Measure

 

Year, Units

 

Region 1
United States

 

Region 2
Washington

 

Region 3
Oregon

 

Region 4
Idaho

 

Region 5
Montana

 

Region 6
Alaska

 

Region 7
5-state Region

 

Population

1997, thousands

267,636

5,610

3,243

1,210

879

609

11,551

Gross Regional Product

1996, billion dollars

$7,631.0

$159.6

$87.0

$27.9

$18.5

$24.2

$317.2

Employment

1996, employed civilian labor force

126,708

2,699

1,619

587

423

291

5,619

Unemployment Rate

1996, % of civilian labor force

5.40%

6.50%

5.90%

5.20%

5.30%

7.80%

6.1%

Income

1997, billion dollars

$6,851.0

$149.9

$79.1

$24.8

$17.6

$15.4

$286.8

Income per Capita

1997, dollars per person

$25,598

$26,718

$24,393

$20,478

$20,046

$25,305

$23,388

Tribal Subsistence

None known

              

Sectoral Composition and Industrial Diversity

Full-time and Part-time Employees by Industry: 1996
 

Farm Employment

1.9%

2.5%

3.4%

5.3%

5.1%

1.7%

3.1%
 

Non-Farm Employment

98.1%

97.5%

96.6%

94.7%

94.9%

98.3%

96.9%
 

Agricultural Services, Forestry, Fishing

1.3%

1.8%

2.0%

2.7%

1.8%

3.6%

2.0%
 

Mining

0.6%

0.2%

0.2%

0.6%

1.4%

3.0%

0.5%
 

Construction

Manufacturing

5.4%

12.9%

5.7%

11.7%

6.0%

13.6%

7.7%

12.2%

6.5%

5.9%

5.2%

5.1%

6.0%

11.5%
 

Transportation and Public Utilities

Wholesale Trade

Retail Trade

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate

Services

Government

4.8%

4.7%

17.2%

7.5%

31.0%

14.5%

4.5%

5.0%

17.6%

7.4%

29.5%

16.6%

4.6%

5.2%

18.3%

6.6%

30.2%

13.4%

4.5%

4.8%

18.9%

5.6%

27.1%

16.0%

5.1%

4.0%

20.6%

6.3%

31.6%

16.8%

7.4%

2.7%

15.9%

5.1%

26.7%

25.4%

4.7%

4.8%

18.0%

6.8%

29.5%

16.1%

 

 

Table A-2

 

Summary of Measures Related to Economic Distribution for Most Recent Year Readily Available for Regions 1 through 7

Income Distribution by Income Class

 

Percent of Households with Income Between:

 

Region 1
United States

 

Region 2 Washington

 

Region 3
Oregon

 

Region 4
Idaho

 

Region 5
Montana

 

Region 6
Alaska

 

Region 7
5-state Region

 
 

$0 to $9999

15.5%

12.9%

15.3%

16.0%

19.9%

8.3%

14.2%
 

$10,000 to $14,999

8.8%

8.5%

10.2%

11.2%

12.2%

6.4%

9.4%
 

$15,000 to $19,999

8.8%

8.9%

10.1%

11.4%

11.2%

6.4%

9.5%
 

$20,000 to $24,999

8.7%

9.0%

10.0%

10.8%

10.6%

6.9%

9.5%
 

$25,000 to $29,999

8.1%

8.4%

9.0%

9.6%

9.0%

6.9%

8.7%
 

$30,000 to $34,999

7.8%

8.4%

8.6%

8.6%

8.1%

6.8%

8.4%
 

$35,000 to $39,999

6.8%

7.5%

7.2%

6.9%

6.6%

6.5%

7.2%
 

$40,000 to $44,999

6.1%

6.6%

6.1%

5.7%

5.4%

6.2%

6.3%
 

$45,000 to $49,999

5.0%

5.5%

4.8%

4.4%

4.0%

5.8%

5.1%
 

$50,000 to $59,999

7.8%

8.4%

7.0%

6.0%

5.4%

9.8%

7.6%
 

$60,000 to $99,999

12.3%

12.3%

8.9%

7.2%

6.0%

22.3%

10.8%
 

$100,000 to $149,000

2.8%

2.4%

1.8%

1.3%

1.1%

5.7%

2.2%
 

$150,000 or more

1.6%

1.3%

1.1%

0.8%

0.6%

2.0%

1.1%

Wealth Distribution

None known by state

Income Distribution among Cultural/Ethnic Groups (per capita, 1989)

White

$15,687

$15,564

$13,778

$11,723

$11,634

$19,903

$14,519
 

Black

$8,859

$10,440

$8,240

$8,785

$7,657

$12,816

$10,173
 

American Indian/Eskimo

$8,328

$8,862

$8,890

$6,843

$5,422

$9,140

$8,245
 

Asian/Pacific Islander

$13,638

$11,584

$10,734

$9,809

$8,443

$13,113

$11,400
 

Other

$7,340

$6,891

$6,506

$5,826

$6,629

$12,601

$$6,816

Income Distribution among Subregions

  

See Section 2 for discussion of income data by region

Regional Concentration of Sectoral Activity

  

Many measures are possible

 

 

 

Table A-3

 

Summary of Measures Related to Economic Distribution for Most Recent Year Readily Available for Regions 1 through 7

Income Distribution by Income Class

 

Region 1
United States

 

Region 2 Washington

 

Region 3
Oregon

 

Region 4
Idaho

 

Region 5
Montana

 

Region 6
Alaska

 

Region 7
5-state Region

 

Earnings by Industry, 1996, million $

              

Farm

$4,665

$1,734

$742

$767

$246

$9

$3,498

Non-Farm

$4,501,610

$95,701

$52,050

$15,949

$10,597

$11,658

$185,955

Agricultural Services, Forestry, Fishing

$29,780

$1,171

$599

$224

$102

$228

$2,324

Mining

$39,049

$196

$80

$170

$290

$891

$1,627

Construction

Manufacturing

$254,795

$820,793

$6,279

$16,291

$3,970

$10,083

$1,451

$2,990

$809

$834

$886

$605

$13,395

$30,803

Transportation and Public Utilities

$308,973

$6,643

$3,345

$1,091

$922

$1,151

$13,152

Wholesale Trade

Retail Trade

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate

Services

Government

$284,524

$415,364

$375,660

$1,280,263

$692,409

$6,101

$9,319

$5,990

$26,738

$16,973

$3,818

$5,691

$3,401

$13,377

$7,684

$909

$1,768

$853

$3,774

$2,715

$573

$1,354

$601

$2,931

$2,179

$345

$1,122

$454

$2,428

$3,546

$11,746

$19,254

$11,299

$49,248

$33,097

 

 

Table A-4

 

Summary of Measures Related to Human Health and Welfare for Most Recent Year Readily Available for Regions 1 through 7
   

Region 1
United States

 

Region 2 Washington

 

Region 3 Oregon

 

Region 4 Idaho

 

Region 5 Montana

 

Region 6 Alaska

 

Infant Mortality

1995 deaths of infants under 1 year per 1000 live births

7.6

5.9

6.1

6.1

7

7.7

Life Expectancy

1989-91, years

            

Total

  

75.37

76.82

76.44

76.88

76.23

N/A

White

  

76.13

76.92

76.51

76.89

76.72

N/A

Black

  

69.16

71.34

      

N/A

Poverty Rates

1996, percent below poverty line

13.7

11.9

11.8

11.9

17

8.2

Suicide Rates

1995, per 100,000 population

11.9

14.4

15.8

16

23.1

17.1

Crime Rates

1996, total crime rate per 100,000 population

5,079

5,909

5,997

4,013

4,494

5,450

Accident Rates

              

Motor Vehicle Deaths

1995, per 100,000 population

16.5

13.7

18.9

22.7

22.4

16.1

Accidents and Adverse Effects

1995, per 100,000 population

35.5

34.9

43.5

45.2

43.7

56.2

Nutrition

              

Family Violence

              

Child Abuse/Neglect Cases

1996, substantiated cases

969,018

20,033

9,238

8,816

3,664

7,544

Divorce Rates

1995, divorces per 1,000 population

4.4

5.5

4.8

5.8

4.8

5.0

Number of Community Hospitals

1996

5,134

90

63

42

53

17

Patients Admitted

1996, (1,000)

31,099

470

302

116

93

38

Outpatient Visits

1996, millions

440

8

6

2

2

0.8

Medicare

1997

            

Enrollment

1,000

37,514

707

475

155

133

37

Payments

million dollars

206,064

3,033

1,887

565

496

163

Medicaid

1996

            

Recipients

1,000

35,028

621

450

119

101

69

Payments

million dollars

121,419

1,393

1,313

405

352

278

Educational Attainment

              

Public High School Graduates

1995, 1,000

2,288

49

27

14

10

5.8

Percent of persons 25 years+, by highest level completed

High school graduate

  

30

27.9

28.9

30.4

33.5

38.7

Some college, no degree

  

18.7

25

25

24.2

22.1

27.6

Associate’s degree

  

6.2

7.9

6.9

7.5

5.6

7.2

Bachelor’s degree

  

13.1

15.9

13.6

12.4

14.1

15.0

Advanced degree

  

7.2

7

7

5.3

5.7

8.0

Drop-outs (no high school diploma, age 16-19)

11.2

10.6

11.8

10.4

8.1

10.9