Not every article  you see in the RG is written by someone on the RG staff and this article is one such example. It is an AP story. Now maybe you think the RG should have given someone the task of adding more local stats but it is not an RG article in its origin. Sometimes they just "pull" the articles and post them. So yes more specific numbers would probably be of greater interest / importance but the source of the information is not local and in fact cites "Portland" as it's city of origin. Also  it is why in the RG it falls under the "Oregon" banner as well.