Oregon · Census place 4115250

Coos Bay, Oregon

Coos Bay is a city in Coos County, Oregon with an estimated 15,801 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,801
#38 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-185 people
Land area
10.6 sq mi
+ 5.28 sq mi water
Density
1,486 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Coos Bay. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Coos Bay population, 2020 to 2024

Coos Bay lost 185 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -57. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 67th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Coos Bay is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,997. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Coos Bay covers 10.63 square miles of land and 5.28 of water, for 1,486 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Coos Bay is less dense than the typical town.

What county Coos Bay is in

All of Coos Bay's residents live in Coos County, which had 64,326 residents in 2024. Coos Bay holds 24.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Coos Bay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Coos Bay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97420. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Coos Bay is

The Census internal point of Coos Bay is at 43.381100, -124.232600. Salem, the capital, is 123.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roseburg, OR (23,795 people), 45.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Eugene, OR, 72.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.381100, -124.232600
DMS
43°22'51.96"N 124°13'57.36"W
UTM
10N 400155.5E 4803874.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
84MQ9QJ8+CX

Daylight in Coos Bay

At 43.38° N, Coos Bay gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Coos Bay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is North Bend, 1.8 miles away, with 10,049 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Coos Bay, OR?

15,801 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 185 (1.2%) from 15,986 in July 2020.

What county is Coos Bay in?

Coos County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Coos Bay?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97420.

How far is Coos Bay from Salem?

123.0 miles (198.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Coos Bay.

What is the nearest larger city to Coos Bay?

Roseburg, OR, with 23,795 residents, 45.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.