Poverty continues to engulf too many Oregonians, and the latest data show things aren’t getting any better. The Great Recession officially ended in June of 2009. Unfortunately, after more than two years of anemic economic recovery, poverty in Oregon was still worse in 2012 than at the depth of that recession.
Full report is available as PDF: A Graphic View of Poverty in Oregon
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