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Rural Brain Drain or Gain?
Motivator: It’s well-known that young people typically leave rural areas in search of higher education and work opportunities. There’s also a common belief out there that this out-migration of young...
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Small Towns around Here are Dying, Right?
Motivator: There’s a common belief out there that small towns are in decline. I was contacted by someone from the media a couple months ago who was looking for data that would prove just this point....
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The answer to the last blog post puzzler!
The four counties in Oregon that actually saw increases between 1990 and 2010 in the percentage of people living outside of towns recognized by the Census Bureau were: Grant County Harney County...
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What’s up with Hood River County?
I was recently inspired to look across Oregon for examples of communities that have experienced positive changes in big, tough social areas. So I pulled together 2000 and 2007-2011 county-level data on...
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If we want to achieve 40-40-20 we have to face some demographic realities.
Motivator: You may have heard that there’s now a 40-40-20 goal for the state of Oregon. The Legislative Assembly declared that the mission of all education beyond high school in Oregon includes...
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Are you out there, 40-40-20?
Sorry folks, I’m still on the 40-40-20 kick. I’m working on a project to put outcome based planning into action and 40-40-20 is the outcome of the day. So if we want to achieve 40-40-20 (recall that’s...
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What’s the Difference between a Growth Rate and Percent Change?
Motivator: I recently got a question from a colleague wondering what the difference is between growth rate and percent change. Understanding concepts like these help us understand what’s going on among...
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Are Oregon Latinos fairly represented in leadership roles?
Motivation We know that Latinos have a long history in our state, and Oregon is becoming increasingly diverse as a result of marked growth among this population. So now we need to pay attention to...
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Thanks for the data, but now what am I supposed to do?
We don’t always know what to do with data when we see it. And sometimes there’s nothing we can do with it, except tuck it away for a rainy day. What if we could strive to use data to inform decisions...
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Targeting Millennials in Metro Oregon? For now, focus on the central cities...
Motivator: Well, we all want to engage Millennials more and better, and Extension is no different. So let’s get a sense of their geographic distribution in the more urban parts of the state. The...
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