Is Portland growing?

How much Portland, OR has grown or shrunk since 2015, how that compares with the county, the state and the United States, and how the community's age is changing.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Portland looks different than it did in 2015.

Population change since 2015: +5.0% — 612,206 residents in 2015 → 642,715 in 2023

Portland population, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 612206
• 2023: 642715

Growth since 2015

• Portland: 5
• Multnomah County: 4.6
• OR: 7.6
• U.S.: 5

Median age: 38.6 — U.S. median: 38.7

What it means

Portland is growing at roughly the national pace since 2015.

These are estimates, not a head count. ACS 5-year figures average responses collected over five years, so they show direction and scale rather than a single day's population.