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| Demographics |
| As
of 2005, Oregon
has an estimated population of 3,641,056,
which is an increase of 49,693, or 1.4%,
from the prior year and an increase
of 219,620, or 6.4%, since the year
2000. This includes a natural increase
since the last census of 75,196 people
(that is 236,557 births minus 161,361
deaths) and an increase due to net migration
of 150,084 people into the state. Immigration
from outside the United States resulted
in a net increase of 72,263 people,
and migration within the country produced
a net increase of 77,821 people.
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| Major
cities and towns |
| The
capital is Salem and the largest city
is Portland. Eugene,
home of the University of Oregon,
is the second largest city, Salem being
third largest.
Oregon
City was the first incorporated city
west of the Rockies and later, the
first capital of the Oregon Territory,
from 1848 to 1852, when the territory
capital was moved to Salem, Oregon.
It was also the end of the Oregon
Trail and the site of the first public
library established west of the Rocky
Mountains, stocked with only 300 volumes.
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| Counties
in Oregon |
Baker
County
Baker City
Haines
Huntington
Benton
County
Albany
Corvallis
Philomath
Clackamas
County
Lake Oswego
Oregon City
Portland
Clatsop
County
Astoria
Seaside
Warrenton
Columbia
County
Rainier
Scappoose
Vernonia
Coos
County
Coos Bay
Fairview
North Bend
Crook
County
Prineville
Curry
County
Brookings
Gold Beach
Harbor
Deschutes
County
Bend
La Pine
Redmond
Douglas
County
Roseburg
Sutherlin
Winston
Gilliam
County
Arlington
Condon
Grant
County
Canyon City
John Day
Prairie City
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Harney
County
Burns
Hines
Hood
River County
Hood River
Oak Grove
Odell
Jackson
County
Ashland
Central Point
Medford
Jefferson
County
Jefferson
Madras
Warm Springs
Josephine
County
Cave Junction
Grants Pass
Klamath
County
Chiloquin
Klamath Falls
Merrill
Lake
County
Lakeview
Paisley
Lane
County
Cottage Grove
Eugene
Springfield
Lincoln
County
Lincoln City
Newport
Toledo
Linn
County
Albany
Lebanon
Sweet Home
Malheur
County
Nyssa
Ontario
Vale
Marion
County
Keizer
Salem
Woodburn
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Morrow
County
Boardman
Fairview
Irrigon
Multnomah
County
Gresham
Lake Oswego
Portland
Polk
County
Dallas
Oak Grove
Salem
Sherman
County
Fairview
Moro
Wasco
Tillamook
County
Fairview
Rockaway Beach
Tillamook
Umatilla
County
Hermiston
Pendleton
Umatilla
Union
County
Elgin
La Grande
Union
Wallowa
County
Enterprise
Joseph
Wallowa
Wasco
County
Dufur
Maupin
Warm Springs
Washington
County
Beaverton
Hillsboro
Portland
Wheeler
County
Fossil
Mitchell
Wheeler
Yamhill
County
McMinnville
Newberg
Sheridan
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