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Cities in Oregon by civilian labor force

Portland, OR had the highest civilian labor force of 25 cities in 2021, at 379,703. West Linn, OR had the lowest, at 12,508. The median was 20,390. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest379,703Portland, OR
Lowest12,508West Linn, OR
Median20,39025 cities

All cities, 2021

Portland, OR: 379,703 personsPortland, OR379,703Eugene, OR: 90,143 personsEugene, OR90,143Salem, OR: 86,301 personsSalem, OR86,301Hillsboro, OR: 60,981 personsHillsboro, OR60,981Gresham, OR: 58,290 personsGresham, OR58,290Beaverton, OR: 55,991 personsBeaverton, OR55,991Bend, OR: 55,163 personsBend, OR55,163Medford, OR: 41,882 personsMedford, OR41,882Springfield, OR: 31,538 personsSpringfield, OR31,538Tigard, OR: 30,365 personsTigard, OR30,365Corvallis, OR: 29,051 personsCorvallis, OR29,051Albany, OR: 26,733 personsAlbany, OR26,733Oregon City, OR: 20,390 personsOregon City, OR20,390Lake Oswego, OR: 20,014 personsLake Oswego, OR20,014Keizer, OR: 19,203 personsKeizer, OR19,203Redmond, OR: 17,733 personsRedmond, OR17,733Grants Pass, OR: 17,450 personsGrants Pass, OR17,450McMinnville, OR: 15,908 personsMcMinnville, OR15,908Tualatin, OR: 15,199 personsTualatin, OR15,199Newberg, OR: 14,443 personsNewberg, OR14,443Wilsonville, OR: 13,919 personsWilsonville, OR13,919Happy Valley, OR: 13,295 personsHappy Valley, OR13,295Forest Grove, OR: 13,027 personsForest Grove, OR13,027Woodburn, OR: 12,530 personsWoodburn, OR12,530West Linn, OR: 12,508 personsWest Linn, OR12,508Portland, OR: 379,703 personsPortland, OR379,703Eugene, OR: 90,143 personsEugene, OR90,143Salem, OR: 86,301 personsSalem, OR86,301Hillsboro, OR: 60,981 personsHillsboro, OR60,981Gresham, OR: 58,290 personsGresham, OR58,290Beaverton, OR: 55,991 personsBeaverton, OR55,991Bend, OR: 55,163 personsBend, OR55,163Medford, OR: 41,882 personsMedford, OR41,882Springfield, OR: 31,538 personsSpringfield, OR31,538Tigard, OR: 30,365 personsTigard, OR30,365Corvallis, OR: 29,051 personsCorvallis, OR29,051Albany, OR: 26,733 personsAlbany, OR26,733Oregon City, OR: 20,390 personsOregon City, OR20,390Lake Oswego, OR: 20,014 personsLake Oswego, OR20,014Keizer, OR: 19,203 personsKeizer, OR19,203Redmond, OR: 17,733 personsRedmond, OR17,733Grants Pass, OR: 17,450 personsGrants Pass, OR17,450McMinnville, OR: 15,908 personsMcMinnville, OR15,908Tualatin, OR: 15,199 personsTualatin, OR15,199Newberg, OR: 14,443 personsNewberg, OR14,443Wilsonville, OR: 13,919 personsWilsonville, OR13,919Happy Valley, OR: 13,295 personsHappy Valley, OR13,295Forest Grove, OR: 13,027 personsForest Grove, OR13,027Woodburn, OR: 12,530 personsWoodburn, OR12,530West Linn, OR: 12,508 personsWest Linn, OR12,508
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

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Portland, OR379,703-0.7%
2Eugene, OR90,143+2.1%
3Salem, OR86,301+3.4%
4Hillsboro, OR60,981+2.6%
5Gresham, OR58,290+1%
6Beaverton, OR55,991+2.6%
7Bend, OR55,163+3.8%
8Medford, OR41,882+2.4%
9Springfield, OR31,538+1.2%
10Tigard, OR30,365+3.1%
11Corvallis, OR29,051-0%
12Albany, OR26,733+1.8%
13Oregon City, OR20,390+1.2%
14Lake Oswego, OR20,014+1.4%
15Keizer, OR19,203+1.6%
16Redmond, OR17,733+7.4%
17Grants Pass, OR17,450+1.9%
18McMinnville, OR15,908+1.9%
19Tualatin, OR15,199+0.7%
20Newberg, OR14,443+2.3%
21Wilsonville, OR13,919+2.2%
22Happy Valley, OR13,295+8.6%
23Forest Grove, OR13,027+2.2%
24Woodburn, OR12,530+2.6%
25West Linn, OR12,508+1.3%

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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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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Oregon by civilian labor force, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Portland, OR, with 379,703 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

West Linn, OR, with 12,508 in 2021.

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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