Welcome to the Rural Studies Program

OREGON COUNTY MONITOR - A report for each county in Oregon that includes measures of families’ ability to meet their basic needs. (Current site is still in Beta mode.  Please let us know if you have comments or suggestions.)

OREGON REGIONAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS PROJECT - A web-based program to create graphic trends analysis of local economic indicators and generate analysis of local employment growth.

OREGON RURAL COMMUNITIES EXPLORER - An online toolset that includes data and other information to increase understanding of rural issues including vitality and change in Oregon's rural communities.

Rural Findings

Oregon Property Tax Deferral Program for Senior and Disabled Citizens: 2012 Survey Results (March 2013) (Mentioned in Statesman Journal article)

Economic Research Service of USDA has released new ZIP-code-level frontier and remote area codes.

Rural America at a Glance 2012

 Choices Magazine focuses on Rural Wealth Creation (Spring 2012) RSP Director Bruce Weber is one of the guest editors and co-wrote the overview.

Hunger in Oregon During the Great Recession.
Mark Edwards, Mallory Fallin, and Breandan Jennings (January 2012).

Child Abuse and Neglect in Klamath County, Oregon: A birds-eye view of service provision and community partner relationships. Misty Freeman and Emily Wornell (November 2011). 

Economic Impacts on Oregon of the Termination of Secure Rural Schools Payments to Counties: 2011 Update Bruce Weber, Bruce Sorte and Paul Lewin (November 2011). Cited in recent articles in LA Times and Oregonian.

Recent News

RSP Director Bruce Weber quoted in Associated Press article on future for Oregon timber county (May 2013)

Rural Studies course and RSP Director Bruce Weber featured in Polk County Itemizer-Observer (April 2013)

RSP Faculty Affiliate Bruce Sorte and RSP Director Bruce Weber were featured in the North Coast Citizen (November 2012)

 RSP Faculty Affiliate Lena Etuk on NPR(September 2012)

Survey of Oregon Residents Shows Interest in Using Natural Resources Now (April, 2012)

RSP Faculty Affiliate Bruce Sorte was featured in an April 2012 editorial in the Oregonian and appeared on an Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) townhall meeting on rural economies.

RSP Faculty Affiliate appeared in December 2011 on the Oregon Public Broadcasting show Think Out Loud discussing rural economic development - specifically the dealing with the rural town of Union, Oregon.