| 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 |
1,485 |
1,301 |
1,528 |
-2.8% |
| Help wanted ad count The Bulletin, Bend |
771 |
610 |
1,135 |
-32.1% |
| Oregon online job vacancies, total ads in thousands |
55.0 |
52.6 |
46.5 |
18.3% |
| Portland online job vacancies, total ads in thousands |
33.2 |
32.5 |
27.0 |
23.0% |
| New business corporations New filings |
930 |
770 |
884 |
5.2% |
| Limited liability companies New filings |
2,283 |
1,890 |
2,082 |
9.7% |
| Business bankruptcies New filings |
56 |
38 |
58 |
-3.4% |
| Non-business bankruptcies New filings |
1,725 |
1,230 |
1,874 |
-8.0% |
| TRANSPORTATION |
| Trucking Weight-mile tax receipts, millions (February) |
$20.9 |
$22.1 |
$16.6 |
25.9% |
| Shipping Port of Portland, total containers load and discharge (February) |
14,457 |
17,891 |
12,524 |
15.4% |
| Shipping Port of Portland, number of calls by oceangoing vessels (February) |
42 |
43 |
50 |
-16.0% |
| Airline travel, PDX Passengers, thousands (February) |
887.7 |
962.3 |
843.8 |
5.2% |
| Airline travel, Eugene Passengers, thousands (February) |
52.3 |
62.2 |
47.2 |
10.9% |
| Airline travel, Medford Passengers, thousands (February) |
40.2 |
44.1 |
40.5 |
-0.7% |
| Airline travel, Redmond Passengers, thousands |
40.7 |
34.1 |
38.3 |
6.5% |
| REAL ESTATE/CONSTRUCTION PERMITS |
| Portland-area homes New listings |
3,056 |
2,883 |
4,987 |
-38.7% |
| Willamette Valley Multiple listing sales, millions (February) |
$61.2 |
$72.4 |
$69.2 |
-11.6% |
| Central Oregon Multiple listing sales, millions (February) |
$64.1 |
$69.4 |
$68.0 |
-5.7% |
| New Oregon single-family home permits (February) |
330 |
440 |
516 |
-36.0% |
| New Oregon multiple-housing unit permits (February) |
151 |
26 |
34 |
344.1% |
| FARMING/NATURAL RESOURCES/ENERGY |
| Wheat price No.1 soft white, at Portland, per bushel |
$7.44 |
$8.31 |
$4.64 |
60.3% |
| All farm products Farm price index (1990-1992=100%) (February) |
170 |
163 |
161 |
5.6% |
| All crops Farm price index (1990-1992=100%) (February) |
172 |
166 |
170 |
1.2% |
| Livestock Farm price index (1990-1992=100%) (February) |
162 |
153 |
126 |
28.6% |
| Lumber price from Random Lengths Publications, framing composite |
$292 |
$296 |
$314 |
-7.0% |
| Lumber production Coast, inland and California redwood regions, Western softwood, million board feet (February) |
923 |
950 |
915 |
0.9% |
| Power PGE, weather-adjusted, million kilowatt-hours |
1,675.3 |
1,775.1 |
1,614.7 |
3.8% |
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