Oregon · Census place 4175650

Umatilla, Oregon

Umatilla is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon with an estimated 7,899 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 65th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,899
#65 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+8.8%
+640 people
Land area
5.1 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
1,558 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Umatilla. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Umatilla population, 2020 to 2024

Umatilla added 640 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.8%. In the latest year it moved by +251. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Umatilla is 53% of it.

7,25920207,26020217,49220227,64820237,8992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,384. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Umatilla covers 5.07 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,558 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Umatilla is less dense than the typical town.

What county Umatilla is in

All of Umatilla's residents live in Umatilla County, which had 80,491 residents in 2024. Umatilla holds 9.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Umatilla

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Umatilla by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97882. 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 Umatilla is

The Census internal point of Umatilla is at 45.917600, -119.332000. Salem, the capital, is 191.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hermiston, OR (19,746 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane, WA, 150.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.917600, -119.332000
DMS
45°55'3.36"N 119°19'55.20"W
UTM
11N 319161.5E 5087536.7N
Geohash
c25jhx116
Plus code
85Q2WM99+26

Daylight in Umatilla

At 45.92° N, Umatilla gets about 15 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Umatilla

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Hermiston, 6.3 miles away, with 19,746 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Umatilla, OR?

7,899 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 640 (8.8%) from 7,259 in July 2020.

What county is Umatilla in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Umatilla?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97882.

How far is Umatilla from Salem?

191.6 miles (308.4 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Umatilla.

What is the nearest larger city to Umatilla?

Hermiston, OR, with 19,746 residents, 6.3 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.