Oregon · Census place 4140350
La Grande, Oregon
La Grande is a city in Union County, Oregon with an estimated 13,058 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 42nd largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 13,058
- #42 of 165 in Oregon
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +52 people
- Land area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Density
- 2,839 / sq mi
- State median 3,097
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La Grande population, 2020 to 2024
La Grande added 52 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +5. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 47th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so La Grande is 88% of it.
La Grande covers 4.60 square miles of land, for 2,839 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so La Grande is close to the typical town.
What county La Grande is in
All of La Grande's residents live in Union County, which had 26,058 residents in 2024. La Grande holds 50.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in La Grande
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps La Grande by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97850. 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 La Grande is
The Census internal point of La Grande is at 45.324500, -118.086900. Salem, the capital, is 242.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pendleton, OR (17,026 people), 43.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nampa, ID, 141.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.324500, -118.086900
- DMS
- 45°19'28.20"N 118°05'12.84"W
- UTM
- 11N 414820.6E 5019573.8N
- Geohash
- c2h1bg5dr
- Plus code
- 85Q38WF7+R6
Daylight in La Grande
At 45.32° N, La Grande gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near La Grande
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Island City, 2.0 miles away, with 1,131 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of La Grande, OR?
13,058 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 52 (0.4%) from 13,006 in July 2020.
What county is La Grande in?
Union County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover La Grande?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97850.
How far is La Grande from Salem?
242.4 miles (390.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from La Grande.
What is the nearest larger city to La Grande?
Pendleton, OR, with 17,026 residents, 43.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.