Malheur County, OR

County

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US Senator

N/ARon Wyden

Democratic Party

US Senator

N/AJeff Merkley

Democratic Party

About

None of the households in Malheur County, OR reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95% of the residents in Malheur County, OR are U.S. citizens.

Malheur County, OR borders Canyon County, ID, Owyhee County, ID, Payette County, ID, Washington County, ID, Humboldt County, NV, Baker County, OR, Grant County, OR, and Harney County, OR.

United States Oregon Ontario, OR-ID

Population & Diversity

Malheur County, OR is home to a population of N/A people, from which 95% are citizens. As of N/A, NaNd% of Malheur County, OR residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

95%

2024 Citizenship

95%

2023 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Malheur County, OR compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Economy

Employment

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Oregon.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Oregon (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Oregon.

Y-Axis

2.87%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.97M people employed in Oregon. This represents a 2.87% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 13.1%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Oregon.

Civics

Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are the senators currently representing the state of Oregon. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Oregon is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.