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The Growth Of Latino Society In Oregon

Oregon Community Foundation

Latinos are growing as a portion of Oregon society. 

They now make up 12 percent of the population, but nearly a quarter of the K-12 school population. 

The Oregon Community Foundation tracks numbers and issues for this community in a report called "Latinos in Oregon: Trends and Opportunities in a Changing State." We get an idea of the scope of the research, and how it will be used, when researcher Caitlin Ruffenach and OCF Latino Partnership Program Director Robert Franco visit The Exchange.  

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.