Crook County, Oregon

A county in Oregon, ranked 21 of 36 by population.

CountyFIPS 41013

Within Oregon
Crook County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Prineville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
27,564
+2,631 (+10.6%) since 2020
Land area
2,979
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
9.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Prineville
Seat of county government.
Established
1862
163 years ago
Largest city
Prineville city
Population 11,994.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Crook County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Crook County, Oregon from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 679 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Crook County ranks

Position among the 36 counties of Oregon, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn OregonNationally
Population27,56421st of 361,525th of 3,144
Land area2,979 sq mi12th of 36173rd of 3,144
Population density9.3 per sq mi26th of 362,589th of 3,144
Median household income$81,9659th of 36509th of 3,143

Full data for Crook County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,564Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,933Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,739Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,979 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,987 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$81,965American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$467,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,782American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-80
248 births, 328 deaths
Net migration
+327
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Crook County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Deschutes CountyOregon108 mi213,072
Wheeler CountyOregon54 mi1,472
Jefferson CountyOregon48 mi25,740
Harney CountyOregon30 mi7,380
Grant CountyOregon24 mi7,075

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 36 counties of Oregon

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.