Wallowa County, Oregon

Wallowa County population, land area and income

Wallowa County had 7,522 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,145.9 square miles of land. It ranks 31st of 36 in Oregon by population and 9th 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 Wallowa County has 16% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $61,173 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Wallowa County's population changed since 2020

Wallowa County gained 122 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.6%. That ranks 13th 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, Wallowa County recorded 247 births and 494 deaths, a natural change of -247. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +379. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 379 people.

Where Wallowa County is

The Census internal point of Wallowa County is at 45.593800, -117.185600. 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 Wallowa County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Wallowa County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Wallowa County, 3,258 people together, or 43% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Wallowa County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Enterprise with 2,083.

Counties bordering Wallowa County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 9 neighbors for Wallowa County, including 6 across a state line. The most populous is Umatilla County, OR, with 80,491 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Umatilla County

  80,491 people

  75 mi W

• ID

  Nez Perce County, ID

  42,847 people

  55 mi NNE

• Union County

  26,058 people

  44 mi WSW

• WA

  Asotin County, WA

  22,523 people

  41 mi N

• ID

  Idaho County, ID

  17,912 people

  85 mi ENE

• Baker County

  16,750 people

  66 mi SSW

• ID

  Adams County, ID

  4,998 people

  61 mi SE

• WA

  Columbia County, WA

  4,025 people

  60 mi NW

• WA

  Garfield County, WA

  2,404 people

  60 mi NNW

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 287.7 miles W of Wallowa County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Nampa, ID (population 117,350), 142.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is La Grande, OR (population 13,058), 47.5 miles away.

Wallowa County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Wallowa County is 41063: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 063. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $61,173.