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Southern Oregon

Region in Oregon, United States

Southern Oregon
Summary

Region in Oregon, United States

the southern region of the U.S. state of Oregon

Dark red denotes counties that are always included in the definition, while light red denotes counties that are only sometimes included.

Southern Oregon is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon south of Lane County and generally west of the Cascade Range, excluding the southern Oregon Coast. Counties include Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, and Josephine. It includes the Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area, which consists of the Umpqua and Rogue River drainages. As of 2015, the population in the four counties is about 471,000, and in the greater, seven-county definition, it is about 564,000.

Counties

Always included:

  • Jackson County: population 212,567
  • Douglas County: population 107,685
  • Josephine County: population 84,745
  • Klamath County: population 66,016 Total population: 471,013

Sometimes included:

  • Coos County: population 63,121
  • Curry County: population 22,483
  • Lake County: population 7,829 Total seven-county population: 564,446

Cities

CityCountyPopulation (2015)
MedfordJackson79,805
Grants PassJosephine37,088
RoseburgDouglas22,114
Klamath FallsKlamath21,399
AshlandJackson20,861
Central PointJackson17,995
Coos BayCoos16,182
North BendCoos9,673
Eagle PointJackson8,902
SutherlinDouglas7,912
BrookingsCurry6,476
TalentJackson6,411
WinstonDouglas5,393
PhoenixJackson4,553
ReedsportDouglas4,107
CoquilleCoos3,858
Myrtle CreekDouglas3,459
BandonCoos3,115
Shady CoveJackson3,022
JacksonvilleJackson2,883
Myrtle PointCoos2,514
LakeviewLake2,296
Gold BeachCurry2,279
Rogue RiverJackson2,227
Cave JunctionJosephine1,932
CanyonvilleDouglas1,911
LakesideCoos1,737
Gold HillJackson1,266
RiddleDouglas1,191
DrainDouglas1,157
Port OrfordCurry1,146
YoncallaDouglas1,053
OaklandDouglas936
GlendaleDouglas881
MerrillKlamath825
MalinKlamath804
ChiloquinKlamath721
PowersCoos670
Butte FallsJackson433
BonanzaKlamath411
PaisleyLake240
ElktonDouglas199

Politics

Southern Oregon generally supports candidates of the Republican Party in both state and federal elections, but some liberal outliers such as Ashland and Port Orford mean Democrats are usually able to win larger shares of the vote in this region compared to Eastern Oregon. Other than Jackson County, which is considered a swing county, no Democrat has won any county of Southern Oregon in presidential elections since 1996 using the seven-county definition, or since 1964 using the four-county definition. Josephine County has not supported a Democrat for president since 1936.

References

References

  1. (December 15, 2007). "Population Estimates for Oregon and its Counties". Population Research Center, Portland State University.
  2. "County Totals Dataset: Population, Population Change and Estimated Components of Population Change: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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