These estimates serve as the official population numbers between each decennial Census and are used to disburse state revenues to Oregon counties and cities. The Population Research Center at Portland State University prepares annual population estimates for Oregon and its counties by age and sex, and incorporated cities and towns as of July 1 each year. Its gain of 314,000 residents between 20 accounted for 72% of Oregon’s population growth since 2010. The state’s largest metro, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, gained 14.1% to reach 2.5 million residents in 2021. In 2021, 3.6 million Oregonians lived in metro areas, and about 700,000 Oregonians lived in nonmetro areas.īy metro area, population growth was fastest in Bend-Redmond (also known as Deschutes County), with a growth rate of 28.9%. Their share of Oregon’s population was 83% in 2010, and the metro area share rose to 84% in 2021. Oregon’s 13 metro area counties accounted for 90% of population gains since 2010. Other counties with larger-than-average growth rates included Polk (17.9%), Jefferson (14.6%), Washington (14.2%), and Clackamas and Morrow (both 13.1%).
Deschutes had a stunning growth rate of 28.9%, far outpacing the next fastest growth, seen in Crook County (21.5%). All of the 15 counties that grew less than 7% between 20 were rural counties.Ĭentral Oregon counties made up three of the four fastest-growing counties since 2010.
The slowest growing counties included Wheeler (1.0%), Harney (1.5%), Union (2.1%), and Malheur (2.2%). Grant County lost an estimated 219 people, a small population loss of 2.9%. All but one county in Oregon gained population between 20. Migration in 2021 was no doubt hampered by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and concerns, as well as limited housing supply and high housing costs.įrom 2010 to 2021, Oregon’s population grew 11.4%. Since the 2010 Census, Oregon had an average net migration of 31,000 people per year. With 24,979 net migrants in 2021, all of Oregon’s population increase over the year was due to net migration. The number of deaths reached 41,833, while births resulted in an additional 39,623 Oregonians in 2021. In 2021, deaths outnumbered births, resulting in a natural population decrease of 2,210.
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