Statistics regarding the decline in the timber industry

A report published in 1985 on employment trends in Lane County reveals the onset of the decline. In the mid-’80s economists hoped that the timber recession was on its way out. Later figures show that it got much worse in the 1990s.

 

Job Growth — loss in ()	1974-1979	1979-1982	1982-1984
	[500]	[3,800]	1,100

In 1980 10.4 percent of the families in Cottage Grove lived below the national poverty line.