Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety39#31/51
Economy28#37/51
Housing10#46/51
Health42#30/51
Healthcare66#18/51
Environment31#34/49
Education38#32/51
Infrastructure98#2/51
Community72#15/51
Leisure & amenities78#12/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Oregon ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mental health providers · high776 /100k
96/100United States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Restaurants and bars · high12.4 /10k
92/100United States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Primary care physicians · high95 /100k
88/100United States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Preventable hospital stays · low1,868 /100k
88/100United States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Median Air Quality Index · low35
88/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · high92.4%
85/100United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
4/100United States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Job growth · low-1.3%
5/100United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Depression · high27.9%
6/100United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · high2,118 /100k
6/100United States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Home price to income ratio · high5.8×
7/100United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Unemployment rate · high5.2%
8/100United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from countiesPartial year

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
90% (2021) → 56% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−33 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
6 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−80%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New business applicationsImproving
9.5 /1k (2020) → 14.7 /1k (2025)
+54%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
22.9% (2020 & 2021) → 33.0% (2023 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$50,274 (2019) → $68,520 (2024)
+36%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Adult obesityWorsening
28.8% (2019) → 35.8% (2023)
+7 pts4 yearsUS 32.1% → 38.2%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Oregon improved on 13 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 9 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Students / teacher−1.8×19.6× → 17.8×
Commute−1.0 min23.9 min → 23.0 min
New businesses+54%9.5 /1k → 14.7 /1k
Real income+36%$50,274 → $68,520
Uninsured−2 points8.6% → 6.6%

Declined6

Transit use−2.3 points4.5% → 2.2%
Overdose deaths+17%16.9 /100k → 19.7 /100k
Traffic deaths+16%11.5 /100k → 13.3 /100k
Price / income+0.8×5.0× → 5.8×
Rent / income+1 points30.3% → 31.3%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.9 /10k2020	5.9 /10k2025	+21%	Improved	74%
Average commute time	23.9 min2015-2019	23.0 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Improved	79%
Average weekly wage	$1,1532020	$1,4172025	+23%	Improved	42%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%2015-2019	36.8%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	26%
Broadband subscriptions	85.9%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Improved	17%
Child poverty rate	13.6%2019	13.0%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Distance to an airport	26 mi2020	26 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	16.9 /100k2020	19.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+17%	Declined	11%
Effective property tax rate	0.96%2015-2019	0.81%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	62%
Firearm deaths	13.9 /100k2020	15.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.9%	Within the margin of error	15%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	70%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+20%	Improved	85%
High school diploma or higher	90.7%2015-2019	91.8%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Improved	32%
Home price to income ratio	5.0×2015-2019	5.8×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	26%
Homicide rate	3.7 /100k2020	3.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−14%	Within the margin of error	7%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,2742019	$68,5202024	+36%	Improved	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4592015-2019	0.4632020-2024	+0.004	Little change	23%
Median household income	$66,9552019	$84,8972024	+27%	Improved	66%
New business applications	9.5 /1k2020	14.7 /1k2025	+54%	Improved	87%
Pharmacies	1.0 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−3.6%	Within the margin of error	75%
Poverty rate	11.5%2019	11.7%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−3.8%	Within the margin of error	44%
Public transit commuters	4.5%2015-2019	2.2%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Declined	17%
Rent as share of income	30.3%2015-2019	31.3%2020-2024	+1 points	Declined	21%
Rent-burdened households	50.5%2015-2019	52.5%2020-2024	+2 points	Declined	28%
Restaurants and bars	12.2 /10k2020	12.4 /10k2025	+1.1%	Within the margin of error	44%
Students per teacher	19.6×2019	17.8×2024	−1.8×	Improved	95%
Suicide rate	19.6 /100k2020	20.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.6%	Within the margin of error	60%
Traffic deaths	11.5 /100k2015-2019	13.3 /100k2020-2024	+16%	Declined	13%
Unemployment rate	7.6%2020	5.2%2025	−2.4 points	Improved	28%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.6%2019	6.6%2024	−2 points	Improved	81%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Oregon in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Oregon itself moved −1.2 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,254,293 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,718,422 households (±4,082)

Oregon
United States share

Under $25k14%238,500
$25k–50k16%278,059
$50k–75k15%264,098

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,718,422 households (±4,082)

Oregon
United States share

Own63%1,087,983
Rent37%630,439

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.9 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,025,499 workers (±7,639)

Oregon
United States share

Drive alone64%1,305,634
Carpool8.5%171,213
Public transit2.2%44,793

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Oregon employ 388,200 people. 9 pay a median above the US median and 1 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Oregon by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers59,920 jobs	59,920	$35,050US $31,200	+12%	1.23×
Retail Salespersons48,090 jobs	48,090	$36,770US $35,410	+4%	0.98×
Stockers and Order Fillers42,690 jobs	42,690	$43,480US $37,330	+16%	1.19×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides42,330 jobs	42,330	$44,410US $35,800	+24%	0.78×
Registered Nurses39,730 jobs	39,730	$129,010US $97,550	+32%	0.93×
Cashiers37,660 jobs	37,660	$35,300US $32,880	+7%	0.96×
General and Operations Managers36,190 jobs	36,190	$103,490US $105,770	−2%	0.82×
Office Clerks, General27,980 jobs	27,980	$49,910US $45,010	+11%	0.9×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand27,720 jobs	27,720	$44,750US $40,240	+11%	0.74×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners25,890 jobs	25,890	$39,340US $36,840	+7%	0.93×

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Oregon has 122,451 employer establishments, 288 for every 10,000 residents (1.16× the US rate of 248), with 1,697,911 paid employees at an average annual pay of $64,724. The Census Bureau also counts 336,938 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 122,451; 336,938 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 288; US 248
Paid employees: 1,697,911
Average annual pay: $64,724; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Oregon by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	9,348	22	1.20×About typical	144,208	$26,398	1,579
Ambulatory health care services	9,332	22	1.05×About typical	103,558	$73,802	17,996
Specialty trade contractors	8,384	19.7	1.27×More than typical	78,013	$76,529	13,903
Lessors of real estate	6,883	16.2	1.31×More than typical	27,047	$55,384	35,136
Construction of buildings	5,934	14	1.85×More than typical	29,578	$72,525	9,938
Full-service restaurants	4,240	10	1.30×More than typical	64,406	$30,064	513
Services to buildings and dwellings	3,633	8.5	1.27×More than typical	24,578	$40,170	14,779
Offices of other health practitioners	3,624	8.5	1.40×More than typical	17,951	$49,484	10,900
Limited-service restaurants	3,396	8	1.00×About typical	59,127	$23,773	772
Management, scientific and technical consulting	3,026	7.1	1.06×About typical	16,721	$90,439	14,859
Real estate agents and brokers	2,900	6.8	1.40×More than typical	5,711	$65,335	9,265
Building finishing contractors	2,786	6.6	1.72×More than typical	16,874	$59,198	4,667

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,250,392 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.3B on contracts performed in Oregon: $547 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.3B; +12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $547; US $1,994
Sole-source: 29%; US 30%
Single offer: 29%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$784.6M34%
Forest Service$501M21%
Department of the Army$279.4M12%
Department of Veterans Affairs$136M5.8%
U.S. Coast Guard$102.3M4.4%
Maritime Administration$80.2M3.4%
Bureau of Land Management$55.7M2.4%
Federal Highway Administration$52.8M2.3%

Top recipients

VIGOR MARINE LLC$578.2M25%
COLLINS ELBIT VISION SYSTEMS, LLC$195.7M8.4%
GE RENEWABLES US LLC$67.6M2.9%
KEYSTONE SHIPPING SERVICES, INC.$50M2.1%
TUTOR PERINI CORPORATION$43.5M1.9%

Spending by fiscal year

1.6BFY2017
1.5BFY2018
1.4BFY2019
1.9BFY2020
1.8BFY2021
1.9BFY2022
2.5BFY2023
2.4B

Top industries (NAICS)

Ship and boat building · 3366$602.3M26%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$260.7M11%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$219.7M9.4%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$166M7.1%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$114.8M4.9%
Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$108.7M4.6%

Largest awards

PROCUREMENT AND LATE-STAGE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLPOX ANTIVIRAL DRUG(S)$626.5M
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Benton County, OR· Research & development· Sep 10, 2018 – Aug 24, 2026· 75A50118C00019
USS SAMPSON (DDG 102) FY26 DMP$252.9M
VIGOR MARINE LLC· Multnomah County, OR· Equipment maintenance· Apr 13, 2026 – Apr 27, 2026· N0002426C4411
LOT 18 GEN 3 HMD$195.7M
COLLINS ELBIT VISION SYSTEMS, LLC· Clackamas County, OR· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 7, 2026 – May 18, 2026· N0001926F0254
REPLACEMENT OF MAIN UNIT GENERATOR TURBINE RUNNERS IN UNITS 1-14 AT MCNARY DAM POWERHOUSE, UMATILLA, OREGON, INCLUDING REWIND OF 3 MAIN UNIT GENERATORS.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $55.2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Oregon: $12,913 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $55.2B; +0.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12,913; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.8B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$18B33%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$15.1B27%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$2.6B4.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$2.4B4.3%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$1.8B3.2%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$1.7B3.0%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.4B2.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1.3B2.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY-PUBLIC HEALTH$16B29%
SALEM, OR
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$2.2B3.9%
SALEM, OR
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.3B2.4%
SALEM, OR
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$708.3M1.3%
SALEM, OR
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$21.8B39%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$21.4B39%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$2.7B4.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$2B3.5%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

53.9BFY2021
47.4BFY2022
49.6BFY2023
51.8BFY2024
55.1BFY2025
55.2BFY2026

County aggregates

54%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Oregon, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Oregon
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oregon	United States
FY2017	$389	$1,436
FY2018	$363	$1,552
FY2019	$337	$1,654
FY2020	$439	$1,880
FY2021	$421	$1,810
FY2022	$448	$1,917
FY2023	$600	$2,079
FY2024	$573	$2,047
FY2025	$487	$2,165
FY2026	$547 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oregon	United States
FY2017	$84.08	$93.28
FY2018	$67.67	$105
FY2019	$69.05	$128
FY2020	$89.56	$145
FY2021	$114	$117
FY2022	$135

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oregon	United States
FY2021	$5,179	$5,748
FY2022	$4,462	$5,221
FY2023	$4,866	$5,364
FY2024	$5,277	$5,501
FY2025	$5,238	$5,732
FY2026	$5,704

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oregon	United States
FY2021	$308	$298
FY2022	$361	$357
FY2023	$243	$301
FY2024	$245	$319
FY2025	$365	$360
FY2026	$419 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oregon	United States
FY2021	$184	$239
FY2022	$163	$185
FY2023	$306	$229
FY2024	$200	$229
FY2025	$201	$249
FY2026	$183 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oregon	United States
FY2021	$3,131	$2,304
FY2022	$2,897	$2,197
FY2023	$3,176	$2,274
FY2024	$3,262	$2,267
FY2025	$3,609	$2,397
FY2026	$4,164 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oregon	United States
FY2021	$1,046	$1,186
FY2022	$397	$465
FY2023	$68.28	$76.52
FY2024	$79.89	$120
FY2025	$135	$148
FY2026	$104 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Oregon
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Oregon and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Oregon	United States
2014	2.8%	2.0%
2015	3.6%	2.1%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Oregon whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Crook County, ORContracts and grants · FY2024$3,983 (3.4×)
Crook County, ORFederal contracts · FY2024$2,380 (8.6×)
Umatilla County, ORFederal contracts · FY2024$1,638 (2.1×)
Douglas County, ORFederal contracts · FY2024$1,327 (2.6×)
Curry County, ORContracts and grants · FY2024$1,202 (3×)
Crook County, OR

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/41

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Oregon is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Oregon

All 36 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Oregon

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Oregon, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Oregon

By population.

All 426 cities and towns in Oregon

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Oregon	United States
2014	−5.9%	−4.2%
2015	−2.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+3.3%
2018	+7.3%	+6.8%
2019	+11.3%	+10.5%
2020	+21.2%	+19.4%
2021	+29.4%	+26.1%
2022	+34.1%	+30.6%
2023	+38.1%	+35.0%
2024	+44.2%	+41.0%
2025	+49.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Oregon	United States
2014	−8.4%	−5.5%
2015	−2.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.6%	+4.1%
2018	+10.4%	+8.9%
2019	+14.8%	+13.5%
2020	+24.6%	+20.8%
2021	+37.8%	+32.1%
2022	+40.0%	+35.4%
2023	+48.4%	+42.9%
2024	+55.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Oregon	United States
2014	4.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	5.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Oregon	United States
2014	−11.0%	−6.9%
2015	−5.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+4.7%
2018	+10.1%	+7.5%
2019	+16.7%	+14.0%
2020	+18.2%	+16.9%
2021	+24.5%	+21.0%
2022	+31.8%	+29.7%
2023	+39.5%	+34.9%
2024	+48.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Oregon	United States
2014	16.4%	15.5%
2015	15.2%	14.7%
2016	13.4%	14.0%
2017	13.2%	13.4%
2018	12.5%	13.1%
2019	11.5%	12.3%
2020	11.0%	11.9%
2021	12.2%	12.8%
2022	12.0%	12.6%
2023	12.1%	12.5%
2024	11.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Oregon	United States
2014	6.7%	6.2%
2015	5.5%	5.3%
2016	4.8%	4.9%
2017	4.1%	4.4%
2018	4.0%	3.9%
2019	3.7%	3.7%
2020	7.6%	8.1%
2021	5.2%	5.4%
2022	4.0%	3.7%
2023	3.8%	3.6%
2024	4.3%	4.0%
2025	5.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Oregon	United States
2014	−19.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−10.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+18.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+30.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+53.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+59.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+59.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+62.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+61.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Oregon	United States
2014	11.6%	13.5%
2015	8.4%	10.9%
2016	7.4%	10.0%
2017	8.2%	10.2%
2018	8.4%	10.4%
2019	8.6%	10.8%
2020	8.0%	10.4%
2021	7.4%	10.2%
2022	7.4%	9.5%
2023	6.8%	9.5%
2024	6.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Oregon	United States
2014	7.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	13.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	14.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.7/1k	16.6/1k

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