Benton County continued to have Oregon’s lowest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate (6.0%) in December. Crook County (13.3%) registered the highest rate for the month. Sixteen of Oregon’s counties had unemployment rates at or below the statewide rate of 8.4 percent; ten of those counties also matched or fell below the national rate of 7.8 percent in December.
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose in five of Oregon’s six broad
regions between December 2011 and December 2012. The largest job gains were
reported in Southern Oregon (+2.9%) and Portland (+1.2%), while the Willamette
Valley and Central Oregon each grew 1.0 percent. Employment was essentially flat in Eastern
Oregon. The Oregon Coast posted the only year-to-year employment loss, with a
decline of 1.1 percent.
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