Josephine County, Oregon

Josephine County population, land area and income

Josephine County had 88,276 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,638.7 square miles of land. It ranks 13th of 36 in Oregon by population and 21st by land area. That works out to 53.9 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; Josephine County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $61,575 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Josephine County's population changed since 2020

Josephine County gained 48 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.1%. That ranks 22nd 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, Josephine County recorded 3,354 births and 6,113 deaths, a natural change of -2,759. Net international migration added +282 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +2,739. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 2,759 people.

Where Josephine County is

The Census internal point of Josephine County is at 42.387000, -123.571600. 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 Josephine County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Josephine County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Josephine County, 41,560 people together, or 47% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Josephine County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Grants Pass with 39,468.

Counties bordering Josephine County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Josephine County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Jackson County, OR, with 221,331 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Jackson County

  221,331 people

  46 mi E

• Douglas County

  112,255 people

  66 mi NNE

• CA

  Siskiyou County, CA

  42,498 people

  77 mi SE

• CA

  Del Norte County, CA

  27,009 people

  49 mi SSW

• Curry County

  22,774 people

  33 mi W

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 178.4 miles N of Josephine County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Eugene, OR (population 178,786), 117.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Grants Pass, OR (population 39,468), 12.6 miles away.

Josephine County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Josephine County is 41033: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 033. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $61,575.