-Number of children in 2012 who were uninsured in Oregon: 8,389
-Number of children who were in poverty in 2012 in Oregon: 36,441
-Percent of children in Multnomah County child welfare custody who are Native American: 21
-High school graduation rate for Native Americans in Oregon: 50.8
-People in Oregon who received food stamps in March 2014: 793,260
-Number of people over age 60 who received food stamps in March 2014 in Oregon: 73,845
-Number of Oregonians under age 5 who received food stamps in March 2014: 87,624
-Number of animals seized or removed from harm’s way in 2013 by Oregon Humane S-ociety: 538
-Number of low/moderate income parents the Black Parent Initiative (BPI) serves annually: 255
-Percentage of parents served by the BPI who are single parents: 70
-Hours of parent coaching provided by the BPI annually: 2,000
-Number of calls to 211 Info between October and December 2013 in Multnomah County: 15,318
-Percentage of those calls about energy assistance: 10
-Annual average number of clear days for Portland: 68
-Average number of clear days for month of May in Portland: 5
Source: Children First for Oregon; The Native American Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile by Coalition of Communities of Color and Portland State University; Partners for Hunger Free Oregon; Oregon Humane Society; Black Parent Initiative; 211 Info; National Climatic Data Center
This article appears in 2014-05-23.