Sherman County, Oregon

Sherman County population, land area and income

Sherman County had 2,002 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 823.6 square miles of land. It ranks 34th of 36 in Oregon by population and 29th by land area. That works out to 2.4 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 Sherman County has 4% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $73,123 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Sherman County's population changed since 2020

Sherman County gained 129 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 6.9%. That ranks 2nd 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, Sherman County recorded 96 births and 100 deaths, a natural change of -4. Net international migration added +1 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +139. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 139 people.

Where Sherman County is

The Census internal point of Sherman County is at 45.399200, -120.678500. 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 Sherman County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Sherman County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Sherman County. Its 2,002 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Sherman County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Sherman County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Wasco County, OR, with 26,507 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Wasco County

  26,507 people

  29 mi SW

• WA

  Klickitat County, WA

  24,124 people

  33 mi N

• Gilliam County

  1,971 people

  20 mi E

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 118.9 miles WSW of Sherman County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Gresham, OR (population 111,507), 85.7 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is The Dalles, OR (population 15,884), 26.8 miles away.

Sherman County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Sherman County is 41055: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 055. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $73,123.