Oregon · Census place 4139700

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Klamath Falls is a city in Klamath County, Oregon with an estimated 22,174 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 27th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
22,174
#27 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+269 people
Land area
20.1 sq mi
+ 0.88 sq mi water
Density
1,102 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Klamath Falls. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Klamath Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Klamath Falls added 269 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +12. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Klamath Falls is 1.5 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 21,787. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Klamath Falls covers 20.13 square miles of land and 0.88 of water, for 1,102 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Klamath Falls is less dense than the typical town.

What county Klamath Falls is in

All of Klamath Falls's residents live in Klamath County, which had 70,438 residents in 2024. Klamath Falls holds 31.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Klamath Falls

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Klamath Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97601, 97603. 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 Klamath Falls is

The Census internal point of Klamath Falls is at 42.218800, -121.778700. Salem, the capital, is 198.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Medford, OR (86,301 people), 55.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Bend, OR, 129.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.218800, -121.778700
DMS
42°13'7.68"N 121°46'43.32"W
UTM
10N 600798.7E 4674791.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
84JW669C+GG

Daylight in Klamath Falls

At 42.22° N, Klamath Falls gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Klamath Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Ashland, 47.1 miles away, with 20,935 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Klamath Falls, OR?

22,174 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 269 (1.2%) from 21,905 in July 2020.

What county is Klamath Falls in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Klamath Falls?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 97601, 97603.

How far is Klamath Falls from Salem?

198.1 miles (318.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Klamath Falls.

What is the nearest larger city to Klamath Falls?

Medford, OR, with 86,301 residents, 55.4 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.