Oregon Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Oregon (U.S. state abbreviation is 'OR') is the state in the Pacific Northwest, West coast region in the United States, bordered by California and Nevada to the south, Idaho to the east, Washington to the north. Oregon population in 2024 is estimated to be 4.21 million, ranks 27th populous state, Its Area is 98,381 sq miles (254,806 sq km), ninth largest state in the United States. Oregon state records a slight increase of 2,846 people since from the last census of 2020. The Columbia River forms most of the northern region of border between Oregon and Washington and the Snake River forms over half of the eastern side of boundary with Idaho. Oregon was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the exploration of europeans. Oregon capital city is Salem, and top other cities are Portland, Eugene, Gresham, Hillsboro, Bend, Beaverton. Portland is an example of outstanding urban planning with the City of Roses. Crater Lake of Oregon is the deepest lake in the United States, depth is 1,943 feet. Its state flag to have different designs on each side. Oregon Zip code starts with Nine. Astoria, Roseburg, Lincoln City, Sutherlin and Coos Bay are the most dangerous cities in Oregon State.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Oregon
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Oregon

The population of Oregon state in 2019 is 4.23 million with change of 1.1% compared to 1.06% in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, OR population in 2020 is 4,237,256. Oregon population in 2023 is estimated to be 4.23 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 4.24 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 4.24 million

Year	Population	% Change
2010	3,837,532
2011	3,871,728	0.89
2012	3,899,118	0.71
2013	3,922,908	0.61
2014	3,964,106	1.05
2015	4,016,918	1.33
2016	4,091,404	1.85
2017	4,146,592	1.35
2018	4,190,713	1.06
2019	4,236,811	1.10
2020	4,237,256	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	4,246,155	0.21
2022*	4,229,170	-0.40
2023*	4,218,175	-0.26

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Oregon Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Oregon by race are, 84.89% are White Americans, 12.6% are Hispanic/Latino, 4.1% are Asians and 1.8% are Black/African Americans, 1.1% AIAN, 0.4% NHPI.

White Population

White population in Oregon are 3,416,776, percentage wise 84.89 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Oregon are 76,347, percentage wise 1.90 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Oregon, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Oregon are 166,351, percentage wise 4.13 percent are asians, out of these 22,870 are Asian Indians, 38,852 are Chinese, 18,488 are Filipinos, 13,604 are Japanese, 15,203 are Korean, 29,413 are Vietnamese and 27,921 are other Asian nationals. Bangladeshi are 658, Bhutanese are 437, Burmese are 1,568, Cambodians are 4,372, Hmong are 2,919, Indonesians are 1,042, Laotians are 4,817, Malaysians are 109, Mongolians are 149, Nepalese are 994, Pakistanis are 912, Sri Lankans are 309, Taiwanese are 2,937 and Thai people are 2,937.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Oregon are 509,507. Percentage wise 12.66 percent are hispanics, out of these 425,950 are Mexican people, 13,143 are Puerto Ricans, 5,930 are Cubans, and 64,484 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander are 15,157, out of these Native Hawaiian are 3,783, Guamanian or Chamorro are 1,518, Samoan are 1,679,Other Pacific Islanders are 8,177. American Indian and Alaska Natives are 45,332, Chippewa tribals are 1,545, Navajo tribals are 648, Sioux tribals are 1,334 and Cherokee tribal group people are 3,620.

Total Population	4,025,127	Percent
White	3,416,776	84.89%
Black or African American	76,347	1.90%
American Indian and Alaska Native	45,332	1.126%
Cherokee tribal grouping	3,620	0.090%
Chippewa tribal grouping	1,545	0.038%
Navajo tribal grouping	648	0.016%
Sioux tribal grouping	1,334	0.033%
Asian Population	166,351	4.13%
Asian Indian	22,870	0.57%
Chinese	38,852	0.97%
Filipino	18,488	0.46%
Japanese	13,604	0.34%
Korean	15,203	0.38%
Vietnamese	29,413	0.73%
Other Asian Population	27,921
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	15,157	0.38%
Native Hawaiian	3,783	0.094%
Guamanian or Chamorro	1,518	0.038%
Samoan	1,679	0.042%
Other Pacific Islander	8,177
Some other race	121,000
Hispanic or Latino	509,507	12.66%
Mexican	425,950	10.58%
Puerto Rican	13,143	0.33%
Cuban	5,930	0.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino	64,484

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Oregon

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Portland	653,115
2	Salem	173,442
3	Eugene	171,245
4	Gresham	110,158
5	Hillsboro	108,389
6	Beaverton	98,962
7	Bend	97,590
8	Medford	82,347
9	Springfield	62,979
10	Corvallis	58,641
11	Tigard	54,758
12	Albany	54,453

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Oregon Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Oregon by age is 4,025,127, out of these 1,993,822 are male, 2,031,305 are female, The sex ratio of Oregon is 982. The Oregon population by age are, under 15 years is 716,868, 15 years and over is 3,308,259, 30 years and over is 2,520,224, 65 years and over is 655,089 and 85 years and over is 82,974. 49.53 percent are male, 50.47 percent are female, 17.81 percent are under 15 years old, 82.19 percent are 15 years and over, 62.61 percent are 30 years and over, 16.27 percent are 65 years and over, 2.06 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in OR

English is the official language in OR state, Language spoken at home are 84.75 are English, followed by 9% by Spanish, 2.55% by European languages, 3% by Asian languages.
Of these 114,413 Asian language speakers, South Asian/Indian spoken languages are 1075 speak Bengali, 1063 Punjabi, 6589 Hindi, 785 Gujarati, 1135 Urdu, 4384 speak Marathi/Nepali, 2475 Telugu, 1951 Tamil, 1484 Malayalam/Kannada.
Mid Asia and East Asia languages are 29681 Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 1820 Hmong, 10263 Japanese, 9897 Korean, 24966 Vietnamese, 3269 Khmer, 4347 Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai language, 10552 Phillipines Tagalog.
8789 speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages, 8056 Arabic, 1479 Hebrew, 4493 Parsian including Farsi and Dari.
6798 Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages, 1247 speak Yoruba/Twi/Igbo, 2397 Swahili or other languages of Central,Eastern and Southern Africa.
European language speakers include 2247 Italian, 10592 speak French includes Cajun, 3062 Portuguese, 14473 German, 3024 Yiddish/Pennsylvania Dutch or other Western Germanic Languages, 942 Greek, 22030 Russian, 1273 Polish, 1542 Serbo-Croatian, 8362 Ukranian and 569 Armenian.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	3,214,945	84.75
Spanish Language	343,032	9.04
European Language	96,895	2.55
Asian Languages	114,413	3.02
Other Languages	23,988	0.63

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Oregon Education

Oregon state High school and college level stats as per table below:

Population 18 to 24 years		362,918	185,324	177,594
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	50,270	29,273	20,997
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	108,863	60,618	48,245
	Some college or associates degree	171,370	81,848	89,522
	Bachelors degree or higher	32,415	13,585	18,830
Population 25 years and over		2,797,953	1,365,518	1,432,435
	Less than 9th grade	106,711	54,363	52,348
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	166,982	89,272	77,710
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	655,921	329,815	326,106
	Some college, no degree	723,165	344,096	379,069
	Associates degree	242,247	110,508	131,739
	Bachelors degree	561,492	270,479	291,013
	Graduate or professional degree	341,435	166,985	174,450

White		2,278,438	1,106,297	1,172,141
	High school graduate or higher	2,131,879	1,028,950	1,102,929
	Bachelors degree or higher	772,546	375,345	397,201
Black or African		47,541	26,068	21,473
	High school graduate or higher	41,792	23,313	18,479
	Bachelors degree or higher	11,983	7,080	4,903
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		28,790	14,010	14,780
	High school graduate or higher	23,721	11,307	12,414
	Bachelors degree or higher	3,861	1,816	2,045
Asian		115,465	50,673	64,792
	High school graduate or higher	99,398	44,905	54,493
	Bachelors degree or higher	57,303	26,917	30,386
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		8,707	4,283	4,424
	High school graduate or higher	7,572	3,826	3,746
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,412	585	827
Hispanic or Latino Origin		256,611	134,442	122,169
	High school graduate or higher	161,989	82,224	79,765
	Bachelors degree or higher	37,346	17,762	19,584

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Population of Oregon state as per disability stats as below:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	580,941
Male	289,365
Female	291,576
	-
White	512,052
Black or African American	11,080
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	8,923
Asian	13,224
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,672
Some other race	8,784
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	187,543
With a vision difficulty	98,805
With a cognitive difficulty	233,374
With an ambulatory difficulty	281,776
With a self-care difficulty	106,156
With an independent living difficulty	192,043

Counties of Oregon

Oregon state is divided into 36 counties, Multnomah is the populous County with 811,880 inhabitants, followed by Washington County with 597,695, Clackamas County with 416,075, Lane County with 376,611 and Marion County with 346,868.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Baker County	16,079	16,006	-0.5	28	28
Benton County	91,567	92,101	0.6	11	11
Clackamas County	412,821	416,075	0.8	3	3
Clatsop County	39,119	39,764	1.6	19	19
Columbia County	51,795	52,377	1.1	17	17
Coos County	63,781	64,389	1	16	16
Crook County	23,091	23,867	3.4	26	25
Curry County	22,676	22,813	0.6	27	27
Deschutes County	186,807	191,996	2.8	7	7
Douglas County	109,284	110,283	0.9	9	9
Gilliam County	1,865	1,894	1.6	34	34
Grant County	7,170	7,176	0.1	32	32
Harney County	7,286	7,329	0.6	31	31
Hood River County	23,476	23,428	-0.2	25	26
Jackson County	216,761	219,564	1.3	6	6
Jefferson County	23,700	24,192	2.1	24	24
Josephine County	86,653	87,393	0.9	12	12
Klamath County	66,789	67,653	1.3	15	15
Lake County	7,890	7,879	-0.1	30	30
Lane County	375,617	379,611	1.1	4	4
Lincoln County	48,820	49,388	1.2	18	18
Linn County	124,977	127,335	1.9	8	8
Malheur County	30,460	30,725	0.9	20	20
Marion County	341,217	346,868	1.7	5	5
Morrow County	11,215	11,372	1.4	29	29
Multnomah County	808,781	811,880	0.4	1	1
Polk County	83,751	85,234	1.8	13	13
Sherman County	1,741	1,708	-1.9	35	35
Tillamook County	26,574	26,787	0.8	21	21
Umatilla County	77,096	77,516	0.5	14	14
Union County	26,286	26,461	0.7	23	23
Wallowa County	7,035	7,081	0.7	33	33
Wasco County	26,321	26,505	0.7	22	22
Washington County	591,164	597,695	1.1	2	2
Wheeler County	1,355	1,366	0.8	36	36
Yamhill County	105,572	107,002	1.4	10	10