Oregon is the ninth largest by area and the 27th most populous of the 50 United States.
[2] High technology industries and services have been major employers since the 1970s.
Tektronix was the largest private employer in Oregon until the late 1980s.
Intel's creation and expansion of several facilities in eastern Washington County continued the growth that Tektronix had started.
Intel is now the state's largest for-profit private employer, with more than 17,000 employees,[3] while Providence Health & Services, a nonprofit, is the largest private employer.