Baker County, Oregon

Baker County population, land area and income

Baker County had 16,750 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,068.0 square miles of land. It ranks 28th of 36 in Oregon by population and 10th by land area. That works out to 5.5 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Oregon has 46,128 residents, so Baker County has 36% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $59,123 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Baker County's population changed since 2020

Baker County gained 19 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.1%. That ranks 21st of 36 in Oregon for growth. The median Oregon county changed by +0.8%, and the state as a whole by +0.7%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Baker County recorded 636 births and 1,131 deaths, a natural change of -495. Net international migration added +29 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +557. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 557 people.

Where Baker County is

The Census internal point of Baker County is at 44.703400, -117.691900. It sits in UTM zone 11N. The map shades Oregon's 36 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Baker County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Baker County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Baker County, 10,135 people together, or 61% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Baker County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Baker City with 10,135.

Counties bordering Baker County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Baker County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Malheur County, OR, with 32,315 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Malheur County

  32,315 people

  105 mi S

• Union County

  26,058 people

  44 mi NNW

• ID

  Washington County, ID

  11,539 people

  47 mi ESE

• Wallowa County

  7,522 people

  66 mi NNE

• Grant County

  7,093 people

  67 mi WSW

• ID

  Adams County, ID

  4,998 people

  62 mi ENE

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 262.1 miles W of Baker County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Nampa, ID (population 117,350), 95.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Baker City, OR (population 10,135), 8.5 miles away.

Baker County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Baker County is 41001: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 001. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $59,123.