Lake County, Oregon

Lake County population, land area and income

Lake County had 8,194 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 8,138.6 square miles of land. It ranks 30th of 36 in Oregon by population and 3rd by land area. That works out to 1.0 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 Lake County has 18% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $56,518 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Lake County's population changed since 2020

Lake County gained 20 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.2%. That ranks 20th 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, Lake County recorded 333 births and 588 deaths, a natural change of -255. Net international migration added +109 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +176. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 255 people.

Where Lake County is

The Census internal point of Lake County is at 42.788400, -120.389800. 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 Lake County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Lake County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Lake County, 2,418 people together, or 30% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Lake County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Lakeview with 2,418.

Counties bordering Lake County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Lake 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

  147 mi SSE

• Deschutes County

  211,535 people

  88 mi NNW

• Klamath County

  70,438 people

  64 mi W

• CA

  Modoc County, CA

  8,491 people

  84 mi SSW

• Harney County

  7,402 people

  73 mi ENE

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 198.4 miles NW of Lake County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Bend, OR (population 106,926), 99.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Klamath Falls, OR (population 22,174), 81.0 miles away.

Lake County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Lake County is 41037: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 037. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $56,518.