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<div>The Rural Communities Explorer website <a href="http://www.oregonexplorer.info/rural"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.oregonexplorer.info/rural</u></font></a></div>
<div>has just been updated with data for 2005-2009 from the American Community Survey and other sources. </div>
<div>No matter how small your community, if it’s on the Oregon map, you can access a wealth of the most recent data about your area from the Rural Communities Explorer website. Visit the website, use the Communities Reporter Tool, and create your community
profile report today! </div>
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<div><u>The available data cover these topics and more:</u></div>
<div style="padding-left: 9pt; ">Population; Family Structure; Education; Income; Employment & Labor Market; Migration; Race & Ethnicity; Health & Mortality; Crime & Abuse; Housing; Food System; Natural Resources & Amenities; Economic Resources; Environmental
Health; Community Capacity</div>
<div><u>The data come from these sources and more:</u></div>
<div style="padding-left: 9pt; ">U.S. Census Bureau (decennial census <u>and</u> the American Community Survey); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Oregon Department of Education; Oregon Department of Human Services; Oregon Department of Revenue; Oregon
Farmers’ Market Association; Oregon State Police; Portland State University; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Oregon Criminal Justice Commission; Oregon Department of Environmental Quality</div>
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<div style="padding-left: 9pt; ">Rural Communities Explorer is funded by the Ford Family Foundation and is a collaboration among OSU Libraries, OSU Rural Studies Program; OSU Extension and the Institute for Natural Resources. </div>
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