Southern Oregon is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon south of Lane County and generally west of the Cascade Range, excluding the southern Oregon Coast. Counties include Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, and Josephine. It includes the Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area, which consists of the Umpqua and Rogue River drainages. As of 2015, the population in the four counties is about 471,000, and in the greater, seven-county definition, it is about 564,000.
Counties Always included: Jackson County: population 212,567 Douglas County: population 107,685 Josephine County: population 84,745 Klamath County: population 66,016 Total population: 471,013
Sometimes included: Coos County: population 63,121 Curry County: population 22,483 Lake County: population 7,829 Total seven-county population: 564,446
Cities City County Population (2015) Medford Jackson 79,805 Grants Pass Josephine 37,088 Roseburg Douglas 22,114 Klamath Falls Klamath 21,399 Ashland Jackson 20,861 Central Point Jackson 17,995 Coos Bay Coos 16,182 North Bend Coos 9,673 Eagle Point Jackson 8,902 Sutherlin Douglas 7,912 Brookings Curry 6,476 Talent Jackson 6,411 Winston Douglas 5,393 Phoenix Jackson 4,553 Reedsport Douglas 4,107 Coquille Coos 3,858 Myrtle Creek Douglas 3,459 Bandon Coos 3,115 Shady Cove Jackson 3,022 Jacksonville Jackson 2,883 Myrtle Point Coos 2,514 Lakeview Lake 2,296 Gold Beach Curry 2,279 Rogue River Jackson 2,227 Cave Junction Josephine 1,932 Canyonville Douglas 1,911 Lakeside Coos 1,737 Gold Hill Jackson 1,266 Riddle Douglas 1,191 Drain Douglas 1,157 Port Orford Curry 1,146 Yoncalla Douglas 1,053 Oakland Douglas 936 Glendale Douglas 881 Merrill Klamath 825 Malin Klamath 804 Chiloquin Klamath 721 Powers Coos 670 Butte Falls Jackson 433 Bonanza Klamath 411 Paisley Lake 240 Elkton Douglas 199
Politics
Southern Oregon generally supports candidates of the Republican Party in both state and federal elections, but some liberal outliers such as Ashland and Port Orford mean Democrats are usually able to win larger shares of the vote in this region compared to Eastern Oregon. Other than Jackson County, which is considered a swing county, no Democrat has won any county of Southern Oregon in presidential elections since 1996 using the seven-county definition, or since 1964 using the four-county definition. Josephine County has not supported a Democrat for president since 1936.
See also
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Southeastern Oregon
References