The Ford Family Foundation and Oregon State University Extension Service release their 4th annual, 2021 edition "Oregon by the Numbers"
Oregon by the Numbers contains a suite of community measures across a range of topics and issues, relying extensively on secondary data from a variety of sources stored on the Communities Reporter Tool database from the RCE. Comprised of county profiles for all 36 counties as well as corresponding summaries for each measure, with rankings whenever possible, the Oregon by the Numbers report targets a broad audience.
Oregon by the Numbers serves as a snapshot of the state and its counties at a particular moment in time. Because most measures here stem from government-funded data collection efforts, the numbers can often reflect historic bias and stereotypes.
County profiles (Jackson and Josephine sections presented below) are designed to display data at-a-glance, readily accessible to youth and adults alike, enabling all readers to learn something new about the place where they live.
Measure summaries provide more specificity for those interested in the “why” and “how.” Maps on the measure summaries show counties colored based on their ranks (top: ranks 1-12, middle: ranks 13-24 and bottom: ranks 25-36). Whenever possible, county-level values are compared with Oregon, rural Oregon and urban Oregon.
Click here to read access the full report: https://www.tfff.org/sites/default/files/OBTN_2021_Digital-111921-Spreads.pdf
