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Rural poverty in Oregon

0 persistent-poverty counties

Oregon has 21 nonmetro counties and no counties flagged by USDA ERS for persistent poverty. The state's all-ages poverty rate is 11.9% and child poverty is 13.3%.

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Persistent-poverty counties

21

Nonmetro counties (RUCC 4–9)

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Residents in PPCs

36

Total counties

Oregon by county

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Oregon at a glance

Poverty rate

11.9%

All ages, ACS S1701

Child poverty

13.3%

Under 18

PPC share

0.0%

Of counties in state

Nonmetro share

58.3%

RUCC 4–9

Pantries / 100K

3.07

PantryPath verified

Risk score (mean)

0.20

Composite 0–1

"Pantries / 100K" divides Oregon's 130 verified PantryPath pantries by the state population — a minimum-density indicator, not a saturated census. See methodology.

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 36 in Oregon.

Highest rural hunger risk

Composite 0–1 score

  1. 1 Sherman 0.37
  2. 2 Lake 0.37
  3. 3 Grant 0.36
  4. 4 Harney 0.35
  5. 5 Gilliam 0.35

Highest poverty rate

ACS all-ages

  1. 1 Benton 19.2%
  2. 2 Klamath 18.3%
  3. 3 Sherman 17.9%
  4. 4 Lake 17.8%
  5. 5 Malheur 17.8%

Persistent-poverty counties

PPCs ranked by current poverty

Oregon has no persistent-poverty counties in the 2025 ERS typology.

Every county in Oregon

All 36 counties with RUCC, typology flags, and ACS poverty data.

County RUCC PPC Flags Poverty Child poverty Population Risk
Baker 7 — — 13.8% 11.1% 16,796 0.28
Benton 3 — Housing 19.2% 15.3% 96,359 0.15
Clackamas 1 — Housing 7.5% 6.9% 422,308 0.03
Clatsop 4 — Housing, Retire. 12.3% 14.6% 41,343 0.16
Columbia 1 — — 8.7% 9.7% 53,178 0.03
Coos 5 — Housing, Retire. 15.6% 21.6% 64,832 0.21
Crook 3 — Retire. 9.7% 15.3% 25,651 0.11
Curry 7 — Housing, Retire. 13.3% 16.5% 23,463 0.28
Deschutes 3 — Housing, Retire. 9.3% 12.0% 203,026 0.11
Douglas 4 — Housing, Retire. 15.6% 20.7% 111,807 0.17
Gilliam 9 — — 12.6% 6.2% 2,002 0.35
Grant 9 — Pop. loss 15.2% 19.9% 7,238 0.36
Harney 9 — — 12.8% 13.1% 7,515 0.35
Hood River 6 — Housing 5.5% 3.5% 23,958 0.21
Jackson 3 — Housing 12.4% 12.8% 222,563 0.12
Jefferson 3 — Housing, Retire. 11.7% 13.3% 24,973 0.12
Josephine 3 — Housing, Retire. 15.8% 19.5% 88,069 0.14
Klamath 5 — Housing 18.3% 22.6% 69,812 0.22
Lake 9 — Low emp. 17.8% 21.6% 8,254 0.37
Lane 2 — Housing 15.3% 14.3% 382,628 0.10
Lincoln 5 — Housing, Retire. 15.7% 22.0% 50,632 0.21
Linn 3 — Housing 12.8% 16.4% 129,794 0.13
Malheur 6 — Low emp., Housing 17.8% 21.0% 31,701 0.26
Marion 2 — Housing 13.1% 16.6% 346,532 0.09
Morrow 8 — — 14.2% 17.8% 12,249 0.32
Multnomah 1 — Housing 12.5% 14.4% 803,863 0.05
Polk 2 — Housing 12.2% 13.2% 88,553 0.09
Sherman 9 — — 17.9% 19.8% 1,908 0.37
Tillamook 7 — Housing, Retire. 12.0% 16.1% 27,471 0.27
Umatilla 4 — — 12.6% 15.4% 80,087 0.16
Union 7 — Housing 15.8% 18.7% 26,192 0.29
Wallowa 9 — — 7.8% 5.2% 7,532 0.33
Wasco 7 — — 12.2% 12.7% 26,603 0.27
Washington 1 — Housing 8.0% 8.7% 600,266 0.03
Wheeler 9 — Retire. 10.0% 10.6% 1,434 0.34
Yamhill 1 — Housing 10.4% 13.6% 108,122 0.04

Find a food pantry in Oregon

Search Oregon's 130 verified pantries, food banks, and meal programs — filtered by city, open-now status, and service type.

Oregon pantry directory

Oregon SNAP

Income limits, application steps, and EBT card details for residents of persistent-poverty counties and beyond.

Oregon SNAP guide

Emergency food help

National hotlines, 211 referrals, and same-day food options — critical in rural counties where the nearest pantry may be 30+ miles away.

Emergency food

Food deserts atlas

Rural poverty and low food access often overlap. Compare persistent-poverty counties to USDA's low-income / low-access food desert designations.

Oregon food deserts

Methodology

How we combined USDA ERS typology codes, the Rural-Urban Continuum, ACS poverty data, and PantryPath's own pantry directory — plus the risk-score formula.

Full methodology