Oregon · Census place 4160850
Rainier, Oregon
Rainier is a city in Columbia County, Oregon with an estimated 1,932 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 125th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,932
- #125 of 165 in Oregon
- Change since 2020
- +1.3%
- +25 people
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- + 0.86 sq mi water
- Density
- 474 / sq mi
- State median 3,097
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Rainier population, 2020 to 2024
Rainier added 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Rainier covers 4.08 square miles of land and 0.86 of water, for 474 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Rainier is less dense than the typical town.
What county Rainier is in
All of Rainier's residents live in Columbia County, which had 54,063 residents in 2024. Rainier holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Rainier
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rainier by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97048. 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 Rainier is
The Census internal point of Rainier is at 46.071400, -122.941400. Salem, the capital, is 78.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kelso, WA (12,737 people), 4.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Vancouver, WA, 34.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.071400, -122.941400
- DMS
- 46°04'17.04"N 122°56'29.04"W
- UTM
- 10N 504531.7E 5101982.2N
- Geohash
- c20w47hc3
- Plus code
- 84RV33C5+HC
Daylight in Rainier
At 46.07° N, Rainier gets about 15 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Rainier
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Clatskanie, 12.8 miles away, with 1,782 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Rainier, OR?
1,932 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 25 (1.3%) from 1,907 in July 2020.
What county is Rainier in?
Columbia County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Rainier?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97048.
How far is Rainier from Salem?
78.4 miles (126.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Rainier.
What is the nearest larger city to Rainier?
Kelso, WA, with 12,737 residents, 4.1 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.