Southern Oregon

This article is about the southern region of the U.S. state of Oregon. For the University, see Southern Oregon University. For the Oregon wine region, see Southern Oregon AVA.

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 Oregon in the USA, it consists of 4 counties plus another 3 which are sometimes considered a part of it and is located west of the Cascade Range. As of 2020 it had a population of 492,000, 588,000 including all 7 counties.

Counties

Always included:

• Jackson County: population 223,259
• Douglas County: population 111,201
• Josephine County: population 88,090
• Klamath County: population 69,413

Total population: 491,963

Sometimes included:

• Coos County: population 64,929
• Curry County: population 23,446
• Lake County: population 8,160

Total seven-county population: 588,498

Cities

City	County	Population (2020)
Medford	Jackson	85,824
Grants Pass	Josephine	39,189
Roseburg	Douglas	23,683
Klamath Falls	Klamath	21,813
Ashland	Jackson	21,360
Central Point	Jackson	18,997
Coos Bay	Coos	15,985
North Bend	Coos	10,317
Eagle Point	Jackson	9,686
Sutherlin	Douglas	8,524
Brookings	Curry	6,744
Talent	Jackson	6,282
Winston	Douglas	5,625
Phoenix	Jackson	4,475
Reedsport	Douglas	4,310
Coquille	Coos	4,015
Myrtle Creek	Douglas	3,481
Bandon	Coos	3,321
Shady Cove	Jackson	3,081
Jacksonville	Jackson	3,020
Myrtle Point	Coos	2,475
Lakeview	Lake	2,418
Rogue River	Jackson	2,407
Gold Beach	Curry	2,341
Cave Junction	Josephine	2,071
Lakeside	Coos	1,904
Canyonville	Douglas	1,640
Gold Hill	Jackson	1,335
Riddle	Douglas	1,214
Drain	Douglas	1,172
Port Orford	Curry	1,146
Yoncalla	Douglas	1,021
Oakland	Douglas	934
Glendale	Douglas	858
Merrill	Klamath	821
Chiloquin	Klamath	767
Malin	Klamath	731
Powers	Coos	710
Butte Falls	Jackson	443
Bonanza	Klamath	404
Paisley	Lake	250
Elkton	Douglas	183