Southern Oregon is a region of the
U.S. state of
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...
south of
Lane County and generally west of the
Cascade Range, excluding the southern
Oregon Coast. Counties include
Douglas,
Jackson,
Klamath Klamath may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Klamath people, a Native American people of California and Oregon
**Klamath Tribes, a federally recognized group of tribes in Oregon
* Klamath language, spoken by the Klamath people
Places in the United States ...
, and
Josephine. It includes the
Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area, which consists of the
Umpqua and
Rogue River drainages. As of 2015, the population in the four counties is about 471,000, and in the greater, seven-county definition, it is about 564,000.
Counties
Always included:
* Jackson County: population 212,567[
* ]Josephine County
Josephine County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 88,090. The county seat is Grants Pass. The county is probably named after a stream in the area called Josephine Creek, which in ...
: population 84,745[
* Klamath County: population 66,016][
Total population: 471,013
Sometimes included:
* Coos County: population 63,121][
* Curry County: population 22,483][
* Lake County: population 7,829][
Total seven-county population: 564,446
]
Cities
Politics
Southern Oregon generally supports candidates of the Republican Party in both state and federal elections; other than Jackson County, which is considered a swing county largely due to Ashland, no Democrat has won any county of Southern Oregon in presidential elections since 1996 using the seven-county definition, or since 1964 using the four-county definition. Josephine County has not supported a Democrat for president since 1936.
See also
* Southern Oregon Land Conservancy
* Southeastern Oregon
References
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Regions of Oregon