| All "latest" numbers are for March 2011 unless otherwise noted. |
Latest Month |
Previous Month |
Previous Year |
Annual Change |
| EMPLOYMENT/BUSINESS LISTINGS |
| Total employment State of Oregon, thousands |
1,782.5 |
1,768.4 |
1,740.5 |
2.4% |
| Total unemployment State of Oregon, thousands |
208.4 |
216.2 |
238.3 |
-12.6% |
| Unemployment rate Ore. civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted |
10.0% |
10.2% |
11.0% |
-1.0 |
| Portland/Vancouver MSA; Employed Seven counties, thousands |
1,079.5 |
1,073.7 |
1,051.7 |
2.6% |
| Portland/Vancouver MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
9.1% |
9.7% |
10.7% |
-1.6 |
| Bend MSA; Employed Deschutes County, thousands |
68.5 |
67.1 |
67.2 |
1.9% |
| Bend MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
12.3% |
13.2% |
14.2% |
-1.9 |
| Corvallis MSA; Employed Benton County, thousands |
42.1 |
41.8 |
40.8 |
3.2% |
| Corvallis MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
6.3% |
6.5% |
7.2% |
-0.9 |
| Eugene/Springfield MSA; Employed Lane County, thousands |
163.7 |
163.5 |
161.5 |
1.3% |
| Eugene/Springfield MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
9.5% |
10.1% |
11.1% |
-1.6 |
| Medford/Ashland MSA; Employed Jackson County, thousands |
89.9 |
89.1 |
87.8 |
2.4% |
| Medford/Ashland MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
11.3% |
11.8% |
12.3% |
-1.0 |
| Salem MSA; Employed Marion and Polk counties, thousands |
176.7 |
175.0 |
174.1 |
1.5% |
| Salem MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
9.7% |
10.3% |
10.6% |
-0.9 |
| The Coast; Employed Five counties, thousands |
85.0 |
84.0 |
83.0 |
2.4% |
| The Coast; Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted |
11.0% |
11.6% |
12.6% |
-1.6 |
| Central Oregon; Employed Eight counties, thousands |
111.5 |
109.5 |
109.7 |
1.6% |
| Central Oregon; Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted |
13.2% |
14.3% |
15.1% |
-1.9 |
| Eastern Oregon; Employed Nine counties, thousands |
82.6 |
81.3 |
81.0 |
2.0% |
| Eastern Oregon; Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted |
11.3% |
12.3% |
12.7% |
-1.4 |
| Help wanted ad count The Oregonian, Portland (April) |
1,345 |
1,485 |
1,557 |
-13.6% |
| Help wanted ad count The Bulletin, Bend (April) |
779 |
771 |
1,072 |
-27.3% |
| Oregon online job vacancies, total ads in thousands (April) |
53.2 |
54.7 |
45.7 |
16.4% |
| Portland online job vacancies, total ads in thousands (April) |
32.9 |
33.2 |
28.5 |
15.4% |
| New business corporations New filings (April) |
721 |
930 |
749 |
-3.7% |
| Limited liability companies New filings (April) |
1,972 |
2,283 |
1,835 |
7.5% |
| Business bankruptcies New filings (April) |
55 |
56 |
57 |
-3.5% |
| Non-business bankruptcies New filings (April) |
1,659 |
1,725 |
1,918 |
-13.5% |
| TRANSPORTATION |
| Trucking Weight-mile tax receipts, millions |
$20.3 |
$20.9 |
$17.5 |
16.1% |
| Shipping Port of Portland, total containers load and discharge |
15,880 |
14,457 |
12,427 |
27.8% |
| Shipping Port of Portland, number of calls by oceangoing vessels |
55 |
42 |
45 |
22.2% |
| Airline travel, PDX Passengers, thousands |
1,101.1 |
887.7 |
1,059.8 |
3.9% |
| Airline travel, Eugene Passengers, thousands |
64.3 |
52.3 |
58.8 |
9.3% |
| Airline travel, Medford Passengers, thousands |
50.1 |
40.2 |
49.7 |
0.8% |
| Airline travel, Redmond Passengers, thousands (April) |
34.8 |
40.7 |
35.1 |
-0.8% |
| REAL ESTATE/CONSTRUCTION PERMITS |
| Portland-area homes New listings (April) |
3,099 |
3,056 |
4,713 |
-34.2% |
| Willamette Valley Multiple listing sales, millions |
$98.9 |
$61.2 |
$97.7 |
1.2% |
| Central Oregon Multiple listing sales, millions |
$98.8 |
$64.1 |
$99.5 |
-0.6% |
| New Oregon single-family home permits |
484 |
330 |
632 |
-23.4% |
| New Oregon multiple-housing unit permits |
449 |
151 |
61 |
636.1% |
| FARMING/NATURAL RESOURCES/ENERGY |
| Wheat price No.1 soft white, at Portland, per bushel (April) |
$7.92 |
$7.44 |
$4.76 |
66.4% |
| All farm products Farm price index (1990-1992=100%) (April) |
178 |
170 |
145 |
22.8% |
| All crops Farm price index (1990-1992=100%) (April) |
180 |
172 |
149 |
20.8% |
| Livestock Farm price index (1990-1992=100%) (April) |
167 |
164 |
128 |
30.5% |
| Lumber price from Random Lengths Publications, framing composite (April) |
$272 |
$292 |
$357 |
-23.8% |
| Lumber production Coast, inland and California redwood regions, Western softwood, million board feet |
1,155 |
931 |
1,010 |
14.4% |
| Power PGE, weather-adjusted, million kilowatt-hours (April) |
1,523.3 |
1,675.3 |
1,484.4 |
2.6% |
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