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The 25 least populous states contain less than one-sixth of the total population. California, the most populous state, contains more people than the 21 least populous states combined, and Wyoming, the least populous state, has a population less than any of the 31 most populous U.S. cities. [needs update]
Population density is defined as the population divided by land area. Data are from the US Census unless otherwise specified. Population data are for the year 2023 [2] and area data are for the year 2010. [3] Some population estimates for territories are from the United Nations Commission on Population and Development. [4]
Of the state's total population, 22.6% was under the age 18, and 77.4% were 18 or older. The center of population of Oregon is located in Linn County, in the city of Lyons. [122] Around 60% of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. [123] As of 2009, Oregon's population comprised 361,393 foreign-born residents. [124]
As the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. territories or the division of existing states. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries. Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state.
As of the 2023 Census Population Estimates, the population was 61,087, making it the 9th most populous city in Oregon. [7] This does include the 38,000 Oregon State University students attending classes in Corvallis, over 5,250 of which live in one of 16 residence halls on the main campus.
The Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the 23rd largest in the United States, [14] has a population of 2,226,009 (2010 Census). Of them, 1,789,580 live in Oregon (46.7% of the state's population) while the remaining 436,429 live in Washington (6.7% of state's population).
For the fourth year in a row, Oregon's wolf population stayed almost exactly the same, according to the annual wolf report released Friday. The minimum number of wolves roaming the state in 2023 ...
Salem had a population of 175,535 at the 2020 census, [8] making it the third-most populous city in the state after Portland and Eugene. Salem is the principal city of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area , a metropolitan area that covers Marion and Polk counties [ 9 ] and had a combined population of 433,353 at the 2020 census . [ 10 ]