Claim: "Oregon's per capita income is 9 percent below the national average and getting worse. This is a state that's actually getting poorer."
Fact-check: Is Oregon's per capita income nine percent below the national average -- and does that mean we're getting poorer? 
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Janie Har
Date published: 2012-01-06T00:00:00