Deschutes County, Oregon

Deschutes County population, land area and income

Deschutes County had 211,535 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,017.6 square miles of land. It ranks 7th of 36 in Oregon by population and 11th by land area. That works out to 70.1 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, so Deschutes County is 4.6 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $95,414 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Deschutes County's population changed since 2020

Deschutes County gained 12,065 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 6.0%. That ranks 3rd 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, Deschutes County recorded 7,717 births and 7,439 deaths, a natural change of +278. Net international migration added +1,210 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +12,129. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 12,129 people.

Where Deschutes County is

The Census internal point of Deschutes County is at 43.915100, -121.225600. 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 Deschutes County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Deschutes County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Deschutes County, 150,075 people together, or 71% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Deschutes County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Bend with 106,926.

Counties bordering Deschutes County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Deschutes County. The most populous is Lane County, OR, with 382,396 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Lane County

  382,396 people

  83 mi W

• Linn County

  132,474 people

  76 mi WNW

• Klamath County

  70,438 people

  88 mi SSW

• Crook County

  27,336 people

  46 mi ENE

• Jefferson County

  25,536 people

  50 mi N

• Lake County

  8,194 people

  88 mi SSE

• Harney County

  7,402 people

  127 mi ESE

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 113.7 miles NW of Deschutes County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Bend, OR (population 106,926), 10.6 miles away.

Deschutes County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Deschutes County is 41017: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 017. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $95,414.