Medford, Oregon

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The 2000 Census showed that Medford had a population of 63,154 people^<1>. This represents 1.84% of the total population of Oregon, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
4	Gresham	N	219 mi [352.4 km]	101,221	12.21% increase
5	Beaverton	N	216 mi [347.6 km]	91,757	20.53% increase
6	Hillsboro	N	220 mi [354.1 km]	93,638	33.41% increase
-7-	Medford			73,212	15.93% increase
8	Springfield	N	118 mi [189.9 km]	57,224	8.25% increase
9	Bend	NE	141 mi [226.9 km]	77,181	48.34% increase
10	Corvallis	N	155 mi [249.4 km]	51,110	3.63% increase

Medford had 26,297 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Medford has an area^<4> of 21.7 square miles [56.2 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Medford had a 2000 population density of 2,910 people per square mile [1,123 people/km²], making it the state's 45th most densely populated area.

Jackson County

The city of Medford is located in Jackson County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 181,788 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 63,154 people, Medford contained 34.74% of the Jackson County total.

In addition, where the community of Medford has a population density of 2,910 people per square mile [1,123 people/km²], Jackson County averages 65.3 people per square mile [25.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Jackson County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Medford and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Medford. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Medford. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Medford, it also contains a comparison between Medford and the state of Oregon.

Click here for the Medford QuickFact (QF-4147000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Jackson County (QF-41029).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Jackson County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Josephine	QF-41033	W	81,618	7.62% increase
	Klamath	QF-41035	E	66,425	3.98% increase
	Douglas	QF-41019	NW	104,059	3.62% increase
	Siskiyou (CA)	QF-06093	S	44,542	0.7% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Medford:

Medford is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Medford.

The Commemorative Quarter for Oregon<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Medford. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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