Report: Portland Metro Has 47% of State Population, 59% of State Economic Output.

Brookings has published a summary of Metro area economic and population data for 2009 in a series of state summaries that can be found HERE.

Oregon's summary for Metro areas can be found HERE.   It says that the Portland metro area: 

accounts for 47 percent of the state's population, 51 percent of its jobs, and 59 percent of its economic output.

For ALL Oregon Metro areas report says that: 

Oregon's six metro areas constitute 78 percent of the state's population, 80 percent of its jobs, and 83 percent of its economic output.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.