Hood River County, Oregon

Hood River County population, land area and income

Hood River County had 23,764 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 522.2 square miles of land. It ranks 26th of 36 in Oregon by population and 35th by land area. That works out to 45.5 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; Hood River County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $79,092 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Hood River County's population changed since 2020

Hood River County lost 133 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.6%. That ranks 28th 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, Hood River County recorded 931 births and 804 deaths, a natural change of +127. Net international migration added +162 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -514. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 514 people.

Where Hood River County is

The Census internal point of Hood River County is at 45.511800, -121.656000. 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 Hood River County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Hood River County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Hood River County, 9,717 people together, or 41% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Hood River County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Hood River with 8,350.

Counties bordering Hood River County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Hood River County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Multnomah County, OR, with 795,897 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Multnomah County

  795,897 people

  37 mi W

• Clackamas County

  425,857 people

  36 mi SW

• Wasco County

  26,507 people

  34 mi SE

• WA

  Klickitat County, WA

  24,124 people

  49 mi ENE

• WA

  Skamania County, WA

  12,660 people

  38 mi NNW

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 77.7 miles WSW of Hood River County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Gresham, OR (population 111,507), 38.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is The Dalles, OR (population 15,884), 25.1 miles away.

Hood River County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Hood River County is 41027: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 027. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $79,092.