Coos County, Oregon

A county in Oregon, ranked 16 of 36 by population.

CountyFIPS 41011

Within Oregon
Coos County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Coquille, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
63,992
-990 (-1.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,596
square miles. A further 11.6% of the total area is water
Population density
40.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Coquille
Seat of county government.
Established
1853
172 years ago
Largest city
Coos Bay city
Population 15,686.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Coos County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Coos County, Oregon from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 515 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Coos County ranks

Position among the 36 counties of Oregon, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn OregonNationally
Population63,99216th of 36854th of 3,144
Land area1,596 sq mi23rd of 36378th of 3,144
Population density40.1 per sq mi17th of 361,673rd of 3,144
Median household income$62,14327th of 361,886th of 3,143

Full data for Coos County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population63,992Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202064,982Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?64,926Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,596 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area210.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,806 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?40.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,143American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$337,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households28,731American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units31,905American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-593
523 births, 1,116 deaths
Net migration
+344
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 2 areas bordering Coos County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Douglas CountyOregon93 mi111,951
Curry CountyOregon69 mi22,621

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 36 counties of Oregon

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.