Oregon is pretty darn white, and not so rich

Are there any hard-working white people in Oregon? Can't possibly be the case, considering he's about to win the primary there today.

Ranked by per-capita income, Oregon is ranked 23rd in the nation, two slots behind Ohio, and a single slot ahead of Pennsylvania. And since Ohio and Pennsylvania are apparently the gold standard of white working class-ness in this election, Oregon is little different than those two on the economic front.

Oregon is also a white state. According to 2005 census projections, Oregon is 9.38 percent Hispanic, 2.38 percent black, 2.44 percent pacific islander, 0.5 percent Native American, and 4.25 percent Asian. That's about 81 percent Anglo.

In fact, let's look at the whitest states in the nation according to recent Census estimates:

1. Maine (Obama)
2. Vermont (Obama)
3. West Virginia (Clinton)
4. New Hampshire (Clinton)
5. Iowa (Obama)
6. North Dakota (Obama)
7. Montana
8. Kentucky (Clinton)
9. Wyoming (Obama)
10. Idaho (Obama)

The list above excludes HIspanics, which are considered racially white, but ethnically different.

Let's look at the rankings of states including Hispanic whites. Remember, Obama is supposed to have just as much a problem with Hispanics as he is with non-Hispanic whites:

1. Vermont (Obama)
2. Maine (Obama)
3. New Hampshire (Clinton)
4. Idaho (Obama)
5. West Virginia (Clinton)
6. Iowa (Obama)
7. Wyoming (Obama)
8. Utah (Obama)
9. North Dakota (Obama)
10. Nebraska (Obama)

11th is Montana, and guess which state is 12th?

Oregon.

So yes, Oregon is white, it's working class, and it still manages to do this: