Oregon · Census place 4154900

Ontario, Oregon

Ontario is a city in Malheur County, Oregon with an estimated 11,957 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 44th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,957
#44 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+1.6%
+190 people
Land area
6.0 sq mi
Density
1,996 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Ontario. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Ontario population, 2020 to 2024

Ontario added 190 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +24. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Ontario is 80% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,744. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ontario covers 5.99 square miles of land, for 1,996 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Ontario is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ontario is in

All of Ontario's residents live in Malheur County, which had 32,315 residents in 2024. Ontario holds 37.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ontario

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ontario by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97914. 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 Ontario is

The Census internal point of Ontario is at 44.025300, -116.977400. Salem, the capital, is 304.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Caldwell, ID (73,088 people), 30.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nampa, ID, 36.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.025300, -116.977400
DMS
44°01'31.08"N 116°58'38.64"W
UTM
11N 501811.2E 4874683.1N
Geohash
9ruf6ne9v
Plus code
85P522GF+42

Daylight in Ontario

At 44.03° N, Ontario gets about 15 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ontario

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Nyssa, 10.2 miles away, with 3,269 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ontario, OR?

11,957 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 190 (1.6%) from 11,767 in July 2020.

What county is Ontario in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ontario?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97914.

How far is Ontario from Salem?

304.9 miles (490.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Ontario.

What is the nearest larger city to Ontario?

Caldwell, ID, with 73,088 residents, 30.6 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.