Clatsop County, Oregon

Clatsop County population, land area and income

Clatsop County had 41,043 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 828.2 square miles of land. It ranks 19th of 36 in Oregon by population and 28th by land area. That works out to 49.6 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Oregon has 46,128 residents; Clatsop County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $65,160 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Clatsop County's population changed since 2020

Clatsop County lost 114 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.3%. That ranks 24th 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, Clatsop County recorded 1,422 births and 2,172 deaths, a natural change of -750. Net international migration added +174 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +630. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 750 people.

Where Clatsop County is

The Census internal point of Clatsop County is at 46.024500, -123.705000. It sits in UTM zone 10N. The map shades Oregon's 36 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Clatsop County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Clatsop County

5 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Clatsop County, 26,712 people together, or 65% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Clatsop County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Astoria with 9,906.

Counties bordering Clatsop County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Clatsop County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Washington County, OR, with 611,272 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Washington County

  611,272 people

  44 mi SE

• Columbia County

  54,063 people

  30 mi E

• Tillamook County

  27,264 people

  39 mi S

• WA

  Pacific County, WA

  24,245 people

  37 mi N

• WA

  Wahkiakum County, WA

  4,800 people

  23 mi NE

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 81.8 miles SSE of Clatsop County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Hillsboro, OR (population 110,337), 50.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Longview, WA (population 38,294), 36.5 miles away.

Clatsop County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Clatsop County is 41007: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 007. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $65,160.