Crook County, Oregon

Crook County population, land area and income

Crook County had 27,336 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,978.9 square miles of land. It ranks 21st of 36 in Oregon by population and 12th by land area. That works out to 9.2 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; Crook County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $73,421 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Crook County's population changed since 2020

Crook County gained 2,406 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 9.7%. That ranks 1st 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, Crook County recorded 1,034 births and 1,337 deaths, a natural change of -303. Net international migration added -1 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +2,918. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 2,918 people.

Where Crook County is

The Census internal point of Crook County is at 44.163100, -120.371600. 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 Crook County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Crook County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Crook County, 11,917 people together, or 44% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Crook County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Prineville with 11,917.

Counties bordering Crook County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Crook County. The most populous is Deschutes County, OR, with 211,535 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Deschutes County

  211,535 people

  46 mi WSW

• Jefferson County

  25,536 people

  52 mi NW

• Harney County

  7,402 people

  103 mi SE

• Grant County

  7,093 people

  71 mi ENE

• Wheeler County

  1,456 people

  43 mi NNE

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 141.4 miles WNW of Crook County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Bend, OR (population 106,926), 47.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Prineville, OR (population 11,917), 26.0 miles away.

Crook County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Crook County is 41013: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 013. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $73,421.