Brookings State of Metro America Report Published TODAY; Portland Indicators Included.

Although event is tomorrow, thanks to BeSpacfic I have located the new Brookings State of Metro America report HERE.

The web page for the Portland Metro can be found HERE. A PDF of that Portland Metro profile is HERE. I extracted and combined tables for Portland Metro and pasted below:

PORTLAND METRO PROFILE

Indicator Group	Indicator	Metro	Metro Rank	Primary Cities	Suburbs	New Heartland Metros	United States
Population and Migration	% change in population, 2000-2008	14	31	6.6	18	16.3	7.8
Population and Migration	Domestic migration rate, 2000-20081	5.3	31	5.7	0
Population and Migration	% of population moving in previous year	16.9	41	19	15.8	17.1	15.6
Race and Ethnicity	% of population that is nonwhite2	22.2	70	24.9	20.8	28.8	34.6
Race and Ethnicity	% change in nonwhite population, 2000-2008	38	27	15.8	55.4	38.2	21
Race and Ethnicity	Change in nonwhite share of population, 2000-2008	3.8	40	1.6	5	4.5	3.7
Immigration	% of population that is foreign-born	12.7	31	12.8	12.6	8.8	12.5
Immigration	% change in foreign-born population, 2000-2008	34.6	55	7.8	53.5	53.2	22
Immigration	% of children with at least one foreign-born parent	24.8	31	25.2	24.6	16.4	22
Age	% of population age 45 and over	38	51	37.6	38.2	35.6	38.5
Age	% change in under-18 population, 2000-2008	8.7	34	4.8	10.4	14.8	2.5
Age	Dependency ratio3	53.2	94	48.4	55.7	55.8	58.9
Households and Families	% of households that are married couples with children	22.3	32	16.6	25.5	22.8	21.1
Households and Families	% change in married-with-children households, 2000-2008	4.7	24	2.9	5.4	6.2	-4
Households and Families	Average household size	2.61	43	2.34	2.76	2.61	2.62
Educational Attainment	% of population age 25 and over with bachelor's degree	33.3	19	37.8	30.9	33.4	27.7
Educational Attainment	Change in % of population with bachelor's degree, 2000-2008	4.5	18	7.4	3.1	3.9	3.3
Educational Attainment	% 18-to-24 year-olds enrolled in higher education	34.4	81	38.8	32.2	39.5	40.9
Work	Wage for middle-wage workers ($/hour)4	19.58	20				17.8
Work	% change in wage for middle-wage workers, 2000-2008	-1.5	45				-4.5
Work	High/low wage ratio5	4.58	52				5.03
Income and Poverty	Median household income ($)	59,044	29	51,356	63,782	58,112	52,029
Income and Poverty	% change in median household income, 2000-2008	-3.1	45	-2	-4	-5.7	-4.1
Income and Poverty	% of children in poverty	15	71	18.2	13.6	14.6	18.2
Commuting	% of commuters who drive alone	70.6	94	63.4	74.3	78.6	75.5
Commuting	% of commuters who use public transit	6.4	11	10.5	4.2	2.8	5
Commuting	% change in commuters who use public transit, 2000-2008	16.7	60	10.1	26.3	25.2	22.9

Chapter contents and links can be found HERE.

An interactive indicator map is HERE.

Finally, at bottom of this page HERE when you select different indicator groups you have the option of downloading CSV or zip files with ALL of the data relevant to that indicator grouping.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.