Economic growth in recent years has done little to reduce the share of Oregonians living in poverty. Oregon’s poverty rate in 2013 ebbed only slightly from the high-water mark set in 2011. Despite more than four years of economic growth, poverty in Oregon was worse in 2013 than at the depth of the Great Recession.
Full fact sheet available as a PDF here: A Graphic View of Poverty in Oregon
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