The greater Portland area has a population that is growing more diverse with respect to race, foreign-born residents and women who own businesses. Using statistics from the U.S. Economic census of 2002, Greenlightgreaterportland.com published a graph which compares the number of women business owners per 100,000 residents in ten major western U.S. cities.
Topic: Should the new administration offer incentives for investing in women-owned businesses?
Category: Institutional ( Image)
What is it? A bar-graph which depicts the amount of women-owned businesses per 100,000 residents in Portland, Oregon.
Publication Information: The economic census data used to provide the graph was conducted in 2002. The graph itself was published by Greenlight Greater Portland (Copyright © 2008 Greenlight Greater Portland · 1211 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 540 Portland, OR 97204)
Author: The statistics in the graph are provided by the U.S. Census, Economic Census, 2002.
Location: http://greenlightgreaterportland.com/people/portland-vancouver-diversity-statistics/
Accessed: March 9, 2009, 15:30 PST
Support:
U.S. Census , Economic Census, 2002- The U.S. Census Bureau provided the statistics to quantify the amount of women business owners per 100,000 residents in the greater Portland area.
Greenlight Greater Portland- The site provides information of importance to the business community. Greenlight’s research team compiles current economic, demographic and quality of life data to create reports on industry sectors, workforce and the Portland-Vancouver region overall.
Audience and Agenda: According to Greenlightgreaterportland.com, Greenlight is privately funded by business leaders who are passionate about helping increase the vibrancy of the greater Portland-Vancouver economy. Greenlight members believe that bringing new business to the region benefits all. To demonstrate the growing diversity of Portland, Oregon, the publisher of this website uses statistics from a survey from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Usefulness: Portland, Oregon is a city that is conducive to success for women starting businesses. The comparative metro areas shown throughout the data are used to show that Portland is home to a large quantity of businesses owned by women. Portland has more women-owned businesses per 100,000 residents than Seattle, Sacramento and Austin to name a few. The graph raises the question as to what economic characteristics the Portland area has that make it more suitable for women-owned businesses than other metropolitan areas.
Works Cited:
http://www.greenlightgreaterportland.com/
http://greenlightgreaterportland.com/people/portland-vancouver-diversity-statistics/
http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon
Filed under: Institutional Sources, Source Notes
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