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Table 2,2 <br /> Selected Economic Data <br /> <br /> Demographic Data Lane County <br /> Population 16 years and older 258,327 <br /> In labor force 64 3% <br /> Employed 60 2% <br /> Unemployed 4.1% <br /> Not ~n labor force 35 7% <br /> Commuting to work <br /> Drove alone 71 6% <br /> Carpooled 12 2% <br /> Public transportation 3.3% <br /> Walked 4.2% <br /> Other means (includes bicycles) 3 7% <br /> Worked at home 5.1% <br /> Incomes and poverty levels <br /> Median household income $36,942 <br /> Median family income $45,111 <br /> Families below poverty level 9.0% <br /> w~th children under 18 years 14 8% <br /> with children under 5 years 20 1% <br /> <br />The Census website (www.census.gov) has a vast amount of other economic/ <br />demographic data for the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area and for the cities of Eugene <br />and Springfield. See the website for additional economic/demographic data, including <br />employment breakdowns by occupation and industry, and detailed income data. <br /> <br />2.3 Geography and Climate <br /> <br />The Eugene/Springfield Metro Area is located near the southern end of the Willamette <br />Valley, at the confluence of the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers, between the Coast <br />Range and the Cascades. The Region 2050 profile (Lane Council of Governments, <br />2000) noted poetically that the Eugene/Springfield area "offers a diversity of <br />landscapes: broad valleys dotted with wetlands, rivers, lakes, and creeks lined with <br />riparian vegetation, buttes, forests, mountains, foothills, parks and farms?' <br /> <br />In addition to the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers, there are numerous creeks running <br />through the area and several large lakes nearby (mostly reservoirs on the maior <br />rivers). Recreational opportunities abound, not only on the rivers and lakes, but also <br />in the large nearby areas of foothills and mountains. <br /> <br />The climate for the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area is moderate. Mean daily <br />temperatures range from highs of about 82 degrees and lows of about 51 de9rees in <br />July and August to highs of about 46 degrees and lows of about 34 or 35 degrees in <br />December and January. <br /> <br />The average annual rainfall is about 46 inches. Average monthly precipitation varies <br />from about 7 to 8 inches in November through January to about 0.4 inch in July. <br />Average annual snowfall is only about 6.0 inches. <br /> <br />Public Review Draft August 6, 2004 2-3 <br /> <br /> <br />