The five Portland metro counties have performed the worst among six regions of the state in the past year. OR energy storage ...

The Portland metro area lost 7,500 jobs in May, raising the unemployment rate to 4.5%. PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland metro ...

Non-farm employment in the Portland metropolitan area fell by 0.8% in the 12-month period that ended in May, the largest job loss among the top 50 cities, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

Portland metro population decline slows, Census Bureau says. ... The metro area’s population total now stands at 2,508,050. In the year prior, through July 2022, ... Map: Population change ...

The unemployment rate in the metro area stood at 4.2% in March, up slightly from 4.1% in March 2023, according to the April report from the Oregon Employment Department. That’s well below the 10 ...