Oregon State University Rural Studies Program
Home Text size go
Rural Communities Explorer

Access Community Data

Feature Story on Rural Communities

Oregon is made up of many human communities. As of 2007, there were over 700 named places in the 36 counties of the state. Each of these communities is unique with respect to its economy, environment, population, and social system. Using the Oregon Communities Reporter you can get a sense of the makeup of the communities in Oregon with statistics compiled by faculty from Oregon State University's Rural Studies Program.

The Oregon Communities Reporter is a unique resource for community practitioners as it links the 723 places and 36 counties in Oregon to data gathered at the place, census tract, and county levels by various agencies and institutions.

Get Data from the Oregon Communities Reporter

Submit your resources to the explorer digitial library

Do you or your group have information about natural resources in Oregon to share?

Add content

FEEDBACK


Your suggestions and comments will help improve this website.

Take our online user survey

How does your community work?

Find out what a community is and how it functions.

Learn more about the community model

Redefining Oregon

In a recent Rural Studies Working Paper, researchers examined three nationwide systems for defining rural and urban areas. They found that the choice of classification system has far-reaching research and policy implications.
Launch REDEFINING OREGON multi-media story

           Photo: Carly Johnson