-HIV/AIDS remains an important public health problem in Oregon. From 1981 through 2011, 9,028 Oregonians were diagnosed and reported with HIV infection; approximately 40 percent have since died.
-5,384 Oregonians are living with HIV, in addition to an unknown number of others with HIV who moved to Oregon after diagnosis.
-During the previous decade, approximately 280 Oregonians were diagnosed with HIV each year.
-Over the past decade, an average of 84 persons with HIV died each year.
-Diagnosis rates for HIV have increased among 20–24 year-olds.
-Fifty-five percent of people living with HIV in Oregon resided in Multnomah County when they were diagnosed.
-New diagnosis rates were 3.5 times higher among blacks and African Americans than whites. The rate of new diagnoses for Hispanics was 1.9 times higher than for white non-Hispanics; other races/ethnicities accounted for roughly 7 percent of all diagnoses.
-Child poverty rate among children of color in Multnomah County is 33 percent; that of white children is 13 percent.
-Median household income among black and Native American residents is 47 percent and 48 percent of citywide median.
-Alder School in the Centennial neighborhood has more than 60 percent English language learners.
-40 percent of kids in Lents, age 5-17, speak a language other than English at home
-More than 50 percent of Multnomah County residents under 40 are not registered to vote, even though they are eligible
-There are 800,000 Oregonians not registered to vote who could be.
Sources: Oregon Health Authority, Our Oregon, Portland Development Commission