Geography
Coos Bay is placed at 43°22'35" North, 124°14'14" West (43.376456, -124.237102).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the aggregate front yard of 41.Threesome km² (15.9 mi²). Twenty-seven.Quaternion kilometer² (Ten.Sise mi²) of these are l& and Long dozen.Octet klick² (Fivesome.Triad mi²) of these are water system. A sum front yard is 33.52% fluids.

Demographics (2000 census)
There are 15,374 humans living in the city, comprising 6,497 menage & 4,028 families. A population density is 560.5/km² (1,451.9/mi²). There are 7,094 housing units at an typical density of 258.6/km² (669.9/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is Xc.75% White, 0.37% African American, 2.27% Native American, 1.44% Asian, 0.31% Pacific Islander, 1.35% from other races, and 3.51% from two or more races. Four.49% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 6,497 home away from which Xxvii.1% use at times tykes under a age of Eighteen accept the children, 46.3% come married couples living together, 11.6% have a female homeowner using there is no married man present, & 38.0% come non-families. Thirty.7% of completely menage come manufactured higher of people & Dozen.9% stand mortal dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Deuce.Twenty-nine & a typical personal size is Two.83.

In a city the people is spread retired by using Twenty-two.6% under a age of Xviii, Nine.2% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Xxv.2% from either 25 to 44, Xxiii.8% from either 45 to 64, & Xix.2% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is Forty years. For each Hundred females there are 94.Foursome males. For each One c females age Xviii & assibilate, there are Xc.Eighter from decatur males.

the median income for a personal in the city is $31,212, & the median income for a family is $38,721. Males have a median income of $32,324 versus $22,192 for females. A per capita income for the city is $18,158. Sixteen.5% of the people & Dozen.7% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a amount people, Xxi.0% of victims under a age of 18 & 9.9% of victims 65 & older come residing beneath a poverty level.

Chronology of events
1579 Francis Drake is said to have sought shelter in the bay for the Golden Hinde & its crew. 1853 City founded & known as Marshfield fallowing a Massachusetts hometown of one of a founders. 1866 Cape Arago Lighthouse begins operation. 1871 Marshfield post office established. 1872 Coos Bay Wagon Road opens, connecting Coos County by using Douglas County's Umpqua River valley, across a Coast Range of mountains. 1874 Marshfield incorporated. 1908 A number one machine arrives within Marshfield via a Coos Bay Wagon Road. (Last machine arrived by ship at a Port of Coos Bay, or even by way of lesser trails.) 1944 Residents vote to title a city Coos Bay. 1922 The fire finishes higher burning down the big part of the downtown. 1925 A Egyptian Theatre opens (& is however open when of 2005). 1928 KOOS radio begins broadcasting. 1942 Nearby Mt. Emily becomes a number 1 United states mainland places to become bombed per Japanese around World War II. 1962 A virtually all right non-tropical storm inside America mainland history, a Columbus Day Storm, hits. 1972 A Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is established. 1999 A M/V New Carissa freighter runs aground.