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Cities in Oregon by unemployed people

Portland, OR had the highest unemployed people of 25 cities in 2024, at 15,996. West Linn, OR had the lowest, at 538. The median was 935. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest15,996Portland, OR
Lowest538West Linn, OR
Median93525 cities

All cities, 2024

Portland, OR: 15,996 personsPortland, OR15,996Salem, OR: 3,909 personsSalem, OR3,909Eugene, OR: 3,726 personsEugene, OR3,726Gresham, OR: 2,464 personsGresham, OR2,464Hillsboro, OR: 2,360 personsHillsboro, OR2,360Bend, OR: 2,326 personsBend, OR2,326Beaverton, OR: 2,251 personsBeaverton, OR2,251Medford, OR: 2,120 personsMedford, OR2,120Springfield, OR: 1,397 personsSpringfield, OR1,397Albany, OR: 1,257 personsAlbany, OR1,257Tigard, OR: 1,240 personsTigard, OR1,240Corvallis, OR: 1,171 personsCorvallis, OR1,171Grants Pass, OR: 935 personsGrants Pass, OR935Redmond, OR: 840 personsRedmond, OR840Lake Oswego, OR: 838 personsLake Oswego, OR838Keizer, OR: 836 personsKeizer, OR836Oregon City, OR: 806 personsOregon City, OR806McMinnville, OR: 738 personsMcMinnville, OR738Tualatin, OR: 581 personsTualatin, OR581Woodburn, OR: 579 personsWoodburn, OR579Happy Valley, OR: 576 personsHappy Valley, OR576Newberg, OR: 560 personsNewberg, OR560Forest Grove, OR: 557 personsForest Grove, OR557Wilsonville, OR: 544 personsWilsonville, OR544West Linn, OR: 538 personsWest Linn, OR538Portland, OR: 15,996 personsPortland, OR15,996Salem, OR: 3,909 personsSalem, OR3,909Eugene, OR: 3,726 personsEugene, OR3,726Gresham, OR: 2,464 personsGresham, OR2,464Hillsboro, OR: 2,360 personsHillsboro, OR2,360Bend, OR: 2,326 personsBend, OR2,326Beaverton, OR: 2,251 personsBeaverton, OR2,251Medford, OR: 2,120 personsMedford, OR2,120Springfield, OR: 1,397 personsSpringfield, OR1,397Albany, OR: 1,257 personsAlbany, OR1,257Tigard, OR: 1,240 personsTigard, OR1,240Corvallis, OR: 1,171 personsCorvallis, OR1,171Grants Pass, OR: 935 personsGrants Pass, OR935Redmond, OR: 840 personsRedmond, OR840Lake Oswego, OR: 838 personsLake Oswego, OR838Keizer, OR: 836 personsKeizer, OR836Oregon City, OR: 806 personsOregon City, OR806McMinnville, OR: 738 personsMcMinnville, OR738Tualatin, OR: 581 personsTualatin, OR581Woodburn, OR: 579 personsWoodburn, OR579Happy Valley, OR: 576 personsHappy Valley, OR576Newberg, OR: 560 personsNewberg, OR560Forest Grove, OR: 557 personsForest Grove, OR557Wilsonville, OR: 544 personsWilsonville, OR544West Linn, OR: 538 personsWest Linn, OR538
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Portland, OR15,996+17.3%
2Salem, OR3,909+16.8%
3Eugene, OR3,726+9.6%
4Gresham, OR2,464+17.5%
5Hillsboro, OR2,360+19.2%
6Bend, OR2,326+18.7%
7Beaverton, OR2,251+13.5%
8Medford, OR2,120+14%
9Springfield, OR1,397+7%
10Albany, OR1,257+17.4%
11Tigard, OR1,240+18.7%
12Corvallis, OR1,171+15.5%
13Grants Pass, OR935+12%
14Redmond, OR840+9.7%
15Lake Oswego, OR838+22.9%
16Keizer, OR836+14.8%
17Oregon City, OR806+15%
18McMinnville, OR738+11.8%
19Tualatin, OR581+17.6%
20Woodburn, OR579+23.5%
21Happy Valley, OR576+15.2%
22Newberg, OR560+25%
23Forest Grove, OR557+16.5%
24Wilsonville, OR544+20.6%
25West Linn, OR538+15.9%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Portland, OR, with 15,996 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

West Linn, OR, with 538 in 2024.

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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