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Working poor dominate poverty roles Most of Oregon's poor are stuggling in plain sight behind cash registers and restaurant counters. complete story Graphs: Poverty rates Graphs showing poverty rate trends; poverty and education; poverty rates by geographic area Suburbs thrive; cities, rural areas fall behind The higher poverty rates in Oregon are spread across rural areas and concentrated in small pockets in the core of almost every city. complete story Women and children most likely to be poor Both men and women, young and old experience poverty. But compared to men, more women and children are poor in the United Sates. complete story Most poor don't stay that way Many know her face. Few know her story. Yet more than 60 years after Florence Thompson's careworn face made her a symbol of the Great Depression, complete story Graphs: Poverty rates Graphs showing poverty rate by race, ethnicity; poverty rate by age; poverty rate by household Oregon's children and poverty Each year, the Annie E. Casey Foundation publishes the Kids Count Data Book, complete story Elders face poverty as they grow older In 58 years together, Francis and Tom Pickett have never thought of themselves as poor. complete story Disability and chronic poverty Chronic is not a happy word. It usually describes a condition of misery that just won't go away. complete story Poverty and minorities Although Oregon's population remains overwhelmingly white, the state's minority population has grown in the 1990s. complete story

Disclaimer: The OSU Extension Service published "A Portrait of Poverty in Oregon" in Winter 2000. Some of the information may be outdated. Extension continues to provide this material online because much of its content is timeless or of historical significance.

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