Fall/Winter 2006: On Principle

Oregon Index: Oregon by the Numbers

Compiled by Alexandra Bradspies

(Click on answer links to see sources and text links to read related article.)
  • Number of active lawyers: 12,500
  • Percentage of lawyers who are female: 24
  • Number of court cases filed in 2003: 660,250
  • Number of incarcerated whites per 100,000 in 2001: 458
  • Number of incarcerated African Americans per 100,000 in 2001: 2,763
  • States with a higher minimum wage than Oregon: 1
  • Difference between average urban income and average rural income: $10,245
  • Number of Oregonians living in poverty in 2004: 489,702
  • Average monthly food stamp benefit per person in 2005: $88.49
  • Number of the 86 farmers markets in Oregon that accept food stamps: 16
  • Percentage of children under 18 living in poverty in 2004: 18.8
  • Ratio of African American high school dropouts to white dropouts during the 2003-04 school year: 2:1
  • Time after which minors in Portland aren't permitted in public spaces on school nights: 10:15 p.m.
  • Years after Title IX was passed that OSU first awarded an athletic scholarship to a woman: 5
  • Year Oregon's 1867 miscegenation statute was repealed: 1951
  • Years after the 14th Amendment was ratified by a 3/4 majority of states that it was ratified by Oregon: 105
  • Number of same-sex marriage licenses issued and later annulled in Multnomah County: 3,000
  • Number of ballot initiatives since 1902: 330
  • Number of ballot initiatives passed since 1902: 115
  • Amount requested by the 1,994 Measure 37 claimants as of July 7, 2006: $4,208,962,816
  • Percentage of ballots returned in the November 2004 election: 85
  • Number of naturalized citizens in Oregon: 111,344
  • Number of neighborhood associations in Portland: 93
  • Percentage of Oregonians who volunteered in 2002: 52
  • Approximate number of letters submitted to the Oregonian each week: 500
  • Number of Oregon-based blogs: 1,062

    © 2006 Oregon Council for the Humanities

    • Masthead

    Kathleen Holt
    EDITOR
    Jennifer Viviano
    GRAPHIC DESIGN

    Oregon Humanities, a journal of ideas and perspectives about the humanities, is published biannually by the Oregon Council for the Humanities, 812 SW Washington Street, Suite 225, Portland, Oregon 97205.

    We welcome letters from readers. If you would like a letter published, subject to editorial discretion, please include a daytime telephone number. Letters may be edited for reasons of space or clarity. Oregon Humanities is provided free of charge.

    To be on the mailing list to receive this magazine, please e-mail us, or call the OCH office at (503) 241-0543 or (800) 735-0543.