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 2009 and will be in effect until the next update in late 2010. The department will publish updated lists every year in December under the normal methodology and every month under the temporary methodology.

2009 Temporary Distressed List

Posted Febuary 4, 2010
County
Dec. 2009
Unemployment
Rates
Seasonally
Adjusted
Economic Status
Is the
county
in Phase[1]?
# of
Months
in Phase[2]
Oregon 11.0% N/A N/A N/A
Baker
9.8%
Distressed
No
0
Benton
7.4%
Distressed
Yes
4
Clackamas
10.1%
Distressed
No
0
Clatsop
8.7%
Distressed
No
0
Columbia
12.7%
Distressed
No
0
Coos
12.4%
Distressed
No
0
Crook
16.8%
Distressed
No
0
Curry
10.8%
Distressed
No
0
Deschutes
14.0%
Distressed
No
0
Douglas
14.2%
Distressed
No
0
Gilliam
6.5%
Non-Distressed
N/A
N/A
Grant
12.7%
Distressed
No
0
Harney
15.5%
Distressed
No
0
Hood River
7.7%
Distressed
Yes
2
Jackson
11.9%
Distressed
No
0
Jefferson
14.1%
Distressed
No
0
Josephine
13.6%
Distressed
No
0
Klamath
12.6%
Distressed
No
0
Lake
12.9%
Distressed
No
0
Lane
10.9%
Distressed
No
0
Lincoln
9.9%
Distressed
No
0
Linn
13.5%
Distressed
No
0
Malheur
10.4%
Distressed
No
0
Marion
11.1%
Distressed
No
0
Morrow
9.1%
Distressed
No
0
Multnomah
10.1%
Distressed
No
0
Polk
9.2%
Distressed
No
0
Sherman
10.7%
Distressed
No
0
Tillamook
8.6%
Distressed
No
0
Umatilla
9.0%
Distressed
No
0
Union
10.0%
Distressed
No
0
Wallowa
11.6%
Distressed
No
0
Wasco
8.3%
Distressed
No
0
Washington
9.2%
Distressed
No
0
Wheeler
8.9%
Distressed
No
0
Yamhill
10.3%
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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