Oregon’s ‘Little Mexico’ serves as example of diversity - The increasing Latino population of Woodburn constitutes more than 50 percent of its total population

Political leaders might want to look at a town in Oregon with a population of 20,000 to see how the city deals with race, labor and immigration issues.

The city is one of few places in Oregon where the white population is the minority, and the community has dealt with rapidly changing demographics in recent years. At least one University researcher hopes to learn something from the unique situation.

University geography professor Lise Nelson studied Woodburn, a Willamette Valley town 82 miles north of Eugene in Marion County, to research farmworker housing there. “*

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