The largest county in Oregon

There are two right answers. By land area it is Harney County; by population it is Multnomah County. Which one you want depends on what you meant by largest.

Largest by land area

Harney County

10,134 sq mi

10.6% of Oregon's land

Largest by population

Multnomah County

795,391 people

18.6% of Oregon's population

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. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

By land area

The ten largest counties of Oregon by land area. Land area excludes inland and coastal water.
RankNameLand areaPopulation
1Harney County10,134 sq mi7,380
2Malheur County9,888 sq mi32,261
3Lake County8,139 sq mi8,187
4Klamath County5,950 sq mi70,274
5Douglas County5,036 sq mi111,951
6Lane County4,554 sq mi381,584
7Grant County4,528 sq mi7,075
8Umatilla County3,215 sq mi81,119
9Wallowa County3,146 sq mi7,595
10Baker County3,068 sq mi16,658

By population

The ten most populous counties of Oregon, from the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimates.
RankNamePopulationDensity
1Multnomah County795,3911,845 per sq mi
2Washington County611,708845 per sq mi
3Clackamas County426,280228 per sq mi
4Lane County381,58483.8 per sq mi
5Marion County355,777301 per sq mi
6Jackson County221,79579.7 per sq mi
7Deschutes County213,07270.6 per sq mi
8Linn County132,84358.0 per sq mi
9Douglas County111,95122.2 per sq mi
10Yamhill County110,024154 per sq mi

And the smallest

Smallest by land area

Multnomah County

431 sq mi

Least populous

Wheeler County

1,472 people

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Rebuilt from source data 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.