Keith Wilson (Unknown affiliation) has been Mayor of Portland since 1 Jan 2025. Unemployment rate: 5.0% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 0.6 percentage points higher than when Keith Wilson took office in January 2025; Oregon's moved +0.4 percentage points over the same months. On pay growth Portland is 31st of the 116 cities, on the fall in unemployment 95th of 117. The violent crime rate moved −44 per 100,000 in Portland against −33 per 100,000 for Oregon. Under Vera Katz (1993 to 2005) the unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points. Since day zero typical rent rose 2.5% a year, 4.5% in all.

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