Rainier, Oregon

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The 2000 Census showed that Rainier had a population of 1,687 people^<1>. This represents 0.05% of the total population of Oregon, making it the state's 119th 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
116	Willamina	S	74 mi [119.1 km]	1,942	5.31% increase
117	John Day	SE	225 mi [362.1 km]	1,512	16.97% decrease
118	Irrigon	E	166 mi [267.2 km]	1,755	3.11% increase
-119-	Rainier			1,806	7.05% increase
120	Elgin	E	244 mi [392.7 km]	1,652	0.12% decrease
121	Hines	SE	257 mi [413.6 km]	1,406	13.37% decrease
122	North Plains	S	34 mi [54.7 km]	1,897	18.19% increase

Rainier had 733 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Rainier has a total area of 2.63 square miles [6.8 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 1.61 square miles [4.18 km²]1.01 square miles [2.62 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Rainier had a 2000 population density of 1,044 people per square mile [403.4 people/km²], making it the state's 162nd most densely populated area.

Columbia County

The city of Rainier is located in Columbia County.

The county had a population of 43,657 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,687 people, Rainier contained 3.86% of the Columbia County total.

In addition, where the community of Rainier has a population density of 1,044 people per square mile [403.4 people/km²], Columbia County averages 66.5 people per square mile [25.67 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Rainier and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Rainier. 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. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Rainier.

A Census Quickfact is available for Columbia County (QF-41009).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Columbia County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clatsop	QF-41007	W	37,404	5.16% increase
	Washington	QF-41067	S	529,216	17.99% increase
	Multnomah	QF-41051	SE	714,567	7.98% increase
	Clark (WA)	QF-53011	SE	424,733	22.22% increase
	Cowlitz (WA)	QF-53015	NE	101,254	8.88% increase
	Wahkiakum (WA)	QF-53069	NW	4,133	7.71% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Rainier 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 Rainier.

The Commemorative Quarter for Oregon<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning 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) Rainier. 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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