip Navigation ...