Published In
Metropolitan Knowledge Network
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2013
Subjects
Poverty -- Oregon -- Statistics, Poverty -- United States -- Statistics
Abstract
The U.S. Census Bureau’s latest Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), released in December 2012, show an increase in poverty in Oregon and nationwide from 2010 to 2011. During this period, the nation’s poverty rate rose from 15.3 percent ( /- 0.1 percent) to 15.9 percent ( /- 0.1 percent), while the rate in Oregon rose sharply from 15.8 percent ( /- 0.3 percent) to 17.3 percent ( /- 0.4 percent). Both the national and state increases are statistically significant. In 2011, Oregon had the sixteenth highest rate of poverty (tied with Oklahoma) among the fifty states and the District of Columbia.
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Citation Details
Byerly, Jack and Jason R. Jurjevich. 2013. “New Census Data Show Poverty on the Rise in Oregon and Nationwide.” Metropolitan Knowledge Network (MKN). March.
Description
Appeared in Metropolitan Knowledge Network, a production of the Institute of Metropolitan Studies and the Population Research Center at Portland State University.