Teeming masses huddled into the five metropolitan counties in 1974: 943,085

Huddlers today: 1,487,300

Estimated number of arrivals INTO Oregon in 1974: 40,000

Number hustling OUT of Oregon in 1983: 40,000

And IN again in 1990: 70,000

Population of the little ol' town of Wilsonville in 1980: 1,001

Wilsonville population at last count: 10,600

Number of Smiths in the 1974 phone book: 1,950

Number today: 3,604

Number of Nguyens (the Vietnamese Smith) in the 1974 phone book: 0

Number today: 339

Number of inmates rattling bars at the Multnomah County Jail in 1974: 16,138

Number this year: 46,000

Concealed-weapons licenses issued by Multnomah County in 1988: 11

At last count: 11,907

Percentage INCREASE in violent crime since 1974: 10.8%

Percentage DECREASE in hate crimes since 1990: 56.9%

Percentage increase in cops on the beat since 1974: 51.8%

Ratio of cops to doughnut shops in 1974: 17:1

Ratio today: 38:1

Number of AIDS tests given in Multnomah County in 1989: 8,234

Percent positive: 3.75%

Number of AIDS tests given in Multnomah County last year: 21,810

Percent positive: 0.67%

Median monthly rent in 1980: $245

Cost of one-night stay in the Presidential Suite of the Benson Hotel in 1980: $325

Median monthly rent today: $621

Cost of one-night stay in the Presidential Suite of the Benson Hotel today: $900

Percentage rise in median per capita income between 1980 and 1997: 34%

The cost of a business calculator at the PSU Bookstore in 1974: $275

Cost today: $35

The cost of sending Johnny or Mary to Reed College for one year in 1974: $3,270

Cost for Jordan or Heather today: $23,880

Cost of a four-bedroom house in Laurelhurst in 1974: $37,500

Cost today: $289,000

Number of "lipstick seeking lipstick" WW personal ads in June 1989: 0

Number in an average month today: 60

Percentage increase in cosmetic surgeons listed in the Yellow Pages since 1974: 1,400%

Free dinners won since 1984 by spinning the wheel at Holman's Tavern: 9,930

Number of Portland mayors since 1974 who have owned their own taverns: 1

Number of Lewis & Clark alums making international headlines since 1974: 1

Number of swimmers drowned in the Sandy River since 1986: 11

Number of pedestrians killed by MAX since 1986: 16

Number of miles Tri-Met buses traveled in 1988: 20,935,200

Number traveled last year: 25,705,092

Stop lights in Multnomah County, excluding Portland, in 1974: 25

That same number today: 116

Winter steelhead count at Willamette Falls in 1980: 22,356

At last count: 4,544

Number of golf holes on Portland's greens in 1988: 558

Number in 1996: 828

Percentage increase in Mormon churches in Multnomah County since 1974: 45%

Percentage increase in sex shops in Multnomah County since 1974: 105%

Tons of goods exported at the Port of Portland in September 1981: 487.7

Tons exported in September of this year: 914.9

Tons of shit generated in a year by Portland Zoo animals, at last count: 780

Tons of paperwork generated in a year by City Hall copiers at last count: 299