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Curry County, Oregon

A county in Oregon, ranked 27 of 36 by population.

CountyFIPS 41015

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

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Population
22,621
-898 (-3.8%) since 2020
Land area
1,628
square miles. A further 18.1% of the total area is water
Population density
13.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Gold Beach
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Brookings city
Population 6,431.

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 Curry 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 Curry 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 552 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 Curry 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
Population22,62127th of 361,700th of 3,144
Land area1,628 sq mi22nd of 36373rd of 3,144
Population density13.9 per sq mi22nd of 362,428th of 3,144
Median household income$62,24426th of 361,870th of 3,143

Full data for Curry County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,621Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,519Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?23,446Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,628 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area360.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,989 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?13.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,244American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$381,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age57.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,159American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,215American 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
-282
166 births, 448 deaths
Net migration
+87
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 4 areas bordering Curry 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
Josephine CountyOregon88 mi87,867
Coos CountyOregon69 mi63,992
Del Norte CountyCalifornia26 mi26,410
Douglas CountyOregon6.0 mi111,951

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.