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Linn County, Oregon

A county in Oregon, ranked 8 of 36 by population.

CountyFIPS 41043

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

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Population
132,843
+3,893 (+3.0%) since 2020
Land area
2,290
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
58.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Albany
Seat of county government.
Established
1847
178 years ago
Largest city
Albany city
Population 47,669 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Linn 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 Linn 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 800 by 491 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 Linn 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
Population132,8438th of 36500th of 3,144
Land area2,290 sq mi15th of 36244th of 3,144
Population density58.0 per sq mi12th of 361,337th of 3,144
Median household income$76,32912th of 36758th of 3,143

Full data for Linn County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population132,843Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020128,950Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?128,607Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,290 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area19.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,309 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?58.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$76,329American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$376,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households50,729American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units53,315American 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
-43
1,445 births, 1,488 deaths
Net migration
+296
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 6 areas bordering Linn 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
Lane CountyOregon91 mi381,584
Marion CountyOregon88 mi355,777
Benton CountyOregon50 mi97,728
Jefferson CountyOregon24 mi25,740
Deschutes CountyOregon12 mi213,072
Polk CountyOregon2.7 mi90,037

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.