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Almost half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metro area. [a] Named after Portland, Maine, [13] which is itself named after England's Isle of Portland, the Oregon settlement began to be populated near the end of the Oregon Trail in the 1840s. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry ...
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).
Map of the United States with Oregon highlighted. Oregon is a state located in the Western United States. All population data is based on the 2020 census and 2010 census and the Census Bureau's annual estimates. [1] All area data is based on the 2010 US Gazetteer files. There are 241 municipalities.
The U.S. State of Oregon currently has 24 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated four combined statistical areas, eight metropolitan statistical areas, and 12 micropolitan statistical areas in Oregon. [1]
More than half of Oregon's Latino population is in three counties: Multnomah, Washington and Marion. There the Latino communities grew by at least 25% in the last decades. "We are becoming more ...
The valley is synonymous with the cultural and political heart of Oregon and is home to approximately 70 percent of its population [1] including the five largest cities in the state: Portland, Eugene, Salem, Gresham, and Hillsboro. [2]
Multnomah County / m ʌ l t ˈ n oʊ m ə / is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. [1] Multnomah County is part of the Portland metropolitan area.
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]