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Cities in Oregon by unemployed people

Portland, OR had the highest unemployed people of 25 cities in 2021, at 20,080. Happy Valley, OR had the lowest, at 517. The median was 1,090. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest20,080Portland, OR
Lowest517Happy Valley, OR
Median1,09025 cities

All cities, 2021

Portland, OR: 20,080 personsPortland, OR20,080Eugene, OR: 4,409 personsEugene, OR4,409Salem, OR: 4,341 personsSalem, OR4,341Gresham, OR: 3,501 personsGresham, OR3,501Bend, OR: 2,576 personsBend, OR2,576Hillsboro, OR: 2,450 personsHillsboro, OR2,450Beaverton, OR: 2,403 personsBeaverton, OR2,403Medford, OR: 2,341 personsMedford, OR2,341Springfield, OR: 1,829 personsSpringfield, OR1,829Albany, OR: 1,426 personsAlbany, OR1,426Tigard, OR: 1,372 personsTigard, OR1,372Corvallis, OR: 1,124 personsCorvallis, OR1,124Grants Pass, OR: 1,090 personsGrants Pass, OR1,090Oregon City, OR: 959 personsOregon City, OR959Keizer, OR: 947 personsKeizer, OR947Redmond, OR: 944 personsRedmond, OR944McMinnville, OR: 905 personsMcMinnville, OR905Lake Oswego, OR: 792 personsLake Oswego, OR792Tualatin, OR: 629 personsTualatin, OR629Forest Grove, OR: 628 personsForest Grove, OR628Wilsonville, OR: 626 personsWilsonville, OR626Newberg, OR: 590 personsNewberg, OR590Woodburn, OR: 554 personsWoodburn, OR554West Linn, OR: 545 personsWest Linn, OR545Happy Valley, OR: 517 personsHappy Valley, OR517Portland, OR: 20,080 personsPortland, OR20,080Eugene, OR: 4,409 personsEugene, OR4,409Salem, OR: 4,341 personsSalem, OR4,341Gresham, OR: 3,501 personsGresham, OR3,501Bend, OR: 2,576 personsBend, OR2,576Hillsboro, OR: 2,450 personsHillsboro, OR2,450Beaverton, OR: 2,403 personsBeaverton, OR2,403Medford, OR: 2,341 personsMedford, OR2,341Springfield, OR: 1,829 personsSpringfield, OR1,829Albany, OR: 1,426 personsAlbany, OR1,426Tigard, OR: 1,372 personsTigard, OR1,372Corvallis, OR: 1,124 personsCorvallis, OR1,124Grants Pass, OR: 1,090 personsGrants Pass, OR1,090Oregon City, OR: 959 personsOregon City, OR959Keizer, OR: 947 personsKeizer, OR947Redmond, OR: 944 personsRedmond, OR944McMinnville, OR: 905 personsMcMinnville, OR905Lake Oswego, OR: 792 personsLake Oswego, OR792Tualatin, OR: 629 personsTualatin, OR629Forest Grove, OR: 628 personsForest Grove, OR628Wilsonville, OR: 626 personsWilsonville, OR626Newberg, OR: 590 personsNewberg, OR590Woodburn, OR: 554 personsWoodburn, OR554West Linn, OR: 545 personsWest Linn, OR545Happy Valley, OR: 517 personsHappy Valley, OR517
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Portland, OR20,080-38.7%
2Eugene, OR4,409-31.9%
3Salem, OR4,341-24.6%
4Gresham, OR3,501-25%
5Bend, OR2,576-35.7%
6Hillsboro, OR2,450-26.6%
7Beaverton, OR2,403-35.2%
8Medford, OR2,341-27.8%
9Springfield, OR1,829-28.9%
10Albany, OR1,426-31.2%
11Tigard, OR1,372-33.9%
12Corvallis, OR1,124-30.5%
13Grants Pass, OR1,090-20.3%
14Oregon City, OR959-35.3%
15Keizer, OR947-27.4%
16Redmond, OR944-23.5%
17McMinnville, OR905-26.8%
18Lake Oswego, OR792-34.5%
19Tualatin, OR629-35.9%
20Forest Grove, OR628-20%
21Wilsonville, OR626-28.3%
22Newberg, OR590-32.6%
23Woodburn, OR554-26.8%
24West Linn, OR545-33%
25Happy Valley, OR517-34.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Oregon by unemployed people, 2021) [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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Oregon by unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Oregon by unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/oregon-cities?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Oregon by unemployed people, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/oregon-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Portland, OR, with 20,080 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Happy Valley, OR, with 517 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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