City Council Wards

The City of Hillsboro is divided into three wards to help ensure all the interests of all Hillsboro neighborhoods are represented. Where and how City Council ward boundaries are drawn affect who is likely to be elected as a councilor and how your neighborhood participates in City government.

Two councilors who reside in each ward are elected to serve on the City Council, in addition to the Mayor.
The Mayor may reside anywhere within City limits and is also a member of the City Council.
Once elected, all council members represent the entire of City of Hillsboro.

Visit our City Council webpage to learn more about Hillsboro’s Council-Manager form of government and the current City Council Members.

For more information on City Council terms and elections, please visit our City Recorder’s Office webpage.

Council Wards Map

Use the interactive City Council Wards Map to locate your ward and explore the updated boundaries.

Click the magnifying glass icon on the top right to search an address or use the zoom functions on the top left to explore the map.

Map in effect as of January 2023. Numbers reflect estimated population.

Updated Ward Boundaries

Hillsboro City Council adopted new ward boundaries on January 3, 2023.

The new boundaries were informed by community engagement and recommended by graduates of the 2022 Civic Leadership Academy, who spent six weeks working with Portland State University (PSU) to develop their proposal.

Ordinance 6411 is in effect and applicable for upcoming elections.
View the previous Council Wards Boundary Map.

Hillsboro embarked on the ward update after results of the 2020 U.S. Census showed imbalanced population counts between the three wards.

Ward Boundary Update Process

In October 2021, the City Council determined the City's Civic Leadership Academy would serve as the Citizen Review Board Blue Ribbon Committee to follow the extensive adjustment process.
The City worked with Oregon's Kitchen Table, a program of PSU, to engage with more than 600 community members in a variety of settings to gather residents' input and feedback. Results are available below.
Hillsboro City Council updated the ward boundary criteria in September 2022 to meet statewide legal requirements and include collected community input.

The City worked with Portland State University (PSU), to develop initial proposed maps that helped inform the Civic Leadership Academy's recommendation.
Civic Leadership Academy graduates presented their proposed ward boundaries to Hillsboro City Council in November 2022. Ordinance 6433 adopting the revised boundaries was approved by first reading on December 6, 2022 and second reading on January 3, 2023.
When updating the interactive map, staff recommended revising the ordinance language to clarify the intent of the Civic Leadership Academy’s recommendation. Ordinance 6433 was repealed and replaced by Ordinance 6411 on March 7, 2023.

Community Engagement

Your voices are important! Your input guided the changes to the boundaries and helped people find out about city services, programs, and decision-making.

Civic Leadership Academy

2022 Hillsboro Civic Leadership Academy members presented recommendations for new Hillsboro City Council Ward boundaries during the November 15 City Council Work Session.

Thirteen Academy members spent six weeks meeting with key stakeholders, reviewing 2020 Census data, and reviewing boundary criteria passed by City Council based on the community engagement conducted earlier this year.

Visit the Civic Leadership Academy webpage to learn more.

Community Engagement Results

Together, the City of Hillsboro and Oregon’s Kitchen Table hosted a variety of engagement activities, including:

Two public forums
An online survey in four languages (Chinese, English, Spanish and Vietnamese)
Community conversations
Nine culturally-specific and community festivals and events

About 620 people participated in the engagement activities. Based on the results of the public engagement process, recommendations have been developed for criteria to guide redrawing the City of Hillsboro’s Council Ward Boundaries.

View the Community Engagement Results.

2020 Hillsboro Census Information

2020 Council Ward Population

Ward	Current Population	% Difference from Ward 1	% Difference from Ward 2	% Difference from Ward 3
Ward 1	43,012	--	33.6%	26.9%
Ward 2	30,632	33.6%	--	6.9%
Ward 3	32,823	26.9%	6.9%	--

Hillsboro Population by Race/Ethnicity (2020 Decennial Census)

Race	Population
White alone	56,716
Hispanic or Latino	25,618
Asian alone	13,293
Two or more races	6,307
Black or African American	2,950
Some other race alone	588
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	514
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	461
Total	106,447

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