Distressed Areas in Oregon

Business Oregon gives priority when funding technical assistance, programs and projects to geographic areas determined to be economically distressed as prescribed by Oregon law.

Below is a list of identified distressed areas in Oregon. This is the update for 2010 and will be in effect until the next update in late 2011. The department will publish updated lists every year in December under the normal methodology and every month under the temporary methodology.

Temporary Distressed List December 2011

Posted Jan 30, 2012
County	December 2011 Unemployment Rates Seasonally Adjusted	Distress Status	Is the County in Phase^[1]?	# of Months in Phase^[2]
Oregon	8.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Baker	10.4%	Distressed	No	0
Benton	6.0%	Non-Distressed	N/A	N/A
Clackamas	8.1%	Distressed	No	0
Clatsop	7.8%	Distressed	Yes	1
Columbia	9.9%	Distressed	No	0
Coos	10.8%	Distressed	No	0
Crook	15.3%	Distressed	No	0
Curry	11.2%	Distressed	No	0
Deschutes	12.0%	Distressed	No	0
Douglas	12.3%	Distressed	No	0
Gilliam	6.5%	Non-Distressed	N/A	N/A
Grant	13.0%	Distressed	No	0
Harney	13.1%	Distressed	No	0
Hood River	7.5%	Non-Distressed	No	N/A
Jackson	11.0%	Distressed	No	0
Jefferson	12.7%	Distressed	No	0
Josephine	11.7%	Distressed	No	0
Klamath	11.9%	Distressed	No	0
Lake	12.2%	Distressed	No	0
Lane	9.0%	Distressed	No	0
Lincoln	9.4%	Distressed	No	0
Linn	11.1%	Distressed	No	0
Malheur	9.7%	Distressed	No	0
Marion	9.7%	Distressed	No	0
Morrow	7.3%	Distressed	Yes	2
Multnomah	8.3%	Distressed	No	0
Polk	8.3%	Distressed	No	0
Sherman	9.6%	Distressed	No	0
Tillamook	8.1%	Distressed	No	0
Umatilla	8.5%	Distressed	No	0
Union	9.2%	Distressed	No	0
Wallowa	10.2%	Distressed	No	0
Wasco	7.8%	Distressed	Yes	1
Washington	7.4%	Non-Distressed	No	N/A
Wheeler	8.7%	Distressed	No	0
Yamhill	8.9%	Distressed	No	0

[1] A county is in phase if, since being classifed as distressed under the temporary methodology, the county unemployment rate is currently below 8.0%.

[2] If a county is in phase for 6 consecutive months, the county's economic status transitions to non-distressed. See the distressed methodology for more details.

Source: Produced monthly by Business Oregon based on current data from the Oregon Employment Department

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