OREGON
Population (1994): 3,086,000 (up 8.6% from 1990); 1.2% of U.S. total
Voting-age population: 2,311,000; 1994 turnout, 41%
Median age: 35 years
Median household income: $31,456 ($808 below U.S. median)
Unemployment: 5.1% (0.5% below U.S. average, March 1996)
Last presidential election: Clinton (D): 42% Bush (R): 33% Perot (I): 24%
Congressional delegation: Four Democrats, three Republicans
Oregon's larger towns--including Eugene, Corvallis and Portland--are enclaves of high-tech industry, university students and environmentalists. Loggers in the Cascade Mountains, millworkers in towns like Roseburg ("Timber Capital of the Nation") and eastern Oregon farmers and ranchers, however, are more conservative, fueling the ongoing "lumber wars"...
