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Cities in Oregon by population

Portland, OR had the highest population of 56 cities in 2021, at 642,866. Sweet Home, OR had the lowest, at 9,963. The median was 21,303 and the figure for Oregon was 4.25 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest642,866Portland, OR
Lowest9,963Sweet Home, OR
Median21,30356 cities
Oregon4,254,691History

All cities, 2021

Portland, OR: 642,866 personsPortland, OR642,866Eugene, OR: 180,220 personsEugene, OR180,220Salem, OR: 178,280 personsSalem, OR178,280Gresham, OR: 113,187 personsGresham, OR113,187Hillsboro, OR: 107,079 personsHillsboro, OR107,079Bend, OR: 102,397 personsBend, OR102,397Beaverton, OR: 98,584 personsBeaverton, OR98,584Medford, OR: 87,236 personsMedford, OR87,236Springfield, OR: 61,949 personsSpringfield, OR61,949Corvallis, OR: 57,012 personsCorvallis, OR57,012Albany, OR: 56,865 personsAlbany, OR56,865Tigard, OR: 55,911 personsTigard, OR55,911Lake Oswego, OR: 40,616 personsLake Oswego, OR40,616Grants Pass, OR: 39,420 personsGrants Pass, OR39,420Keizer, OR: 39,226 personsKeizer, OR39,226Oregon City, OR: 37,655 personsOregon City, OR37,655Redmond, OR: 35,635 personsRedmond, OR35,635McMinnville, OR: 34,352 personsMcMinnville, OR34,352Tualatin, OR: 27,596 personsTualatin, OR27,596West Linn, OR: 27,158 personsWest Linn, OR27,158Wilsonville, OR: 26,663 personsWilsonville, OR26,663Woodburn, OR: 26,184 personsWoodburn, OR26,184Forest Grove, OR: 25,901 personsForest Grove, OR25,901Newberg, OR: 25,553 personsNewberg, OR25,553Happy Valley, OR: 25,366 personsHappy Valley, OR25,366Roseburg, OR: 23,824 personsRoseburg, OR23,824Klamath Falls, OR: 22,170 personsKlamath Falls, OR22,170Ashland, OR: 21,546 personsAshland, OR21,546Milwaukie, OR: 21,059 personsMilwaukie, OR21,059Sherwood, OR: 20,366 personsSherwood, OR20,366Hermiston, OR: 19,452 personsHermiston, OR19,452Central Point, OR: 19,432 personsCentral Point, OR19,432Lebanon, OR: 19,093 personsLebanon, OR19,093Canby, OR: 18,229 personsCanby, OR18,229Dallas, OR: 17,368 personsDallas, OR17,368Pendleton, OR: 16,955 personsPendleton, OR16,955The Dalles, OR: 16,016 personsThe Dalles, OR16,016Troutdale, OR: 15,980 personsTroutdale, OR15,980Coos Bay, OR: 15,961 personsCoos Bay, OR15,961St. Helens, OR: 14,133 personsSt. Helens, OR14,133Cornelius, OR: 13,506 personsCornelius, OR13,506La Grande, OR: 13,117 personsLa Grande, OR13,117Sandy, OR: 12,783 personsSandy, OR12,783Gladstone, OR: 12,049 personsGladstone, OR12,049Ontario, OR: 11,765 personsOntario, OR11,765Monmouth, OR: 11,257 personsMonmouth, OR11,257Prineville, OR: 11,240 personsPrineville, OR11,240Fairview, OR: 10,878 personsFairview, OR10,878Cottage Grove, OR: 10,680 personsCottage Grove, OR10,680Silverton, OR: 10,559 personsSilverton, OR10,559Newport, OR: 10,492 personsNewport, OR10,492Baker City, OR: 10,222 personsBaker City, OR10,222Molalla, OR: 10,217 personsMolalla, OR10,217Independence, OR: 10,179 personsIndependence, OR10,179Lincoln City, OR: 9,996 personsLincoln City, OR9,996Sweet Home, OR: 9,963 personsSweet Home, OR9,963Portland, OR: 642,866 personsPortland, OR642,866Eugene, OR: 180,220 personsEugene, OR180,220Salem, OR: 178,280 personsSalem, OR178,280Gresham, OR: 113,187 personsGresham, OR113,187Hillsboro, OR: 107,079 personsHillsboro, OR107,079Bend, OR: 102,397 personsBend, OR102,397Beaverton, OR: 98,584 personsBeaverton, OR98,584Medford, OR: 87,236 personsMedford, OR87,236Springfield, OR: 61,949 personsSpringfield, OR61,949Corvallis, OR: 57,012 personsCorvallis, OR57,012Albany, OR: 56,865 personsAlbany, OR56,865Tigard, OR: 55,911 personsTigard, OR55,911Lake Oswego, OR: 40,616 personsLake Oswego, OR40,616Grants Pass, OR: 39,420 personsGrants Pass, OR39,420Keizer, OR: 39,226 personsKeizer, OR39,226Oregon City, OR: 37,655 personsOregon City, OR37,655Redmond, OR: 35,635 personsRedmond, OR35,635McMinnville, OR: 34,352 personsMcMinnville, OR34,352Tualatin, OR: 27,596 personsTualatin, OR27,596West Linn, OR: 27,158 personsWest Linn, OR27,158Wilsonville, OR: 26,663 personsWilsonville, OR26,663Woodburn, OR: 26,184 personsWoodburn, OR26,184Forest Grove, OR: 25,901 personsForest Grove, OR25,901Newberg, OR: 25,553 personsNewberg, OR25,553Happy Valley, OR: 25,366 personsHappy Valley, OR25,366Roseburg, OR: 23,824 personsRoseburg, OR23,824Klamath Falls, OR: 22,170 personsKlamath Falls, OR22,170Ashland, OR: 21,546 personsAshland, OR21,546Milwaukie, OR: 21,059 personsMilwaukie, OR21,059Sherwood, OR: 20,366 personsSherwood, OR20,366Hermiston, OR: 19,452 personsHermiston, OR19,452Central Point, OR: 19,432 personsCentral Point, OR19,432Lebanon, OR: 19,093 personsLebanon, OR19,093Canby, OR: 18,229 personsCanby, OR18,229Dallas, OR: 17,368 personsDallas, OR17,368Pendleton, OR: 16,955 personsPendleton, OR16,955The Dalles, OR: 16,016 personsThe Dalles, OR16,016Troutdale, OR: 15,980 personsTroutdale, OR15,980Coos Bay, OR: 15,961 personsCoos Bay, OR15,961St. Helens, OR: 14,133 personsSt. Helens, OR14,133Cornelius, OR: 13,506 personsCornelius, OR13,506La Grande, OR: 13,117 personsLa Grande, OR13,117Sandy, OR: 12,783 personsSandy, OR12,783Gladstone, OR: 12,049 personsGladstone, OR12,049Ontario, OR: 11,765 personsOntario, OR11,765Monmouth, OR: 11,257 personsMonmouth, OR11,257Prineville, OR: 11,240 personsPrineville, OR11,240Fairview, OR: 10,878 personsFairview, OR10,878Cottage Grove, OR: 10,680 personsCottage Grove, OR10,680Silverton, OR: 10,559 personsSilverton, OR10,559Newport, OR: 10,492 personsNewport, OR10,492Baker City, OR: 10,222 personsBaker City, OR10,222Molalla, OR: 10,217 personsMolalla, OR10,217Independence, OR: 10,179 personsIndependence, OR10,179Lincoln City, OR: 9,996 personsLincoln City, OR9,996Sweet Home, OR: 9,963 personsSweet Home, OR9,963
persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Portland, OR642,866-1.6%
2Eugene, OR180,220+0.9%
3Salem, OR178,280+1.3%
4Gresham, OR113,187-1.1%
5Hillsboro, OR107,079-0%
6Bend, OR102,397+2.7%
7Beaverton, OR98,584+1%
8Medford, OR87,236+1%
9Springfield, OR61,949+0.1%
10Corvallis, OR57,012-2.3%
11Albany, OR56,865+0.6%
12Tigard, OR55,911+1.6%
13Lake Oswego, OR40,616-0.6%
14Grants Pass, OR39,420+0.5%
15Keizer, OR39,226-0.3%
16Oregon City, OR37,655-0.3%
17Redmond, OR35,635+5.5%
18McMinnville, OR34,352+0.2%
19Tualatin, OR27,596-1%
20West Linn, OR27,158-0.8%
21Wilsonville, OR26,663-0.2%
22Woodburn, OR26,184+0.5%
23Forest Grove, OR25,901-0.6%
24Newberg, OR25,553+0.3%
25Happy Valley, OR25,366+7%
26Roseburg, OR23,824+0.7%
27Klamath Falls, OR22,170+1.3%
28Ashland, OR21,546+0.8%
29Milwaukie, OR21,059-0.5%
30Sherwood, OR20,366-0.4%
31Hermiston, OR19,452-0%
32Central Point, OR19,432+1.8%
33Lebanon, OR19,093+2.9%
34Canby, OR18,229+0.1%
35Dallas, OR17,368+2.2%
36Pendleton, OR16,955-0.3%
37The Dalles, OR16,016+0.2%
38Troutdale, OR15,980-2%
39Coos Bay, OR15,961-0.2%
40St. Helens, OR14,133+1.7%
41Cornelius, OR13,506+5.3%
42La Grande, OR13,117+0.3%
43Sandy, OR12,783+0.8%
44Gladstone, OR12,0490%
45Ontario, OR11,765-0.1%
46Monmouth, OR11,257+1%
47Prineville, OR11,240+3.3%
48Fairview, OR10,878+4.7%
49Cottage Grove, OR10,680+0.3%
50Silverton, OR10,559+0.8%
51Newport, OR10,492+1.9%
52Baker City, OR10,222+0.8%
53Molalla, OR10,217-0.1%
54Independence, OR10,179+1.8%
55Lincoln City, OR9,996+1.6%
56Sweet Home, OR9,963+1.1%

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Resident population.

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  • Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón).
  • Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January.
  • Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January.
  • United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July.
  • United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June.
  • Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
  • UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (Cities in Oregon by population, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/

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Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Oregon by population, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/oregon-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Cities in Oregon by population, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/oregon-cities?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Oregon by population, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/oregon-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals): Cities in Oregon by population, 2021}},
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