America's Second Harvest
http://www.secondharvest.org/
America's Second Harvest distributes food and grocery products through a Nationwide Network of certified Members, increases public awareness of domestic hunger, and advocates for policies that benefit America's hungry.
EPI DataZone
Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epinet.org/datazone/
Recently updated figures and statistics for various economic measures, as well as historical labor market data.
Institute for Research Poverty
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/
IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the U.S.
Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty
At the Weingart Center
http://www.weingart.org/institute/
The Institute is a nonprofit, non-partisan, research and policy organization located at the Weingart Center, in the heart of downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row. The Institute delivers reliable analysis, data and solutions to institutions and individuals to spark new collaborations and foster new initiatives, policies and programs to better understand and address homelessness and poverty.
Joint Center for Poverty Research
http://www.jcpr.org/
Policy briefs, newsletters, research summaries, and poverty information.
Kids Count
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/data.htm
Provides databases of statistical tables, graphs, maps, rankings, and downloadable raw data relating to the well-being of children in the U.S., states, counties, metropolitan areas, cities, legislative districts, and Indian tribal home lands. Includes census data indicators such as number of households with children, children in poverty, and more.
National Alliance to End Homelessness
http://www.endhomelessness.org
Great starting point to learn about homelessness. Includes background and statistics, policy and legislation, best practices, publications, links, and resources.
National Coalition for the Homeless
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
Website contains facts about homelessness, information on legislation and policy, Internet resources, K-12 educational materials, publications, and directories.
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
http://www.nlchp.org
Publications on housing, income, education, civil rights, homelessness and poverty and an extensive list of links to other resources.
Rural Poverty Research Center
http://www.rprconline.org/
This organization examines the causes and consequences of poverty in rural areas and the factors affecting the success of policies to improve the self-sufficiency and well-being of low-income workers and families in America.
Windows on Urban Poverty
Bruton Center, U.Texas/Brookings Institution
http://www.urbanpoverty.net
Documents the geographic distribution of poverty in the United States 1970-2000 through interactive maps.
World Hunger Year (WHY)
http://www.worldhungeryear.org/
WHY is convinced that solutions to hunger and poverty can be found at the grassroots level. WHY advances long-term solutions to hunger and poverty by supporting community-based organizations that empower individuals and build self-reliance, i.e., offering job training, education and after school programs; increasing access to housing and healthcare; providing microcredit and entrepreneurial opportunities; teaching people to grow their own food; and assisting small farmers. WHY connects these organizations to funders, media and legislators.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/
Contains publications, abstracts, and statistics on topics such as unemployment in the United States.
County and City Data Book
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/ccdb.html
Provides detailed data on a wide variety of topics for Oregon and other states, counties, cities of 25,000 or more population, and places of 2500 or more.
FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
"One-stop shopping" for U.S. Federal Government Statistics.
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/
A health statistics agency that compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of people; includes tabulated state data, as well as statistics related to poverty, such as health insurance coverage by poverty status.
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe.html
Provides more current estimates of selected income and poverty statistics than the most recent decennial census. Estimates are created for states, counties, and school districts.
State and County QuickFacts
U.S. Census Bureau
http://quickfacts.census.gov/
Clickable map of United States which leads to state maps with individual county profiles and statistics.
US Census Bureau: Poverty
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html
Includes surveys, definitions, thresholds, recent research and guidelines on poverty.
Data for Local Communities
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/dlc/
Statistical, spacial, and descriptive information about cities, counties, and other civil, economic, and natural regions of Oregon and Washington.
Homelessness in Oregon
http://egov.oregon.gov/OHCS/docs/HomelessnessInOregonReport.pdf
Information, statistics, and charts about homelessness in Oregon.
Index of Poverty Documents per Oregon County
http://egov.oregon.gov/OHCS/docs/PovRpt/
Provides information and statistics about poverty in each Oregon county.
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Hunger
http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=issue051028
An overview of hunger in Oregon.
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Poverty
http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=poverty
An overview of poverty in Oregon. Make sure to scroll down and look at the links on the left side of the page.
Oregon Housing and Community Services
http://www.ohcs.oregon.gov/
A Portrait of Poverty in Oregon
http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/html/em/em8743/
State of Oregon's website
http://oregon.gov/
Look under Human Services for information pertaining to the Oregon Health Plan, Public Heath, Employment Services, and more.
University of Oregon's Document Center
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/govdocs/stats-r.html
Statistical resources for the state of Oregon