Morrow County, Oregon

Morrow County population, land area and income

Morrow County had 12,360 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,030.5 square miles of land. It ranks 29th of 36 in Oregon by population and 17th by land area. That works out to 6.1 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 Morrow County has 27% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $80,508 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Morrow County's population changed since 2020

Morrow County gained 140 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.1%. That ranks 16th 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, Morrow County recorded 617 births and 535 deaths, a natural change of +82. Net international migration added +203 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -115. The largest single component was international migration, which added 203 people.

Where Morrow County is

The Census internal point of Morrow County is at 45.425500, -119.602300. 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 Morrow County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Morrow County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Morrow County, 7,478 people together, or 61% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Morrow County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Boardman with 4,345.

Counties bordering Morrow County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Morrow County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Benton County, WA, with 218,190 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• WA

  Benton County, WA

  218,190 people

  56 mi N

• Umatilla County

  80,491 people

  44 mi ENE

• WA

  Klickitat County, WA

  24,124 people

  65 mi WNW

• Grant County

  7,093 people

  70 mi SSE

• Gilliam County

  1,971 people

  33 mi W

• Wheeler County

  1,456 people

  52 mi SSW

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 170.3 miles W of Morrow County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Bend, OR (population 106,926), 126.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Hermiston, OR (population 19,746), 32.1 miles away.

Morrow County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Morrow County is 41049: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 049. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $80,508.