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Need in Yamhill County: Did You Know? |
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- ♦ Unemployment in Yamhill County (pop. 98,168 in 2008) was at 10.8% in April 2010, compared to 5.1% in April 2009.
- ♦ If we include people working part-time or in temporary positions when they want to work full-time, the current unemployment rate is closer to 25%.
- ♦ An estimated 1,000 people in Yamhill County are homeless. There is only one homeless shelter in McMinnville. It has room for just 15 people.
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- ♦ One in five Oregonians (more than 700,000 people) used food stamps in April 2010.
- ♦ Oregon had the 10th highest rate of foreclosure filings in the nation in July 2010. This rate was 84% higher than in July the previous year.
- ♦ Approximately 12% of Yamhill County families are living below the federal poverty level ($22,050 yearly income for a family of four in 2009).
- ♦ In the current situation, our food bank, food pantries, and soup kitchen are often stretched to the limit, as are our local charities, places of worship, and nonprofits.
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