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Harney County, Oregon

The largest of Oregon's 36 counties by land area.

CountyFIPS 41025

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

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Population
7,380
-127 (-1.7%) since 2020
Land area
10,134
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
0.73
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Burns
Seat of county government.
Established
1889
136 years ago
Largest city
Burns city
Population 2,692.

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 Harney 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 Harney 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 530 by 800 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 Harney 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
Population7,38032nd of 362,628th of 3,144
Land area10,134 sq mi1st of 3623rd of 3,144
Population density0.73 per sq mi36th of 363,099th of 3,144
Median household income$55,20835th of 362,465th of 3,143

Full data for Harney County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,380Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,507Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,502Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area10,134 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area93.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area10,228 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?0.73 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,208American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$242,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,129American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,732American 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
-7
86 births, 93 deaths
Net migration
-36
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 7 areas bordering Harney 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
Lake CountyOregon144 mi8,187
Malheur CountyOregon143 mi32,261
Grant CountyOregon78 mi7,075
Humboldt CountyNevada58 mi17,267
Crook CountyOregon30 mi27,564
Deschutes CountyOregon6.0 mi213,072
Washoe CountyNevada1.9 mi509,386

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.