2000 vs. 2017 Population Growth and Change
Oregon Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change
Oregon Population Growth by County
Deschutes County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 59.03%
Rank = #1
Wheeler County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = -9.38%
Rank = #36
Lane County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 16.12%
Rank = #15
With a spotlight on Lane County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across Oregon's 36 counties over the period 2000-2017.
Those counties whose population growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of population. Likewise, those counties whose population growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of population statewide.
Statewide Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2017 population grew in twenty-eight Oregon counties while declining in eight.
  • Population growth in seven counties outpaced the statewide average (20.92%), while growth in twenty-nine counties trailed.
  • At the extremes of the distribution, Deschutes County posted the highest growth of population (59.03%), while Wheeler County placed last by logging a -9.38% decline.
  • The spread in population growth between the highest (Deschutes County, 59.03%) and lowest (Wheeler County, -9.38%) over 2000-2017 equated to 68.41% ( = 59.03%-9.38%).
  • Population growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of population statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Oregon, Multnomah County's net population growth over 2000-2017 of 146,650 made up 20.44% of the total net growth statewide (717,478):

Multnomah County: Percent Share of Oregon's
Population Growth, 2000-2017:

20.44% = (146,650 / 717,478) x 100
Lane County Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2017, Lane County posted a 16.12% net gain in population.
  • Lane County was joined by twenty-eight other counties whose population growth over 2000-2017 registered below the statewide average (20.92%).
  • Ranked #15 among Oregon's 36 counties, Lane County's population growth (16.12%) trailed the statewide average of 20.92% by a 4.80% margin.
  • Lane County's net population growth (16.12%, #15) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Josephine County (14.38%, #16) and just below that of Hood River County (16.67%, #14).
  • Lane County's share of population statewide slipped from 9.43% in 2000 to 9.06% in 2017, resulting in a share-shift of -0.37%.

Data Definition

Number of individuals (both civilian and military) who reside in an area as of July 1. BEA uses the Census Bureau's midyear population estimates.

United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
Regional Definitions. 2023. Web.
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/

Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change
Population Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population Growth, 2000 vs. 2017
More
than
25%
25%
to
20%
20%
to
15%
15%
to
10%
10%
to
5%
5%
to
0%
0%
to
-5%
-5%
or
Below
Total
2000 vs. 2017
3
5
7
4
8
1
5
3
36
 
     
Population by County, 2017
Population by County, 2017
Multnomah County 2017
Population = 808,304
Percent of State = 19.49%
Rank = #1
Wheeler County 2017
Population = 1,401
Percent of State = 0.03%
Rank = #36
Lane County 2017
Population = 375,633
Percent of State = 9.06%
Rank = #4
Again highlighting Lane County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2017 population statewide (4,147,186).

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Statewide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, Multnomah County's 2017 population totaled 808,304, equating to 19.49% of the statewide total.
  • Ranked last (#36), Wheeler County's population of 1,401 in 2017 comprised just 0.03% of the total statewide. Wheeler County's population in 2017 equates to less than .01% to that of Multnomah County's.
  • Multnomah County's 2017 population (808,304) exceeded the combined population (786,106) of Oregon's twenty-five smallest counties.
Lane County Snippets:
  • Lane County's population in 2017 ranked #4, amounting to 9.06% of the statewide total.
  • Lane County's population of 375,633 placed below that of Clackamas County's (413,346, #3), and just above that of Marion County's (338,749, #5).
  • Lane County's population of 375,633 exceeds the combined total (354,088) of Oregon's nineteen smallest counties.
Population by County, 2017
Population by County, 2017
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population, 2017
More
than
500,000
500,000
to
400,000
400,000
to
300,000
300,000
to
200,000
200,000
to
100,000
100,000
or
Below
Total
2017
2
1
2
1
4
26
36
 
     

Interactive TableTip: To augment your analysis click on the column headers in the following table to rank and/or sort the data.

   
 
Oregon by County:
2000 vs. 2017
 
2000
 
2017
 
2000 - 2017
 
 
 
 
16,714
0.49
 
16,329
0.39
 
-2.30
-385
-0.05
 
78,236
2.28
 
93,257
2.25
 
19.20
15,021
2.09
 
339,223
9.89
 
413,346
9.97
 
21.85
74,123
10.33
 
35,560
1.04
 
39,638
0.96
 
11.47
4,078
0.57
 
43,634
1.27
 
51,576
1.24
 
18.20
7,942
1.11
 
62,662
1.83
 
63,883
1.54
 
1.95
1,221
0.17
 
19,262
0.56
 
22,952
0.55
 
19.16
3,690
0.51
 
21,133
0.62
 
22,815
0.55
 
7.96
1,682
0.23
 
116,566
3.40
 
185,374
4.47
 
59.03
68,808
9.59
 
100,485
2.93
 
109,281
2.64
 
8.75
8,796
1.23
 
1,908
0.06
 
1,887
0.05
 
-1.10
-21
0.00
 
7,906
0.23
 
7,220
0.17
 
-8.68
-686
-0.10
 
7,661
0.22
 
7,352
0.18
 
-4.03
-309
-0.04
 
20,461
0.60
 
23,872
0.58
 
16.67
3,411
0.48
 
181,775
5.30
 
218,087
5.26
 
19.98
36,312
5.06
 
19,113
0.56
 
23,399
0.56
 
22.42
4,286
0.60
 
75,851
2.21
 
86,762
2.09
 
14.38
10,911
1.52
 
63,885
1.86
 
67,374
1.62
 
5.46
3,489
0.49
 
7,428
0.22
 
8,031
0.19
 
8.12
603
0.08
 
323,492
9.43
 
375,633
9.06
 
16.12
52,141
7.27
 
44,317
1.29
 
48,715
1.17
 
9.92
4,398
0.61
 
103,020
3.00
 
123,657
2.98
 
20.03
20,637
2.88
 
31,540
0.92
 
30,880
0.74
 
-2.09
-660
-0.09
 
285,411
8.32
 
338,749
8.17
 
18.69
53,338
7.43
 
10,995
0.32
 
11,555
0.28
 
5.09
560
0.08
 
661,654
19.29
 
808,304
19.49
 
22.16
146,650
20.44
 
62,596
1.83
 
83,782
2.02
 
33.85
21,186
2.95
 
1,921
0.06
 
1,788
0.04
 
-6.92
-133
-0.02
 
24,253
0.71
 
26,529
0.64
 
9.38
2,276
0.32
 
70,728
2.06
 
78,641
1.90
 
11.19
7,913
1.10
 
24,537
0.72
 
26,125
0.63
 
6.47
1,588
0.22
 
7,220
0.21
 
7,160
0.17
 
-0.83
-60
-0.01
 
23,837
0.70
 
26,440
0.64
 
10.92
2,603
0.36
 
447,980
13.06
 
589,970
14.23
 
31.70
141,990
19.79
 
1,546
0.05
 
1,401
0.03
 
-9.38
-145
-0.02
 
85,198
2.48
 
105,422
2.54
 
23.74
20,224
2.82
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3,429,708
100.00
 
4,147,186
100.00
 
20.92
717,478
100.00
 
2,804,636
81.77
 
3,473,919
83.77
 
23.86
669,283
93.28
 
625,072
18.23
 
673,267
16.23
 
7.71
48,195
6.72
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
282,162,411
 
326,623,063
 
15.76
44,460,652
 
237,948,237
 
281,262,885
 
18.20
43,314,648
 
44,214,174
 
45,360,178
 
2.59
1,146,004
Source: Calculations by the Oregon Regional Economic Analysis Project (OR-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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