Southern Oregon

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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. [1] [2]

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Counties

Always included:

Total population: 471,013

Sometimes included:

Total seven-county population: 564,446

Cities

CityCountyPopulation (2015) [1]
Medford Jackson79,805
Grants Pass Josephine37,088
Roseburg Douglas22,114
Klamath Falls Klamath21,399
Ashland Jackson20,861
Central Point Jackson17,995
Coos Bay Coos16,182
North Bend Coos9,673
Eagle Point Jackson8,902
Sutherlin Douglas7,912
Brookings Curry6,476
Talent Jackson6,411
Winston Douglas5,393
Phoenix Jackson4,553
Reedsport Douglas4,107
Coquille Coos3,858
Myrtle Creek Douglas3,459
Bandon Coos3,115
Shady Cove Jackson3,022
Jacksonville Jackson2,883
Myrtle Point Coos2,514
Lakeview Lake2,296
Gold Beach Curry2,279
Rogue River Jackson2,227
Cave Junction Josephine1,932
Canyonville Douglas1,911
Lakeside Coos1,737
Gold Hill Jackson1,266
Riddle Douglas1,191
Drain Douglas1,157
Port Orford Curry1,146
Yoncalla Douglas1,053
Oakland Douglas936
Glendale Douglas881
Merrill Klamath825
Malin Klamath804
Chiloquin Klamath721
Powers Coos670
Butte Falls Jackson433
Bonanza Klamath411
Paisley Lake240
Elkton Douglas199

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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "County Totals Dataset: Population, Population Change and Estimated Components of Population Change: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015". Archived from the original on July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Population Estimates for Oregon and its Counties" (PDF). Population Research Center, Portland State University. December 15, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 26, 2008.

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