Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Study Says Oregon Has 40th Best (12th Worst) State Economy.

Main page for American Cities Business Journals study is HERE.

Study, which includes DC and 50 states, says
  • Previous high flying Nevada, Florida, and California had the worst state economies.
  • Oregon's 40th best ranking in 2010 is an improvement from 2009, when study says we had the 45th best state economy.
  • Oregon's best ranking in last 6 years was in 2006, when the study says we had the 11th best state economy.

Oregon specific data is pasted in table below.

2010 Rank 40
State Oregon
Employment Score -5.26
Private Sector Jobs (May 2010) 1,285,300
% Growth in Private Sector Jobs (2005-10) -5.30%
% Growth in Private Sector Jobs (2009-10) -1.90%
Raw Growth in Private Sector Jobs (2005-10) -72,400
Raw Growth in Private Sector Jobs (2009-10) -24,800
Unemployment Rate May 2010 10.60%
Rank 2010 40
Rank 2009 45
Rank 2008 22
Rank 2007 14
Rank 2006 11
Rank 2005 15

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

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