Research Studies and Statistical Information
- The Oregon Economic and Community
Development Department's mission is to work with local communities
and industries to provide "more and better jobs for Oregonians."
Our focus is on the "better," the creation of jobs that
pay better, provide long-term opportunities and maintain our quality
- The US Census Bureau
- The National Center
for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is to identify and promote strategies
that reduce the number of young children living in poverty in the
United States, and that improve the life chances of the millions of
children under age six who are growing up poor.
- The Institute for Research
on Poverty is a national, university-based center for research
into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality
in the United States. It is nonprofit and nonpartisan.
- The Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint
Center for Poverty Research supports academic research that examines
what it means to be poor and live in America.