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Jackson County, Oregon

A county in Oregon, ranked 6 of 36 by population.

CountyFIPS 41029

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

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Population
221,795
-1,958 (-0.9%) since 2020
Land area
2,783
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
79.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Medford
Seat of county government.
Established
1852
173 years ago
Largest city
Medford city
Population 86,494.

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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 588 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 Jackson 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
Population221,7956th of 36325th of 3,144
Land area2,783 sq mi13th of 36186th of 3,144
Population density79.7 per sq mi10th of 361,082nd of 3,144
Median household income$73,99915th of 36914th of 3,143

Full data for Jackson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population221,795Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020223,753Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?223,268Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,783 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area18.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,801 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?79.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,999American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$430,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households92,035American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units97,991American 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
-725
1,976 births, 2,701 deaths
Net migration
+1,173
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 4 areas bordering Jackson 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
Douglas CountyOregon70 mi111,951
Klamath CountyOregon69 mi70,274
Siskiyou CountyCalifornia49 mi42,013
Josephine CountyOregon48 mi87,867

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.