Newport, Oregon Newport, Oregon State Oregon Website City of Newport Newport is a town/city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a total populace of 9,989, an increase of nearly 5% over its 2000 population; as of 2013, it had an estimated populace of 10,117. Newport has been the governmental center of county of Lincoln County since 1952, when voters allowed a measure to remove the center of government from close-by Toledo to Newport. It is also the home of the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Nye Beach, Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Pacific Maritime Heritage Center and Rogue Ales.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.59 square miles (27.43 km2), of which 9.05 square miles (23.44 km2) is territory and 1.54 square miles (3.99 km2) is water. Newport has mild, wet weather throughout the year with the heaviest rain falling amid the winter months.
The town/city averages 0.4 afternoons annually with maximum temperatures equalling or exceeding 90 F or 32.2 C and 29 mornings with minimum temperatures of 32 F or 0 C or lower. Historic extreme temperatures have varied between 1 F ( 17.2 C) in winter and 100 F (37.8 C) in summer. The average annual rain between 1961 and 1990 was 70.99 inches (1,803 mm), with the wettest "rain year" being from July 1968 to June 1969 with 102.15 inches (2,594.6 mm) and the driest, like most of Oregon, from July 1976 to June 1977 with 38.94 inches (989.1 mm).
There are an average of 187 days a year with rain equalling or exceeding 0.01 inches or 0.3 millimetres. Average annual snow flurry is only 1.57 inches or 0.040 metres. In October 1962, wind gusts at Newport reached 138 miles per hour (222 km/h) before the wind gauge stopped working.
This occurred amid the Columbus Day Windstorm, which the National Weather Service has titled one of Oregon's top 10 weather affairs of the 20th century. Another top-10 event affecting Newport occurred in December 1964, when a rainstorm caused harsh flooding in many parts of the state.
The Weather Service rated the storm among the most harsh in Oregon since the 1870s.
About 21 inches (530 mm) of precipitation fell on Newport.
Also in the Weather Bureau's top-10 list for Oregon are the snowstorms of January 1950.
Newport saw a total of about 6 inches or 0.15 metres fall amid the month, four times its normal annual snowfall. Climate data for Newport, Oregon Source: The Climate of Oregon (1961 90) and Western Regional Climate Center (1931 2005) As of the census of 2010, there were 9,989 citizens , 4,354 homeholds, and 2,479 families residing in the city.
There were 5,540 housing units at an average density of about 612 per square mile (236.3/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 84.1% White, 0.6% African American, 2.1% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 7.5% from other competitions, and 3.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,354 homeholds of which about 25% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41% were married couples living together, 11% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43% were non-families.
About 35% of all homeholds were made up of individuals, and about 15% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was about 2.2 and the average family size was about 2.8.
The median age in the town/city was about 43 years.
About 20% of inhabitants were under the age of 18, 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24, 24% were from 25 to 44, 29% were from 45 to 64, and 19% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,532 citizens , 4,112 homeholds, and 2,495 families residing in the city.
There were 5,034 housing units at an average density of about 567 per square mile (219/km2).
Of 4,112 homeholds, about 27% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47% were married couples living together, 13% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 39% were non-families.
About 32% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 13% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was about 2.3 and the average family size was about 2.8.
In the city, the populace was spread out with about 22% under the age of 18, 8% from 18 to 24, 26% from 25 to 44, 27% from 45 to 64, and 17% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $31,996, and the median income for a family was $36,682.
Lincoln County voters established Oregon Coast Community College in 1987, in which year the college held its first classes. The enhance schools in Newport are part of the Lincoln County School District, and include Newport High School, Newport Preparatory Academy, Newport Intermediate School, Isaac Newton Magnet School, and Sam Case Primary School.
Newport is also home to the Hatfield Marine Science Center, directed by Oregon State University in collaboration with state and federal agencies.
Newport has one sister city: United States Enumeration Bureau.
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Oregon Economic & Community Development Department: Oregon Sister Relationships Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newport, Oregon.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Newport, Oregon.
Listing for Newport in the Oregon Blue Book Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce Municipalities and communities of Lincoln County, Oregon, United States State of Oregon
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