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Whites make up 86.6 percent of the population while Asians are 3 percent percent. Blacks, most of whom live in Portland, account for 1.6 percent of the state's population. Native Americans, many of whom live in or near the Warm Springs, Umatilla, Siletz, and former Klamath reservations, constitute 1.3 percent of the population; Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are 0.2 percent; and those of mixed heritage or not reporting ethnicity are 7.3 percent. Hispanics, who may be of any race, are 8 percent of the people.

The 1998 census put Oregon's population at 3,282,000. The State Capital is Salem, other major cities or towns include Portland, Eugene, Gresham, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Medford, Springfield, Bend and Corvallis.