Klamath County, Oregon

Klamath County population, land area and income

Klamath County had 70,438 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 5,949.9 square miles of land. It ranks 15th of 36 in Oregon by population and 4th by land area. That works out to 11.8 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; Klamath County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $54,630 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Klamath County's population changed since 2020

Klamath County gained 807 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.2%. That ranks 15th 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, Klamath County recorded 3,233 births and 4,308 deaths, a natural change of -1,075. Net international migration added +161 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +2,000. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 2,000 people.

Where Klamath County is

The Census internal point of Klamath County is at 42.683800, -121.646200. 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 Klamath County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Klamath County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Klamath County, 22,174 people together, or 31% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Klamath County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Klamath Falls with 22,174.

Counties bordering Klamath County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Klamath County, including 2 across a state line. 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

  107 mi NW

• Jackson County

  221,331 people

  56 mi WSW

• Deschutes County

  211,535 people

  88 mi NNE

• Douglas County

  112,255 people

  87 mi WNW

• CA

  Siskiyou County, CA

  42,498 people

  88 mi SSW

• CA

  Modoc County, CA

  8,491 people

  89 mi SSE

• Lake County

  8,194 people

  64 mi E

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 170.4 miles NNW of Klamath County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Bend, OR (population 106,926), 96.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Klamath Falls, OR (population 22,174), 32.8 miles away.

Klamath County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Klamath County is 41035: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 035. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $54,630.