id	claim	geography	period	source_id	locator	evidence_level	limitation
w01	Job-weighted under-500 employment share across 387 metros is 47.457 percent	US metropolitan areas in SUSB	2022	susb-msa-2022	All NAICS -- rows whose MSADSCR contains Metro Area; sum ENTRSIZE08 EMPL divided by sum ENTRSIZE01 EMPL	derived	Excludes micropolitan and rural areas; not the full US; firm counts cannot be summed
w02	Job-weighted under-20 employment share across those metros is 16.504 percent	US metropolitan areas in SUSB	2022	susb-msa-2022	Same metro selection, ENTRSIZE05 versus01	derived	Metropolitan employment-weighted average, not average city
w03	Portland has the largest industry-standardized under-500 job share among the nine selected metros	Nine selected US metros	2022	susb-msa-2022	build-web.py; metro-industry-standardized-2022.csv	derived	Portland weights across19 broad sectors; NAICS99 excluded; no control for age or detailed industry; no causal interpretation
w04	Industry adjustment raises Seattle under-500 job share to46.66 percent under Portland sector weights	Seattle metro at Portland weights	2022	susb-msa-2022	19 sector sum of Portland job weight multiplied by Seattle within-sector under500 share	derived	Descriptive composition adjustment only
w05	IBRN reports691 clients,70 percent BIPOC,69 percent women/gender expansive	Program clients, Portland	FY2024-25	prosper-insights	Printed142 / PDF148, Table4.14	reported	Clients not eligible population; overlaps with other programs unknown
w06	Prosper37million headline combines grants and loans approved or awarded	Prosper program reporting	FY2024-25	prosper-insights	Printed3 / PDF9 summary	reported	Not annual grant expenditures or cost of small-business assistance; businesses and nonprofits combined
w07	Financing applicants received42 percent full,36 percent partial,22 percent no funding	United States employer survey	2025 survey	fed-employer-2026	Debt and credit demand section	survey	Weighted convenience sample; percentages among applicants; not Portland
w08	2025 Federal Reserve employer survey reports46 percent AI usage	United States employer survey	Sep-Nov2025	fed-employer-2026	Use of artificial intelligence; about survey; PDF28 optional-module note	survey	Optional AI module;6,525 overall responses; not representative Portland rate or causal productivity effect
w09	Census BTOS AI use approximately17-20 percent over December2025-May2026	United States	Dec2025-May2026	census-ai-2026	U.S. Business AI Use and question-methodology sections	survey	Different question and sample from Fed survey; not a trend comparison
w10	City exemption gross-receipts thresholds increase to75k in2026 and100k from2027	Portland city tax	Tax2026/2027	city-tax-2026;city-tax-adoption-2026	Official Exemptions section and April8 adoption notice	direct	Gross receipts everywhere; less-than threshold; annual city/county exemption filing remains; distinct from taxable income
w11	Default policy envelopes are1125000,1890000,2070000 dollars	Hypothetical Portland programs	First-year2026-dollar planning assumptions	Analyst scenario	future-program.md and Charts.tsx concepts	proposal	Not actual spending bids or measured benefits; operating-only; no loan principal or major construction
w12	Additional resolution cost divides cost by cases times percentage-point improvement	Hypothetical Portland pilot	First year	Analyst scenario	PolicyLab formula	illustration	Effect assumed; zero effect makes cost per additional case undefined
w13	Owner remainder equals monthly receipts minus expenses; hourly remainder divides by52/12 times weekly hours	Hypothetical owner	Illustration	Analyst scenario	OwnerCalculator formula	illustration	Not local income estimate; before owner taxes benefits reinvestment; excludes owner pay from expense input
w14	Delay cash need equals monthly committed carrying costs times months delayed	Hypothetical opening business	Illustration	Analyst scenario	BarrierJourney formula	illustration	No claim about typical costs or who caused delay; excludes lost profit and one-time buildout