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Oregon population 2026

Q: What is the population of Oregon in 2026?

The latest official figure is 4,273,586, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Oregon would have about 4.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Oregon has 4,273,586 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 8,262 more than a year earlier (+0.19%). It is 27th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 1.3% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 4.3 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Oregon in numbers

Population: 4.3 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.19% +8,262 people
Change since 2020: +0.71% from 4.2 million
Share of the US: 1.3% 27th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 17per km² 248,630 km²
Births in the year: 38 thousand deaths: 42 thousand
International migration: +10 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: +2 thousand more people moved in than left

In the latest year deaths outnumbered births by 3,764, 9,636 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 2,228 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

That is about as many people as Panama (4.6 million).

Population of Oregon by year

4.3M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	3,837,614
2011	3,872,672
2012	3,900,102
2013	3,924,110
2014	3,965,447
2015	4,018,542
2016	4,093,271
2017	4,147,294
2018	4,183,538
2019	4,216,116
2020	4,243,544
2021	4,254,691
2022	4,245,964
2023	4,250,392
2024	4,265,324
2025	4,273,586

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	4,273,586	+8,262	+0.19%
2024	4,265,324	+14,932	+0.35%
2023	4,250,392	+4,428	+0.10%
2022	4,245,964	−8,727	−0.21%
2021	4,254,691	+11,147	+0.26%
2020	4,243,544	+27,428	+0.65%
2019	4,216,116	+32,578	+0.78%
2018	4,183,538	+36,244	+0.87%
2017	4,147,294	+54,023	+1.32%
2016	4,093,271	+74,729	+1.86%
2015	4,018,542	+53,095	+1.34%
2014	3,965,447	+41,337	+1.05%
2013	3,924,110	+24,008	+0.62%
2012	3,900,102	+27,430	+0.71%
2011	3,872,672	+35,058	+0.91%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Oregon among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
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1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Oregon

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Portland652,503
Eugene176,654
Salem175,535
Gresham110,553
Hillsboro102,347
Beaverton96,577

Air quality in Oregon today

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.

Portland

Questions

What is the population of Oregon in 2026?

The latest official figure is 4,273,586, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Oregon would have about 4.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Oregon’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 8,262 people (+0.19%) in the latest year, and has changed +0.71% since 2020. In the latest year deaths outnumbered births by 3,764, 9,636 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 2,228 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

How does Oregon rank in the US?

Oregon is 27th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 1.3% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Oregon?

About 17 people per km², on 248,630 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Oregon?

Portland, with about 653 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Oregon population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/oregon/

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