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State Fact Sheets: Oregon

• Population, Income, Education, and Employment
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated October 22, 2008

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Population, Income, 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
2007 (latest estimates)	836,079	2,911,376	3,747,455
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 (2006 dollars)
2005	26,412	34,441	32,618
2006	26,981	35,134	33,299
Percent change	2.2	2.0	2.1

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	31,508	43,287	40,920
2006	31,192	43,212	40,818
Percent change	-1.0	-0.2	-0.2

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	12.0	10.1	10.7
1989	15.4	11.4	12.4
1999	13.8	11.0	11.6
2005 (latest model-based estimates)	16.1	13.4	14.1
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 Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	29.6	22.4	24.4
1990	23.9	16.7	18.5
2000	18.8	13.6	14.9

Percent completing high school only
1980	40.0	35.9	37.1
1990	34.2	27.1	28.9
2000	32.3	24.4	26.3

Percent completing some college
1980	18.1	21.6	20.7
1990	28.8	33.0	32.0
2000	33.4	33.9	33.8

Percent completing college
1980	11.9	20.0	17.9
1990	13.1	23.1	20.6
2000	15.5	28.1	25.1
More information on Oregon education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2005	448,878	1,784,878	2,233,756
2006	458,986	1,845,424	2,304,410

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	6.5	5.1	5.4
2007	6.3	4.9	5.2
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

Percent employment change
2004-2005	1.2	2.1	1.9
2005-2006	1.9	3.0	2.8
2006-2007	0.7	1.7	1.5

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.

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

Farm Characteristics

	1992	1997	2002
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture

Total land area (million acres)	61.44	61.44	61.44
Total farmland (million acres)	17.61	17.66	17.08
Percent of total land area	28.7	28.7	27.8

Cropland (million acres)	5.04	5.48	5.42
Percent of total farmland	28.6	31.0	31.7
Percent in pasture	16.2	16.7	18.4
Percent irrigated	24.6	25.9	26.1

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	2.82	3.26	3.12

Woodland (million acres)	1.83	1.89	2.17
Percent of total farmland	10.4	10.7	12.7
Percent in pasture	73.7	68.0	71.3

Pastureland (million acres)	10.38	9.60	8.86
Percent of total farmland	59.0	54.4	51.8

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.36	0.69	0.64
Percent of total farmland	2.0	3.9	3.8

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.41	0.55	0.48
Percent of total farmland	2.3	3.1	2.8

Average farm size (acres)	552	442	427

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	67.3	71.1	73.6
100 to 499 acres	19.6	17.8	16.1
500 to 999 acres	4.7	4.2	3.9
1000 to 1,999 acres	3.1	2.6	2.5
2,000 or more acres	5.3	4.3	3.9

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	62.1	65.8	69.1
$10,000 to $49,999	19.0	18.0	15.8
$50,000 to $99,999	6.1	5.0	4.7
$100,000 to $499,999	10.3	8.7	7.6
More than $500,000	2.8	3.0	2.8

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	22,152	29,470	31,277
Percent of total	69.5	73.7	78.1

Part owner (farms)	7,004	7,428	6,494
Percent of total	22.0	18.6	16.2

Tenant owner (farms)	2,736	3,077	2,262
Percent of total	8.6	7.7	5.7

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	27,506	34,489	35,375
Percent of total	86.2	86.3	88.4

Family-held corporations (farms)	1,477	2,106	1,895
Percent of total	4.6	5.3	4.7

Partnerships (farms)	2,481	2,778	2,284
Percent of total	7.8	6.9	5.7

Non-family corporations (farms)	195	210	169
Percent of total	0.6	0.5	0.4

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	233	392	310
Percent of total	0.7	1.0	0.8

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	53.4	54.0	54.9
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	48.0	43.4	53.9
Men (persons)	27,967	33,943	32,941
Women (persons)	3,925	6,032	7,092

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540. Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2006	2007
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	39,300	38,300

	Thousands $
Final crop output	2,983,613	3,300,151
+ Final animal output	958,373	1,124,600
+ Services and forestry	932,091	977,289
= Final agricultural sector output	4,874,076	5,402,039

- Intermediate consumption outlays	2,092,376	2,141,318
+ Net government transactions	-53,029	-71,218
= Gross value added	2,728,672	3,189,503

- Capital consumption	447,372	458,855

= Net value added	2,281,300	2,730,648

- Factor payments	1,295,696	1,248,002
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	814,188	824,707
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	286,651	215,386
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	194,857	207,909

= Net farm income	985,604	1,482,646

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Farm balance sheet

• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2007
1. Greenhouse/nursery	1,149,737	26.3	6.7
2. Cattle and calves	430,615	9.9	0.9
3. Dairy products	404,613	9.3	1.1
4. Wheat	281,253	6.4	2.6
5. Hay	271,648	6.2	4.3

All commodities	4,364,941		1.5

More information on Oregon's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007
1. Other	6	409.9
2. Seeds	2	174.4
3. Fruits and preparations	4	170.6
4. Wheat and products	17	165.4
5. Vegetables and preparations	6	145.3

Overall rank	22	1,194.9

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

	Percent of state total receipts	Million $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
1. Marion County	13.5	430.7
2. Clackamas County	10.4	332.0
3. Morrow County	7.4	237.3
4. Washington County	7.3	231.8
5. Malheur County	7.3	231.7

State total		3,195.5

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.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2006, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
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: October 22, 2008