Harney County, Oregon

Harney County population, land area and income

Harney County had 7,402 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 10,134.4 square miles of land. It is the largest by land of Oregon's 36 county-equivalents. That works out to 0.7 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 Harney County has 16% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $56,649 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Harney County's population changed since 2020

Harney County lost 102 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.4%. That ranks 32nd 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, Harney County recorded 327 births and 432 deaths, a natural change of -105. Net international migration added -6 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +19. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 105 people.

Where Harney County is

The Census internal point of Harney County is at 43.064400, -118.987200. 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 Harney County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Harney County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Harney County, 4,310 people together, or 58% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Harney County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Burns with 2,689.

Counties bordering Harney County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Harney County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Washoe County, NV, with 507,280 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NV

  Washoe County, NV

  507,280 people

  165 mi SSW

• Deschutes County

  211,535 people

  127 mi WNW

• Malheur County

  32,315 people

  70 mi E

• Crook County

  27,336 people

  103 mi NW

• NV

  Humboldt County, NV

  17,116 people

  123 mi SSE

• Lake County

  8,194 people

  73 mi WSW

• Grant County

  7,093 people

  99 mi N

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 239.0 miles NW of Harney County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Nampa, ID (population 117,350), 127.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Ontario, OR (population 11,957), 120.5 miles away.

Harney County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Harney County is 41025: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 025. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $56,649.