State of the United States
Oregon
Oregon is a state of the United States. It covers about 252,000 km² (97,300 mi²), the 10th largest of the 51 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for the United States, and about the same size as Ecuador. About 4.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 252,000 km²97,300 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 255,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of the United States | 2.7%of the area of the 51 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 10th of 51states and districts of the United States |
| Population | 4.2 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 17 people per km² |
| Capital | Salem |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 46°N |
| Type | StateUS-OR |
What the numbers say about Oregon
- Oregon covers 2.7% of the area of the United States and ranks 27th of 51 by population, against 10th by area.
- It would take 37.6 states and districts the size of Oregon to cover the United States.
- Oregon holds 1.3% of the 331.4 million people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 51 states and districts together: about 1 in 78.
- The largest, Alaska, is 5.98× the size of Oregon; the smallest, Washington, D.C., is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within the United States: Wyoming (253,000 km², 1.01×) and Michigan (250,000 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, Oregon would be larger than 162 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 78th by area, between Ecuador (255,000 km²) and Guinea (244,000 km²).
- With 4.2 million people it would rank 130th of 238 by population.
- Oregon has 17 people per km², about the density of Finland, which has 17 per km².
- That makes Oregon the 39th most densely populated of the 51 states and districts, 48% of the average for the United States (35 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large in area, so Oregon looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Oregon stretches about 470 km north to south and 646 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 255,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 252,000 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaGuangxi1.06× · 237,000 km²PeopleTibet1.16× · 3.6 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaUttar Pradesh1.05× · 240,000 km²PeopleTripura1.15× · 3.7 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleRhineland-Palatinate1.03× · 4.1 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeoplePays de la Loire1.09× · 3.9 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeoplePiedmont0.98× · 4.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleValencian Community80% · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleShizuoka1.17× · 3.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaPiauí1.00× · 252,000 km²PeopleParaíba1.07× · 4.0 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador62% · 403,000 km²PeopleAlberta0.99× · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria1.11× · 228,000 km²PeopleQueensland75% · 5.6 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaChihuahua1.02× · 248,000 km²PeopleOaxaca1.07× · 4.0 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok75% · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Oregon ranks
Oregon is the 10th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States.
Ranked within the United States
- 7Nevada287,000 km²
- 8Colorado269,000 km²
- 9Wyoming253,000 km²
- 10Oregon252,000 km²
- 11Michigan250,000 km²
- 12Minnesota225,000 km²
- 13Utah220,000 km²
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020. United States’s units share the 2020 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12