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Cities in Oregon by civilian labor force

Portland, OR had the highest civilian labor force of 25 cities in 2020, at 382,408. Woodburn, OR had the lowest, at 12,209. The median was 20,146. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest382,408Portland, OR
Lowest12,209Woodburn, OR
Median20,14625 cities

All cities, 2020

Portland, OR: 382,408 personsPortland, OR382,408Eugene, OR: 88,291 personsEugene, OR88,291Salem, OR: 83,489 personsSalem, OR83,489Hillsboro, OR: 59,463 personsHillsboro, OR59,463Gresham, OR: 57,716 personsGresham, OR57,716Beaverton, OR: 54,577 personsBeaverton, OR54,577Bend, OR: 53,150 personsBend, OR53,150Medford, OR: 40,888 personsMedford, OR40,888Springfield, OR: 31,165 personsSpringfield, OR31,165Tigard, OR: 29,439 personsTigard, OR29,439Corvallis, OR: 29,052 personsCorvallis, OR29,052Albany, OR: 26,258 personsAlbany, OR26,258Oregon City, OR: 20,146 personsOregon City, OR20,146Lake Oswego, OR: 19,729 personsLake Oswego, OR19,729Keizer, OR: 18,892 personsKeizer, OR18,892Grants Pass, OR: 17,126 personsGrants Pass, OR17,126Redmond, OR: 16,514 personsRedmond, OR16,514McMinnville, OR: 15,615 personsMcMinnville, OR15,615Tualatin, OR: 15,093 personsTualatin, OR15,093Newberg, OR: 14,124 personsNewberg, OR14,124Wilsonville, OR: 13,624 personsWilsonville, OR13,624Forest Grove, OR: 12,742 personsForest Grove, OR12,742West Linn, OR: 12,353 personsWest Linn, OR12,353Happy Valley, OR: 12,243 personsHappy Valley, OR12,243Woodburn, OR: 12,209 personsWoodburn, OR12,209Portland, OR: 382,408 personsPortland, OR382,408Eugene, OR: 88,291 personsEugene, OR88,291Salem, OR: 83,489 personsSalem, OR83,489Hillsboro, OR: 59,463 personsHillsboro, OR59,463Gresham, OR: 57,716 personsGresham, OR57,716Beaverton, OR: 54,577 personsBeaverton, OR54,577Bend, OR: 53,150 personsBend, OR53,150Medford, OR: 40,888 personsMedford, OR40,888Springfield, OR: 31,165 personsSpringfield, OR31,165Tigard, OR: 29,439 personsTigard, OR29,439Corvallis, OR: 29,052 personsCorvallis, OR29,052Albany, OR: 26,258 personsAlbany, OR26,258Oregon City, OR: 20,146 personsOregon City, OR20,146Lake Oswego, OR: 19,729 personsLake Oswego, OR19,729Keizer, OR: 18,892 personsKeizer, OR18,892Grants Pass, OR: 17,126 personsGrants Pass, OR17,126Redmond, OR: 16,514 personsRedmond, OR16,514McMinnville, OR: 15,615 personsMcMinnville, OR15,615Tualatin, OR: 15,093 personsTualatin, OR15,093Newberg, OR: 14,124 personsNewberg, OR14,124Wilsonville, OR: 13,624 personsWilsonville, OR13,624Forest Grove, OR: 12,742 personsForest Grove, OR12,742West Linn, OR: 12,353 personsWest Linn, OR12,353Happy Valley, OR: 12,243 personsHappy Valley, OR12,243Woodburn, OR: 12,209 personsWoodburn, OR12,209
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Portland, OR382,408+1.3%
2Eugene, OR88,2910%
3Salem, OR83,489+1.4%
4Hillsboro, OR59,463+0.3%
5Gresham, OR57,716+0.8%
6Beaverton, OR54,577-0.9%
7Bend, OR53,150+2.4%
8Medford, OR40,888+2.1%
9Springfield, OR31,165-0.8%
10Tigard, OR29,439+0.7%
11Corvallis, OR29,052-2.7%
12Albany, OR26,258+2.3%
13Oregon City, OR20,146+1.3%
14Lake Oswego, OR19,729-1.4%
15Keizer, OR18,8920%
16Grants Pass, OR17,126+1.7%
17Redmond, OR16,514+6.2%
18McMinnville, OR15,615+0.9%
19Tualatin, OR15,093-2.2%
20Newberg, OR14,124-0.3%
21Wilsonville, OR13,624-0.7%
22Forest Grove, OR12,742-2.1%
23West Linn, OR12,353-1.3%
24Happy Valley, OR12,243+4.4%
25Woodburn, OR12,209-0.2%

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Oregon by civilian labor force, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Oregon by civilian labor force, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/oregon-cities?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Oregon by civilian labor force, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/oregon-cities?period=2020.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Oregon by civilian labor force, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/oregon-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Portland, OR, with 382,408 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Woodburn, OR, with 12,209 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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