NW Oregon employment figures essentially unchanged in February

Oregon’s employment statistics for February show little change from January’s figures. According to Erik Knoder, Regional Economist at the Employment Department, Clatsop County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.5 percent in February, Tillamook County’s seasonally adjusted rate was 7.8 percent, and Columbia County’s rate was 9.4, all essentially the same as the previous month. Columbia County’s number of unemployed tops the region with 2,656 listed as unable to find work.