A picture of poverty in Oregon

Aug. 14, 2014 | Despite the slowly recovering economy, Oregon continues to struggle. More than one in five Oregonians rely on food stamps and 16.6 percent of Oregonians live in poverty. These interactive maps use several measures of economic well-being from June/July 2014 to show that rural counties, in particular, continue to lag behind the rest of the state.

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STATE AVERAGE WORSE BETTER

Oregon (Pop: 3,919,020) Poverty* 16.6% Unemployment 6.7% 0.3 Food stamps 20.2% 0.1 Welfare 2.2% 0.1 Medicaid 25.1% 2.9 Change since Jan. 2014

Poverty

Unemployment

Food stamps

Welfare