Oregon · Census place 4148650

Milwaukie, Oregon

Milwaukie is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon with an estimated 21,620 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
21,620
#28 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+448 people
Land area
5.0 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
4,333 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Milwaukie. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Milwaukie population, 2020 to 2024

Milwaukie added 448 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -31. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Milwaukie is 1.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 21,157. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Milwaukie covers 4.99 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 4,333 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Milwaukie is denser than the typical town.

What county Milwaukie is in

All of Milwaukie's residents live in Clackamas County, which had 425,857 residents in 2024. Milwaukie holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Milwaukie

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Milwaukie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97222. 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 Milwaukie is

The Census internal point of Milwaukie is at 45.444800, -122.620800. Salem, the capital, is 40.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lake Oswego, OR (40,029 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Portland, OR, 6.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.444800, -122.620800
DMS
45°26'41.28"N 122°37'14.88"W
UTM
10N 529654.6E 5032433.9N
Geohash
c20f98yr0
Plus code
84QVC9VH+WM

Daylight in Milwaukie

At 45.44° N, Milwaukie gets about 15 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Milwaukie

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Gladstone, 4.3 miles away, with 11,898 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Milwaukie, OR?

21,620 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 448 (2.1%) from 21,172 in July 2020.

What county is Milwaukie in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Milwaukie?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97222.

How far is Milwaukie from Salem?

40.2 miles (64.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Milwaukie.

What is the nearest larger city to Milwaukie?

Lake Oswego, OR, with 40,029 residents, 4.4 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.