Population:

27th largest U.S. State by population, with 3,825,657 people (2009 estimate).
9th largest state in the country by area, at 98,466 square miles.

Largest city: Portland

Median income:$50,169 (2008 estimate)

Climate:
Yearly rainfall: 37.4 inches per year
Yearly snowfall: 6.5 inches per year in Portland; 98 inches per year in Sexton Summit.
Temperatures (High/Low) in capital city of Salem:
January, 47/34; July, 82/52

Foreclosures:
Foreclosure activity for 2009 increased in Arkansas over the prior year. There was a total of 34,12 properties with filings. That works out to a rate of one filing for every 47 households, which compares to the United States average of 45, and is a little more than two percent of the state’s housing units.

Those figures represent an 89 percent increase over 2008 and a 303 percent increase over 2007.

In 2008 there were about 54,800 existing homes (including condos, co-ops, and single-family homes but excluding new homes) sold in Arkansas, compared to about 74,300 sold in 2007.

Economy:
Oregon is the United States' most prolific lumber producer, with more than 30 million acres of timber forests—it's no wonder that the state's paper products industry is one of its strongest manufacturing assets. Oregon is also a leading producer of greenhouse products, wheat, livestock and dairy products and its fishing industry (particularly salmon) is among the nation's biggest. The state gets much of its energy from an abundance of hydroelectric dams.

Noteworthy:
Oregon's reputation as a wine producer has been growing steadily since the 1970s and today it's the country's third leading wine state, with a reputation for producing some of the world's top Pinot Noirs.