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title: "Associations USA: Oregon"
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### 5,245

Total number of membership organizations, September 2017

*Source:**[Bureau of Labor Statistics (opens in a new tab)](https://data.bls.gov/cew/apps/table_maker/v4/table_maker.htm#type=2&st=51&year=2017&qtr=3&own=5&ind=813&supp=0)*

### 29,913

Total number of people employed by membership organizations, September 2017

*Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics*

### 169.1

Average number of travel days from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail, 1841-1848

*Source:**[Oregon-California Trails Association (opens in a new tab)](http://www.octa-trails.org/learn/trail-facts)*

### What’s In Oregon?

[North American Truffling Society (opens in a new tab)](http://www.natruffling.org/)
 (Corvallis)

[Building Materials Dealers Association (opens in a new tab)](http://www.bmda.com/)
 (Portland)

[Association for Recorded Sound Collections (opens in a new tab)](http://www.arsc-audio.org/index.php)
 (Eugene)

[Kite Trade Association (opens in a new tab)](http://www.kitetrade.org/)
 (Bend)

*Source:*[Directory of Associations (opens in a new tab)](http://www.directoryofassociations.com/)

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