Oregon Counties by Population

Name Sq.Miles Population 1890
Vets
WW1 draft
registrations
Multnomah435672,90691967,575
Washington723499,7942694,983
Clackamas1,868368,4703447,188
Lane4,554335,1804216,686
Marion1,183305,2654837,656
Jackson2,785195,3222833,818
Deschutes3,018141,3822,347
Linn2,292108,9143084,651
Douglas5,036104,2022664,010
Yamhill71592,1962503,703
Josephine1,63980,7611831,588
Benton67678,6401972,506
Umatilla3,21573,8783366,133
Polk74170,2951442,896
Klamath5,94466,192443,576
Coos1,60064,7112465,583
Columbia65648,0651683,663
Lincoln97945,9941,229
Clatsop82736,798947,572
Malheur9,88731,330693,000
Tillamook1,10225,277991,988
Union2,03624,5403193,828
Wasco2,38123,5932043,019
Curry1,62722,42740845
Crook2,97922,067391,076
Hood River52221,2841,643
Jefferson1,78020,100928
Baker3,06816,2871734,437
Morrow2,03211,666931,524
Lake8,1357,313581,367
Grant4,5287,2971081,523
Wallowa3,1457,0141312,709
Harney10,1346,898401,409
Gilliam1,2041,794971,154
Sherman8231,749421,074
Wheeler1,7141,455781
Total95,9963,641,0566,467

The top five counties have 60% of the population on less than 10% of the land.

Source: U. S. Census Bureau; using estimates of 2005 population