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State Fact Sheets: Oregon

• Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment
• Federal Funds
• Organic Agriculture
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated May 2, 2012

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Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	703,830	1,929,326	2,633,156
1990	711,828	2,130,493	2,842,321
2000	803,666	2,617,733	3,421,399
2010	852,523	2,978,551	3,831,074
2011	854,440	3,017,419	3,871,859
More information on Oregon population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2010 dollars)
2009	30,022	37,780	36,049
2010	30,396	38,008	36,317
Percent change	1.2	0.6	0.7

Earnings per job (2010 dollars)
2009	35,078	47,112	44,778
2010	35,522	47,629	45,284
Percent change	1.3	1.1	1.1

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	12.0	10.1	10.7
1989	15.4	11.4	12.4
1999	13.8	11.0	11.6
2010 (latest model-based estimates)	18.3	15.1	15.8
More information on Oregon poverty rates • County-level Poverty Data • Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room • See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates • Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489

	2002-04 Avg.	2005-07 Avg.	2008-10 Avg.
Household-level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
Percent of households
Food insecure	11.9	12.4	13.7
Very low food security	3.8	5.5	6.1
More information on Food Insecurity • Food Security in the United States Briefing Room • Definitions of Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security • Comparisons of prevalence rates of food insecurity between States must take account of the margins of error, which are sizeable for many States. Margins of error are published along with State prevalence rates in each year’s Household Food Security in the United States report. • Contact Alisha Coleman-Jensen, 202-694-5456.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980 (Census)	29.6	22.4	24.4
1990 (Census)	23.9	16.7	18.5
2000 (Census)	18.8	13.6	14.9
2006-2010 (ACS)	13.7	10.8	11.4

Percent completing high school only
1980 (Census)	40.0	35.9	37.1
1990 (Census)	34.2	27.1	28.9
2000 (Census)	32.3	24.4	26.3
2006-2010 (ACS)	32.6	23.5	25.6

Percent completing some college
1980 (Census)	18.1	21.6	20.7
1990 (Census)	28.8	33.0	32.0
2000 (Census)	33.4	33.9	33.8
2006-2010 (ACS)	36.0	33.8	34.3

Percent completing college
1980 (Census)	11.9	20.0	17.9
1990 (Census)	13.1	23.1	20.6
2000 (Census)	15.5	28.1	25.1
2006-2010 (ACS)	17.7	31.9	28.6
More information on Oregon education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Alexander Marré, 202-694-5338

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2009	427,930	1,778,165	2,206,095
2010	426,389	1,775,062	2,201,451

Percent employment change
2008-2009	-3.0	-4.1	-3.8
2009-2010	0.6	0.7	0.7
2010-2011	0.8	2.0	1.8

Unemployment rate (percent)
2010	12.1	10.3	10.7
2011	11.0	9.1	9.5
More information on Oregon unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Federal Funds, FY 2010
Federal funding, dollars per person
All Federal funds	10,517	9,127	9,436

Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
Agriculture and natural resources	270	35	88
Community resources	1,215	1,819	1,685
Defense and space	502	428	445
Human resources	263	206	219
Income security	7,199	5,146	5,602
National functions	1,068	1,493	1,398

Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
Grants	1,452	1,633	1,593
Direct loans	135	327	284
Guaranteed/insured loans	1,099	1,645	1,524
Retirement/disability payments	4,202	2,831	3,136
Other direct payments to individuals	2,020	1,490	1,608
Direct payments, not to individuals	262	41	90
Procurement contracts	624	507	533
Salaries and wages	723	654	669
Total does not include Statewide funds undistributed at the county level. More information on Federal Funds • Program Function and Object Code Definitions • Federal Funds and Development Policy Briefing Room • Federal Funds Data • Contact Richard Reeder, 202-694-5360

* The terms “rural” and “urban” here refer to data for nonmetro and metro areas, a county-level classification defined by the Office of Management and Budget. We use the June 2003 version of nonmetro and metro areas because it reflects conditions at the beginning of the decade. See Measuring Rurality: What is Rural? for a discussion of differences between metro-nonmetro categories and the Census Bureau’s rural-urban classification.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Organic Agriculture

	2006	2007	2008

Number of certified operations	365	427	492
Crops (acres)	52,405	73,089	94,241
Pasture & rangeland (acres)	17,583	23,837	36,403
Total acres	69,988	96,925	130,644
More information on organic agriculture • Organic Production Data • Organic Agriculture Briefing Room • Contact Catherine Greene, 202-694-5541.

Farm Characteristics

	1997	2002	2007
1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

Approximate total land area (acres)	61,441,588	61,437,944	61,431,595
Total farmland (acres)	17,658,213	17,080,422	16,399,647
Percent of total land area	28.7	27.8	26.7

Cropland (acres)	5,479,479	5,417,387	5,010,408
Percent of total farmland	31.0	31.7	30.6
Percent in pasture	16.7	18.4	13.5
Percent irrigated	25.9	26.1	26.6

Harvested Cropland (acres)	3,258,082	3,119,384	3,037,261

Woodland (acres)	1,890,856	2,166,401	1,729,761
Percent of total farmland	10.7	12.7	10.5
Percent in pasture	68.0	71.3	67.7

Pastureland (acres)	9,601,536	8,855,459	9,148,119
Percent of total farmland	54.4	51.8	55.8

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)	686,342	641,175	511,359
Percent of total farmland	3.9	3.8	3.1

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (acres)	546,937	483,237	612,894

Average farm size (acres)	442	427	425

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	71.1	73.6	72.6
100 to 499 acres	17.8	16.1	16.7
500 to 999 acres	4.2	3.9	4.0
1000 to 1,999 acres	2.6	2.5	2.6
2,000 or more acres	4.3	3.9	4.1

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	65.8	69.1	67.5
$10,000 to $49,999	17.6	15.8	15.6
$50,000 to $99,999	5.0	4.7	4.8
$100,000 to $499,999	8.7	7.6	7.8
More than $500,000	3.0	2.8	4.3

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	29,470	31,277	30,160
Percent of total	73.7	78.1	78.2

Part owner (farms)	7,428	6,494	6,168
Percent of total	18.6	16.2	16.0

Tenant owner (farms)	3,077	2,262	2,225
Percent of total	7.7	5.7	5.8

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	34,489	35,375	32,793
Percent of total	86.3	88.4	85.1

Family-held corporations (farms)	2,106	1,895	2,251
Percent of total	5.3	4.7	5.8

Partnerships (farms)	2,778	2,284	2,907
Percent of total	6.9	5.7	7.5

Non-family corporations (farms)	210	169	256
Percent of total	0.5	0.4	0.7

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	392	310	346
Percent of total	1.0	0.8	0.9

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	54.0	54.9	57.5
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	43.4	53.9	46.2
Men	33,943	32,941	30,298
Women	6,032	7,092	8,255

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2009	2010
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	38,600	38,800

	Thousands $
Final crop output	2,865,881	2,719,741
+ Final animal output	931,519	1,120,649
+ Services and forestry	920,959	713,074
= Final agricultural sector output	4,718,359	4,553,464

- Intermediate consumption outlays	2,428,377	2,265,768
+ Net government transactions	-110,114	-46,267
= Gross value added	2,179,868	2,241,430

- Capital consumption	512,680	523,838

= Net value added	1,667,188	1,717,592

- Factor payments	1,244,472	1,259,806
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	991,912	977,753
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	40,710	79,542
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	211,850	202,511

= Net farm income	422,716	457,786

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2010
1. Greenhouse/nursery	759,863	20.3	4.9
2. Cattle and calves	445,548	11.9	0.9
3. Dairy products	411,567	11.0	1.3
4. Wheat	326,254	8.7	3.0
5. Hay	253,051	6.7	4.7

All commodities	3,750,186		1.2

More information on Oregon's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities by cash receipts in Excel. • Other cash receipts data. • Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2010
1. Other	4	278.5
2. Seeds	2	241.1
3. Fruits and preparations	4	222.9
4. Wheat and products	15	197.4
5. Vegetables and preparations	5	189.4

Total export value	25	1,328.5

More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

	Percent of state total receipts	Thousands $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
1. Marion County	13.4	586,743
2. Clackamas County	9.1	397,318
3. Morrow County	8.1	353,519
4. Umatilla County	7.3	320,679
5. Washington County	7.1	311,380

State total		4,386,143

More information on agricultural sales • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Data Sources

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Current Population Survey, Food Security Supplements , 2002-2010, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2012, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 Census of Population, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
2006-2010 American Community Survey, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Organic data, USDA, Economic Research Service, based on information from USDA-accredited State and private organic certifiers.
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: May 2, 2012