Curry County, Oregon

Curry County population, land area and income

Curry County had 22,774 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,628.4 square miles of land. It ranks 27th of 36 in Oregon by population and 22nd by land area. That works out to 14.0 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 Curry County has 49% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $55,238 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Curry County's population changed since 2020

Curry County lost 744 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 3.2%. That ranks 36th 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, Curry County recorded 636 births and 2,063 deaths, a natural change of -1,427. Net international migration added -33 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +838. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 1,427 people.

Where Curry County is

The Census internal point of Curry County is at 42.466400, -124.210900. 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 Curry County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Curry County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Curry County, 9,879 people together, or 43% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Curry County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Brookings with 6,493.

Counties bordering Curry County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Curry County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Douglas County, OR, with 112,255 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Douglas County

  112,255 people

  78 mi NE

• Josephine County

  88,276 people

  33 mi E

• Coos County

  64,326 people

  50 mi N

• CA

  Del Norte County, CA

  27,009 people

  51 mi SSE

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 180.7 miles NNE of Curry County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Eugene, OR (population 178,786), 122.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Grants Pass, OR (population 39,468), 44.9 miles away.

Curry County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Curry County is 41015: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 015. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $55,238.