Oregon

Population Density
People per square mile, 1990:
29.61
People per square mile, 2000:
35.64




Historic & Projected Growth
1790 to 2030


Year Population Year Population Year Population
1790 0 1880 174,768 1970 2,091,533
1800 0 1890 317,704 1980 2,633,156
1810 0 1900 413,536 1990 2,842,321
1820 0 1910 672,765 2000 3,421,399
1830 0 1920 783,389 2010 3,790,996
1840 0 1930 953,786 2020 4,260,393
1850 12,093 1940 1,089,684 2030 4,833,918
1860 52,465 1950 1,521,341
1870 90,923 1960 1,768,687




Population By County

Census 2000 Population Change Percent
Change
OREGON 3,421,399 579,078 20.4
Baker County 16,741 1,424 9.3
Benton County 78,153 7,342 10.4
Clackamas County 338,391 59,541 21.4
Clatsop County 35,630 2,329 7.0
Columbia County 43,560 6,003 16.0
Coos County 62,779 2,506 4.2
Crook County 19,182 5,071 35.9
Curry County 21,137 1,810 9.4
Deschutes County 115,367 40,409 53.9
Douglas County 100,399 5,750 6.1
Gilliam County 1,915 198 11.5
Grant County 7,935 82 1.0
Harney County 7,609 549 7.8
Hood River County 20,411 3,508 20.8
Jackson County 181,269 34,880 23.8
Jefferson County 19,009 5,333 39.0
Josephine County 75,726 13,077 20.9
Klamath County 63,775 6,073 10.5
Lake County 7,422 236 3.3
Lane County 322,959 40,047 14.2
Lincoln County 44,479 5,590 14.4
Linn County 103,069 11,842 13.0
Malheur County 31,615 5,577 21.4
Marion County 284,834 56,351 24.7
Morrow County 10,995 3,370 44.2
Multnomah County 660,486 76,599 13.1
Polk County 62,380 12,839 25.9
Sherman County 1,934 16 0.8
Tillamook County 24,262 2,692 12.5
Umatilla County 70,548 11,299 19.1
Union County 24,530 932 3.9
Wallowa County 7,226 315 4.6
Wasco County 23,791 2,108 9.7
Washington County 445,342 133,788 42.9
Wheeler County 1,547 151 10.8
Yamhill County 84,992 19,441 29.7

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census

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