Oregon
Oregon: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Oregon at a glance
Rolled up from the 19 regions inside Oregon on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population4,238,714
census
Places inside19
12 with a full /local page
Businesses on file120,526
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered128
in the company directory
Who represents them4
places with a /politics page
Property & employers4 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Who leads Oregon, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-09 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
- Tina Kotek — Governor of Oregon (39th) (Democratic) since 2023-01 ↗
Economy & households
- Population
- 4,273,586 persons (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 343,240.2 USD millions (current dollars, annual) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 5 % (seasonally adjusted) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 92,740 USD (current dollars, Census CPS ASEC) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 64.1 % (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 69,600 USD (average debt per person with a credit score; NY Fed Center for Microeconomic Data via USAFacts) (2025) ↗
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Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ↗ | 580,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com) | 2026-10 |
| Salem ↗ | 499,999 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com) | 2026-10 |
| Eugene ↗ | 510,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com) | 2026-10 |
| Bend-Redmond ↗ | 695,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com) | 2026-10 |
| Medford ↗ | 525,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com) | 2026-10 |
| Oregon (statewide) ↗ | 549,900 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com) | 2026-10 |
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Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
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Largest companies in Oregon
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nike, Inc. (Beaverton area) ↗ | revenue | 46.3 USD billions | 2025 |
| Lithia Motors (Medford) ↗ | revenue | 37.6 USD billions | 2025 |
| Columbia Sportswear (Washington County, near Beaverton) ↗ | revenue | 3.4 USD billions | 2025 |
| The Greenbrier Companies (Lake Oswego) ↗ | revenue | 3.2 USD billions | 2025 (FY to Aug 31) |
| Portland General Electric (Portland) ↗ | revenue | 2.9 USD billions | 2023 |
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Worth knowing
- 2025-01Oregon has no lieutenant governor; the Secretary of State is first in line to succeed the governor (Oregon Constitution Art. V §8a). The current Secretary of State is Tobias Read (D), in office since January 6, 2025. ↗
- 2025Oregon is the 27th-most populous state, with 4.27 million people in 2025 (1.3% of the US). Its population grew by about 8,300 from 2024 to 2025. ↗
- 2025The average Oregonian with a credit score owed about $6,400 more debt than the average American in 2025. Mortgages made up about 74.8% of household debt in the state. ↗
- 2025Seven Oregon-based companies are in the Fortune 1000: Nike (90), Lithia Motors (124), Greenbrier (843), Portland General Electric (853), Columbia Sportswear (863), Radius Recycling (976) and KinderCare Learning Centers (1000). ↗
- 2024Oregon holds 2.6% of all US speakers of Japanese at home, a larger share than for any other non-English language in the state. Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese are the top three non-English home languages. ↗
- 2025Intel employs about 22,000 people in Oregon, most at its Hillsboro campus, and has been a top Oregon employer since 1974. Intel is headquartered in California. ↗
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Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Median household income$80,426
Median rent$1,450/mo
Immigrants9.7%
Renters36.6%
Aged 65+18.6%
Unemployment5.4%
Low income11.9%
Speak a language other than English14.4%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
- Spanish360,507 · 8.5%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages43,353 · 1%
- Other Indo-European languages38,967 · 0.9%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages31,785 · 0.7%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)31,556 · 0.7%
- Vietnamese25,566 · 0.6%
- Other and unspecified languages17,953 · 0.4%
- German or other West Germanic languages15,933 · 0.4%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun12,621 · 0.3%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)11,768 · 0.3%
- Korean10,280 · 0.2%
- Arabic8,982 · 0.2%
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Largest places in Oregon
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Portland, Oregon full652,503
- 2.Salem, Oregon full176,666
- 3.Eugene, Oregon full176,654
- 4.Bend, Oregon full99,178
- 5.Beaverton, Oregon full97,494
- 6.Medford, Oregon full85,824
- 7.Corvallis, Oregon61,087
- 8.Lake Oswego, Oregon full40,367
- 9.Redmond, Oregon full33,274
- 10.Klamath Falls, Oregon full21,813
- 11.North Bend-Coos Bay, Oregon full10,231
- 12.Astoria, Oregon10,181
- 13.Florence, Oregon full9,553
- 14.Seaside, OR7,115
- 15.Brookings, Oregon6,744
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Inside Oregon
19 regions have Oregon as their parent.
- Astoria, Oregon
- Beaverton, Oregon
- Bend, Oregon
- Brookings, Oregon
- Cannon Beach, Oregon
- Corvallis, Oregon
- Eugene, Oregon
- Florence, Oregon
- Klamath Falls, Oregon
- Lake Oswego, Oregon
- Lincoln City, Oregon
- Medford, Oregon
- North Bend-Coos Bay, Oregon town
- Oregon City
- Portland, Oregon
- Redmond, Oregon town
- Salem, Oregon
- Seaside, OR
- Tillamook, Oregon town
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Companies based in Oregon
128 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Oregon. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Oregon are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.