Occupy Portland - Reference info-statistics

;OCCUPY PORTLAND PRESS INTERVIEWS
;PORTLAND AND OREGON ECONOMIC NUMBERS
;October 2011
;UNEMPLOYMENT
* U.S. rate: 9.1% (Aug 2011)
* Oregon unemployment 9.6% (Aug 2011); hardest hit jobs: construction, government, leisure and hospitality, trade, transport, utilities
* Portland (Vancouver-Hillsboro): 9.1%
:Source: http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/OlmisZine
;ENTRY LEVEL WAGES (PORTLAND)
Annual averages:
* Dishwasher/cafeteria/housekeeper ~$21k
* Retail/service/cook/custodial ~$25k
* Laborers/freight ~$27k
* Clerks/teacher asst/tellers ~$29K
:Source: http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/Regions?page=3&area=000002
;PROFESSIONAL LEVEL WAGES (PORTLAND)
Annual averages:
* Post-secondary teachers ~$83k
* Registered nurses ~$79k
* Civil engineers ~$78k
* Computer specialists ~$77k
* Landscape architects ~$67k
:Source: http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/Regions?page=8&sort=W&areatype=05&area=000002&startnum=91#regoccs
;WAGE INCOME INEQUALITY (OREGON)
* (2009) The gap between people who earned $32,993 annually (50th percentile) to people who earned $152,576 (98th percentile) widened 4.62-to-1.
* Higher-earners have gained more since 2003 while lower-earners did not keep up with inflation and had a negative change in real wage values.
:Source: http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ArticleReader?itemid=00007471
;COLLEGE TUITION INCREASES (2011)
Undergraduate, resident, 12 credits per term:
* University of Oregon 9% increase. Tuition, fees, room, board = $11,514
* Oregon State University 8.1% increase. Tuition, fees, room, board = $11,814
* Portland State University 9% increase. Tuition, fees, room, board = $9,735
* Eastern Oregon University 5.5% increase. Tuition, fees, room, board = $9,694
* Southern Oregon University 6.8% increase. Tuition, fees, room, board = $10,584
* Western Oregon University 5.1% increase. Tuition, fees, room, board = $9,741
* Oregon Institute of Technology 9% increase. Tuition, fees, room, board = $9,470
:Source: http://www.ous.edu/factreport/tuition
;STUDENT LOAN DEBT
* (2011) Half of Portland State's students graduate with debt, which averaged $22,440 two years ago.
:Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2011/06/oregon_universities_propose_tu.html
* (2011) U.S. Bachelor's degree $28k avg in loan debt
* Student loan market is $1 trillion industry
* (Apr 2011) 64% of student loan borrowers in 2005 experienced some major problem making their full payments on time in the last six years, the study found.
:Source: http://www.credit.com/blog/2011/04/study-student-loan-default-delinquency-rates-worrisome/
* Student loan delinquency and failure rates rising every year for past 10 years.
* Tuition increasing at far greater rate than housing, energy, health care costs; and over inflation. 
:Source: http://money.msn.com/saving-money-tips/post.aspx?post=557c0396-01c7-426b-8438-976aac650f27
;HOMELESSNESS
* In 2009, Portland had nation's highest prop of homeless people (.54%)
:Source: http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124728849233200700
*In 2010, Portland was 3rd (.45%) after DC and NV 
* Oregon: 3% of homeless pop (7th most in U.S.)
* Largest shift from 2007-2010 from cities to suburbs and rural areas
* Increase in homelessness from 2007-2010 of 10.81% (between 2009-2010 increase was 12.61%)
* African-Americans, men between the ages of 31 and 50, and people with disabilities are all at higher risk of becoming homeless, compared to their representation in the U.S
* Half (53.4%) of homeless adults in U.S. have mental illness and/or substance abuse problems 
* (2010) Hispanic and African Americans disproportionately homeless, nearly twice their % pop in U.S. (Hispanic: 16%, 9.9% respectively; African American: 22%, 12.4% respectively) 
* Children under 18 (34.1% of poverty population; 24.3% of U.S. population)
* Women (58.3% of poverty population, 52.3% of U.S. population)
* Disabled (24.6% of poverty population, 15.3%)
:Source: 2010 Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
;FORECLOSURES
* (Sep 2011) Portland foreclosure rate up 36.8%, its highest in 3 yrs.
* Highest foreclosure rates are at perimeter of city
:Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2011/09/08/portland-foreclosure-rate-up-368.html
;BANKING
* (Aug 2011) The 29 Oregon-based banks posted a collective $33 million profit in the second quarter as bad loan levels continued to decline
:Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2011/08/profits-climb-as-oregon-banks-rebound.html
* (Oct 2011) BofA -- Portland's biggest bank by market share -- is instituting a new $5 per month debit card fee for banking customers at the beginning of next year.
:Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2011/10/03/bank-of-america-mortgage-borrowers.html
* (Jul 2011) Lobbyists for large, out-of-state banks killed bills that would have protected families undergoing foreclosure, and reined in predatory lending practices.
Source: http://community.statesmanjournal.com/blogs/capitolwatch/2011/07/02/statement-by-our-oregon-on-2011-legislative-session/
;CORPORATE TAX BREAKS
* (Mar 2011) The Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, the state agency that forecasts revenue and expenses, said that for the 2011-2013 biennium, the lottery should net the state almost $1.1 billion compared with just under $900 million from the corporate income tax.
* Lotteries, by and large, are a (voluntary) tax on the poor.
:Source: http://www.tax.com/taxcom/taxblog.nsf/Permalink/UBEN-8FGJDA?OpenDocument
* State with the lowest combined state and local business taxes as a share of the economy in 2009, according to the Council on State Taxation (COST): Oregon, tied with Delaware and North Carolina
* Intel revenues in 2010: $43.6 billion. (Amount of Oregon corporate income taxes Intel disclosed it paid in 2010: Intel hasn’t disclosed.)
:Source: http://www.ocpp.org/2011/04/15/tax-facts-matter/
;BUSINESS FACTS
* (2011) 23 of the 50 largest Oregon employers are located in Portland. (Healthcare, banking, business services, insurance, manufacturers, technology.)
:Source: http://www.acinet.org/oview6.asp?printer=&next=oview6&id=&nodeid=12&stfips=41&group=1 
* (2003) Portland is 3rd largest export tonnage port on West Coast with import and export shipments of $11.8 billion.
* There are more than 1,200 technology companies operating in Portland – largest is Intel Corporation.
:Source: http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-West/Portland-Economy.html
;TAXES ON POOR
* Oregon ranks 6th highest in taxing the income of a family of four living at the poverty line in 2009
:Source: http://www.ocpp.org/2011/04/15/tax-facts-matter/
;HEALTH
Portland ranked as:
* #1 as unhappiest U.S. city
* #1 in depression
* #4 in divorce rates
* #12 in suicides because of severe financial stress
:Source: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/02/0226_miserable_cities/2.htm
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