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Cities in Oregon by employed residents

Portland, OR had the highest employed residents of 25 cities in 2016, at 354,044. Happy Valley, OR had the lowest, at 9,908. The median was 18,574. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest354,044Portland, OR
Lowest9,908Happy Valley, OR
Median18,57425 cities

All cities, 2016

Portland, OR: 354,044 personsPortland, OR354,044Eugene, OR: 83,063 personsEugene, OR83,063Salem, OR: 75,437 personsSalem, OR75,437Gresham, OR: 55,693 personsGresham, OR55,693Hillsboro, OR: 54,863 personsHillsboro, OR54,863Beaverton, OR: 51,984 personsBeaverton, OR51,984Bend, OR: 45,743 personsBend, OR45,743Medford, OR: 36,716 personsMedford, OR36,716Springfield, OR: 29,617 personsSpringfield, OR29,617Corvallis, OR: 28,422 personsCorvallis, OR28,422Tigard, OR: 26,097 personsTigard, OR26,097Albany, OR: 23,722 personsAlbany, OR23,722Lake Oswego, OR: 18,574 personsLake Oswego, OR18,574Oregon City, OR: 18,253 personsOregon City, OR18,253Keizer, OR: 17,655 personsKeizer, OR17,655Grants Pass, OR: 15,167 personsGrants Pass, OR15,167Tualatin, OR: 14,632 personsTualatin, OR14,632McMinnville, OR: 14,205 personsMcMinnville, OR14,205Redmond, OR: 13,580 personsRedmond, OR13,580Newberg, OR: 13,155 personsNewberg, OR13,155Wilsonville, OR: 12,544 personsWilsonville, OR12,544West Linn, OR: 11,882 personsWest Linn, OR11,882Forest Grove, OR: 11,783 personsForest Grove, OR11,783Woodburn, OR: 11,480 personsWoodburn, OR11,480Happy Valley, OR: 9,908 personsHappy Valley, OR9,908Portland, OR: 354,044 personsPortland, OR354,044Eugene, OR: 83,063 personsEugene, OR83,063Salem, OR: 75,437 personsSalem, OR75,437Gresham, OR: 55,693 personsGresham, OR55,693Hillsboro, OR: 54,863 personsHillsboro, OR54,863Beaverton, OR: 51,984 personsBeaverton, OR51,984Bend, OR: 45,743 personsBend, OR45,743Medford, OR: 36,716 personsMedford, OR36,716Springfield, OR: 29,617 personsSpringfield, OR29,617Corvallis, OR: 28,422 personsCorvallis, OR28,422Tigard, OR: 26,097 personsTigard, OR26,097Albany, OR: 23,722 personsAlbany, OR23,722Lake Oswego, OR: 18,574 personsLake Oswego, OR18,574Oregon City, OR: 18,253 personsOregon City, OR18,253Keizer, OR: 17,655 personsKeizer, OR17,655Grants Pass, OR: 15,167 personsGrants Pass, OR15,167Tualatin, OR: 14,632 personsTualatin, OR14,632McMinnville, OR: 14,205 personsMcMinnville, OR14,205Redmond, OR: 13,580 personsRedmond, OR13,580Newberg, OR: 13,155 personsNewberg, OR13,155Wilsonville, OR: 12,544 personsWilsonville, OR12,544West Linn, OR: 11,882 personsWest Linn, OR11,882Forest Grove, OR: 11,783 personsForest Grove, OR11,783Woodburn, OR: 11,480 personsWoodburn, OR11,480Happy Valley, OR: 9,908 personsHappy Valley, OR9,908
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Portland, OR354,044+5.3%
2Eugene, OR83,063+9.5%
3Salem, OR75,437+5.4%
4Gresham, OR55,693+10.1%
5Hillsboro, OR54,863+7.1%
6Beaverton, OR51,984+3.1%
7Bend, OR45,743+5.3%
8Medford, OR36,716+4.3%
9Springfield, OR29,617+5.7%
10Corvallis, OR28,422+1.8%
11Tigard, OR26,097-4%
12Albany, OR23,722+3.8%
13Lake Oswego, OR18,574-2.4%
14Oregon City, OR18,253+7%
15Keizer, OR17,655+1.3%
16Grants Pass, OR15,167+9.2%
17Tualatin, OR14,632+5.6%
18McMinnville, OR14,205-6.2%
19Redmond, OR13,580+24.9%
20Newberg, OR13,155+10.8%
21Wilsonville, OR12,544+18.6%
22West Linn, OR11,882-12%
23Forest Grove, OR11,783+11.7%
24Woodburn, OR11,480+9.7%
25Happy Valley, OR9,908+13.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Oregon by employed residents, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Oregon by employed residents, 2016. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/oregon-cities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Oregon by employed residents, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/oregon-cities?period=2016.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Oregon by employed residents, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/oregon-cities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Portland, OR, with 354,044 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Happy Valley, OR, with 9,908 in 2016.

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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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