| All "latest" numbers are for February 2010 unless otherwise noted. |
Latest Month |
Previous Month |
Previous Year |
Annual Change |
| EMPLOYMENT/BUSINESS LISTINGS |
| Total employment State of Oregon, thousands |
1,722.6 |
1,708.9 |
1,738.9 |
-0.9% |
| Total unemployment State of Oregon, thousands |
220.9 |
225.3 |
232.2 |
-4.9% |
| Unemployment rate Ore. civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted |
10.5% |
10.7% |
10.6% |
-0.1 |
| Portland/Vancouver MSA; Employed Seven counties, thousands |
1,035.5 |
1,031.7 |
1,061.6 |
-2.5% |
| Portland/Vancouver MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
10.3% |
10.9% |
9.9% |
0.5 |
| Bend MSA; Employed Deschutes County, thousands |
67.4 |
67.2 |
68.3 |
-1.4% |
| Bend MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
12.5% |
13.3% |
12.9% |
-0.4 |
| Corvallis MSA; Employed Benton County, thousands |
39.6 |
39.0 |
40.4 |
-2.0% |
| Corvallis MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
6.8% |
7.3% |
7.5% |
-0.7 |
| Eugene/Springfield MSA; Employed Lane County, thousands |
161.2 |
159.2 |
161.9 |
-0.4% |
| Eugene/Springfield MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
10.1% |
10.7% |
11.3% |
-1.2 |
| Medford/Ashland MSA; Employed Jackson County, thousands |
87.9 |
87.4 |
87.8 |
0.1% |
| Medford/Ashland MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
10.9% |
11.5% |
11.8% |
-0.8 |
| Salem MSA; Employed Marion and Polk counties, thousands |
173.4 |
171.3 |
173.2 |
0.1% |
| Salem MSA; Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted |
9.6% |
10.1% |
9.8% |
-0.3 |
| The Coast; Employed Five counties, thousands |
83.1 |
82.8 |
82.2 |
1.1% |
| The Coast; Unemployment rate |
11.5% |
12.1% |
12.4% |
-0.9 |
| Central Oregon; Employed Eight counties, thousands |
109.2 |
108.4 |
109.7 |
-0.5% |
| Central Oregon; Unemployment rate |
14.6% |
14.9% |
15.3% |
-0.7 |
| Eastern Oregon; Employed Nine counties, thousands |
79.5 |
79.0 |
78.1 |
1.7% |
| Eastern Oregon; Unemployment rate |
12.3% |
12.5% |
12.9% |
-0.6 |
| Help wanted ad count The Oregonian, Portland (March) |
1,528 |
1,284 |
1,737 |
-12.0% |
| Help wanted ad count The Bulletin, Bend (March) |
1,135 |
784 |
1,035 |
9.7% |
| Oregon online job vacancies, total ads in thousands (March) |
51.7 |
53.3 |
42.8 |
20.8% |
| Portland online job vacancies, total ads in thousands (March) |
29.4 |
32.2 |
22.6 |
30.1% |
| New business corporations New filings (March) |
884 |
867 |
902 |
-2.0% |
| Limited liability companies New filings (March) |
2,082 |
2,068 |
2,187 |
-4.8% |
| Business bankruptcies New filings (March) |
58 |
45 |
43 |
34.9% |
| Non-business bankruptcies New filings (March) |
1,874 |
1,363 |
1,610 |
16.4% |
| TRANSPORTATION |
| Trucking Weight-mile tax receipts, millions |
$16.6 |
$15.6 |
$16.6 |
-0.2% |
| Shipping Port of Portland, total containers load and discharge |
12,524 |
14,183 |
15,817 |
-20.8% |
| Shipping Port of Portland, number of calls by oceangoing vessels |
50 |
44 |
36 |
38.9% |
| Airline travel, PDX Passengers, thousands |
843.8 |
888.9 |
839.1 |
0.6% |
| Airline travel, Eugene Passengers, thousands |
47.2 |
52.6 |
44.4 |
6.2% |
| Airline travel, Medford Passengers, thousands |
40.5 |
42.1 |
36.1 |
12.2% |
| Airline travel, Redmond Passengers, thousands (March) |
38.3 |
32.7 |
38.1 |
0.4% |
| REAL ESTATE/CONSTRUCTION PERMITS |
| Portland-area homes New listings |
3,902 |
3,937 |
3,471 |
12.4% |
| Willamette Valley Multiple listing sales, millions |
$69.2 |
$80.3 |
$62.0 |
11.6% |
| Central Oregon Multiple listing sales, millions |
$68.0 |
$65.7 |
$40.6 |
67.5% |
| New Oregon single-family homes |
516 |
410 |
272 |
89.7% |
| New Oregon multiple-housing units |
34 |
78 |
135 |
-74.8% |
| FARMING/NATURAL RESOURCES/ENERGY |
| Wheat price No.1 soft white, at Portland, per bushel (March) |
$4.64 |
$4.76 |
$5.53 |
-16.1% |
| All farm products Farm price index (1990-1992=100%) (March) |
138 |
140 |
139 |
-0.7% |
| All crops Farm price index (1990-1992=100%) (March) |
143 |
146 |
147 |
-2.7% |
| Livestock Farm price index (1990-1992=100%) (March) |
124 |
123 |
106 |
17.0% |
| Lumber price from Random Lengths Publications, framing composite (March) |
$314 |
$312 |
$195 |
61.0% |
| Lumber production Coast, inland and California redwood regions, Western softwood, million board feet |
915 |
917 |
792 |
15.5% |
| Power PGE, weather-adjusted, million kilowatt-hours |
1,744.0 |
1,885.4 |
1,736.4 |
0.4% |
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