Mountain High Equipment & Supply
Business Oregon provided Mountain High Equipment & Supply with a $2,500 Oregon Trade Promotion grant to help defray costs of travel to, and materials for, the 2009 AERO Friedrichshafen trade show in Germany.
Oregon’s Economic Data
Data Resources
Making informed choices requires sound analysis and quality information. Please explore the data resources Business Oregon provides. If you can’t find what you need or you have a question, just ask our economist.
Research & Analysis
Below are resources that assist the department in identifying opportunities and tracking our progress, including Business Oregon’s latest innovation index, economic data reports, key industry studies and regional analysis reports.
| Economic Data Packet Regional Analysis Reports Industry Data and Analysis |
Innovation Index Distressed Communities Data Tools |
- wages
- employment
- exports
- gross state product
- income
- housing values
- manufacturing
- poverty
- venture capital
- unemployment
- consumer price index for Portland and U.S.
- small business
- population
- workforce regions
- Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur and Morrow counties
- Benton, Lane, Lincoln and Linn counties
- Clackamas and Washington counties
- Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties
- Coos, Curry and Douglas counties
- Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties
- Gilliam, Hood River, Sherman, Wasco and Wheeler counties
- Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Lake counties
- Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties
- Multnomah County
- Umatilla, Union and Wallowa counties
Industry Data and Analysis
Industries are based on the US Census North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Visit their site for definitions.
- Natural resources and mining
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information
- Financial activities
- Professional and business services
- Education and health care
- Leisure and hospitality
- 2008 Innovation Index ; annual update of economic indicators and Composite Score Methodology
- 2007 Innovation Index . Read the methodology behind the 2007 Innovation Index score .
Distressed Communities
The Distressed Communities list is used to highlight Oregon communities that may need additional support. The distressed designation may provide a community with an advantage if it applies for funds from state and federal sources.
Data Tools
The following is a collection of data resources from around the state and nation. Use these resources if you are looking for state or national information on employment, wages, income, industry mix, output, agriculture, finance, housing, energy, international trade, maps, codes, industrial lands, occupations, patents, population, economic research, taxes or venture capital activity.
- Oregon Employment Department–Industry employment and income for the state and counties
- OregonProspector–Industrial lands selector
- State and County–Population, labor force, employment, farm sales, income, and housing permits
- Workforce Regions–Economic and employment profiles
The following links are provided for convenience only and their presence from this page to the Web page of another person or entity does not constitute the state of Oregon's or the Business Development Department's endorsement or recommendation of the person, entity, business, products or services. The department does not represent or warrant the functionality of any link, the accuracy or quality of any information obtained through use of any link or that any link will continue to be available on this Web page.
- Agriculture
- USDA Economic Research Service–National and state
- Codes & Classification Systems
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)–Industry classification and description
- US Census Bureau: American National Standards Institute (ANSI) –Geographic identification codes (FIPS)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology–Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS)
- USGS: US Board on Geographic Names–Geographic names and codes
- Economic & Financial Data
- St. Louis Fed: Economic Research & Data–National and state
- Federal Reserve: Economic Research & Data–National
- FedStats–National, state, local
- Energy
- Energy Information Administration–National and state
- Housing
- Federal Housing Finance Agency–National, state and local
- Federal Housing Finance Board–National and state
- Department of Housing and Urban Development–National, state and local
- Industrial Lands
- Oregon Prospector–State, county and city
- Industry, Employment, Income and Prices
- Oregon Employment Department—State and county
- Bureau of Labor Statistics—National, all states, county, and metropolitan areas
- Bureau of Economic Analysis—National, all states, county, and metropolitan areas
- US Census Bureau: Business & Industry–National, all states and county
- Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project–State and county
- International Trade
- TradeStats Express–National and state trade flows
- Bureau of Economic Analysis–National, state and industry trade flows
- Maps
- State of Oregon: Oregon Geospatial Enterprise Office–Oregon GIS data
- State of Oregon: Oregon Department of Transportation–Oregon city and county transportation maps
- US Maps & Data–Federal, state and local geographic data
- National Atlas–Federal, state and local map maker
- US Geological Survey–Biology, geography, geospatial and water maps
- US Geological Survey: The National Map–Federal, state and local maps with elevation, roads, geographic names in a quadrangle format
- PortlandMaps–Portland metro area maps
- Occupations
- O*NET OnLine–National and state
- Patents & Trademarks
- Population and Census
- US Census Bureau–National, state and county
- Population Research Center–Portland State University, state, county and city
- US Census Bureau: Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics –State and local
- Centers for Disease Control–National research and statistics
- Oregon Center for Health Statistics—Vital records for the State of Oregon
- Research
- Small Business
- Small Business Administration–National and state
- US Census Bureau: Statistics of US Businesses–National and state
- Taxes
- Oregon Department of Revenue–Oregon tax statistics and publications
- Internal Revenue Service–Federal tax statistics and publications
- Venture Capital
- PricewaterhouseCoopers: MoneyTree Report–National and state
The Oregon Advantage
Oregon Facts
Oregon's Tax Structure
A 2008 report by Ernst and Young on state business taxes pronounced Oregon's position as one of the lowest business tax rate structures in the United States.
