Top Ten Cities Ranked by Selected Population Characteristics

(*cities with 100 or more population)

Total Population

Rank

City Name

Population

1

Portland

652,503

2

Eugene

176,654

3

Salem

175,535

4

Gresham

114,247

5

Hillsboro

106,447

6

Bend

99,178

7

Beaverton

97,494

8

Medford

85,824

9

Springfield

61,851

10

Corvallis

59,922

Numeric Population Growth, 2010 to 2020

Rank

City Name

Growth

1

Portland

68,727

2

Bend

22,539

3

Salem

20,898

4

Eugene

20,469

5

Hillsboro

14,836

6

Medford

10,917

7

Happy Valley

9,830

8

Gresham

8,653

9

Beaverton

7,691

10

Wilsonville

7,155

Percent Population Growth, 2010 to 2020

Rank

City Name

Growth

1

Millersburg

119.6%

2

Rivergrove*

88.6%

3

North Plains

76.7%

4

Happy Valley

70.7%

5

King City

66.6%

6

Estacada

61.6%

7

La Pine

52.0%

8

Sisters

50.3%

9

Yachats

44.1%

10

Durham

43.9%

*Growth rate reflects 2010 Census undercount; using PRC’s revised 2010 population based on a local census results in growth of 55.7%, ranking 6th.

Persons per Square Mile of Land Area

Rank

City Name

Density

1

Johnson City

8,300

2

King City

6,390

3

Gervais

6,368

4

Keizer

5,480

5

Cornelius

5,427

6

Lafayette

5,132

7

Monmouth

5,112

8

Gladstone

5,011

9

Beaverton

4,973

10

Portland

4,890

 

Share of Population under Age 18

Rank

City Name

Share

1

Helix

34.5%

2

Boardman

34.2%

3

Nyssa

31.5%

4

Gervais

30.7%

5

Banks

30.6%

6

Bonanza

30.4%

7

Hermiston

30.3%

8

Hubbard

29.7%

9

Rivergrove

29.5%

10

Barlow

29.3%

Share of Population Age 18 and over

Rank

City Name

Share

1

Manzanita

94.4%

2

Yachats

92.0%

3

Jordan Valley

91.5%

4

Depoe Bay

90.0%

5

Dunes City

89.6%

6

Lakeside

89.4%

7

Port Orford

88.7%

8

Detroit

88.7%

9

Rockaway Beach

88.3%

10

Sumpter

87.7%

Average Number of Persons

per Household

Rank

City Name

Average

1

Gervais

4.09

2

Cornelius

3.42

3

Hubbard

3.30

4

Boardman

3.29

5

Helix

3.23

6

Wood Village

3.20

7

Barlow

3.17

8

Woodburn

3.14

9

Lafayette

3.11

10

Banks

3.10

10

Dayton

3.10

Share of Population White Alone,

not Hispanic or Latino

Rank

City Name

Share

1

Prescott

93.9%

2

Lexington

93.3%

3

Ukiah

93.1%

4

Richland

92.1%

5

Seneca

92.1%

6

Lostine

92.1%

7

Manzanita

91.2%

8

Dufur

90.8%

9

Mount Vernon

90.7%

10

Haines

89.5%

Share of Population Hispanic or Latino

 

 

Rank

City Name

Population

1

Boardman

73.5%

2

Gervais

66.9%

3

Nyssa

63.3%

4

Woodburn

61.6%

5

Cornelius

55.1%

6

Malin

52.7%

7

Merrill

49.8%

8

Umatilla

47.5%

9

Milton-Freewater

45.7%

10

Hermiston

44.2%

 

Share of Population American Indian or Alaska Native

(Alone or in Combination with One or More Other Races)

Rank

City Name

Share

1

Chiloquin

60.2%

2

Siletz

32.0%

3

Willamina

13.0%

4

Powers

12.8%

5

Madras

12.4%

6

Adams

11.1%

7

Myrtle Point

9.9%

8

Sheridan

9.5%

9

Klamath Falls

8.8%

10

Fossil

8.7%

Share of Population Asian

(Alone or in Combination with One or More Other Races)

Rank

City Name

Share

1

Happy Valley

23.1%

2

Rivergrove

18.3%

3

Hillsboro

15.4%

4

Beaverton

15.3%

5

North Plains

12.9%

6

Corvallis

12.3%

7

Tigard

11.8%

8

Lake Oswego

11.4%

9

Portland

10.9%

10

Maywood Park

9.5%

Share of Population Black or African American

(Alone or in Combination with One or More Other Races)

Rank

City Name

Share

1

Portland

7.9%

2

Fairview

7.8%

3

Gresham

7.4%

4

Long Creek

6.9%

5

Maywood Park

4.8%

6

Beaverton

4.6%

7

Durham

4.4%

8

Hillsboro

4.4%

9

Troutdale

4.0%

10

Wood Village

3.9%

Share of Population Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

(Alone or in Combination with One or More Other Races)

Rank

City Name

Share

1

La Grande

4.0%

2

Imbler

3.3%

3

Durham

3.2%

4

Bonanza

3.2%

5

Island City

3.1%

6

Richland

3.0%

7

Grass Valley

2.7%

8

Wasco

2.2%

9

Arlington

2.1%

10

Paisley

2.0%

Share of Population Two or More Races

 

 

Rank

City Name

Share

1

Gervais

22.7%

2

Nyssa

20.5%

3

Cornelius

19.3%

4

Boardman

19.2%

5

Culver

18.9%

6

Stanfield

18.9%

7

Woodburn

18.6%

8

Bonanza

17.3%

9

Hermiston

17.1%

10

Long Creek

16.8%