Portland, Oregon

Portland
City
Downtown Portland with Mount Hood in the background and Vista Bridge in the foreground St. Johns Bridge Oregon Convention Center Union Station and U.S. Bancorp Tower Pioneer Courthouse Square Tilikum Crossing
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  "Rose City"; "Stumptown"; "PDX"
Motto:  "The City that Works" [1]
Interactive map outlining Portland
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Coordinates: 45°31′12″N 122°40′55″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
Counties	Multnomah Washington Clackamas
Founded	1845; 180 years ago (1845)
Incorporated	February 8, 1851; 173 years ago (1851-02-08)
Named for	Portland, Maine[2]
Government
• Type	Commission
• Mayor	Ted Wheeler[3] (D)
• Commissioners	Mingus Mapps Carmen Rubio Dan Ryan Rene Gonzalez
• Auditor	Simone Rede[4]
Area [5]
• City	145.00 sq mi (375.55 km^2)
• Land	133.49 sq mi (345.73 km^2)
• Water	11.51 sq mi (29.82 km^2)
• Urban	519.30 sq mi (1,345.0 km^2)
Elevation [6]	161 ft (49 m)
Highest elevation [7]	1,188 ft (362 m)
Lowest elevation [8] (Columbia River)	0.62 ft (0.19 m)
Population  (2020)[9]
• City	652,503
• Rank	26th in the United States 1st in Oregon
• Density	4,888.10/sq mi (1,887.30/km^2)
• Urban	2,104,238 (US: 23rd)
• Urban density	4,052.1/sq mi (1,564.5/km^2)
• Metro [10]	2,511,612 (US: 25th)
Demonym	Portlander
GDP [11]
• Portland (MSA)	$204.3 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Codes	List 97086, 97201-97225, 97227-97233, 97236, 97238-97240, 97242, 97250-97254, 97256, 97266-97269, 97280-97283, 97286, 97290-97294, 97296, 97298, 97214
Area codes	503 and 971
FIPS code	41-59000
GNIS feature ID	2411471[6]
Website	www.portland.gov

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the county seat of Multnomah County. As of 2020, about 652,503 people live in the city of Portland, and about 2.5 million people live in the city's metropolitan area. It is in the northern Oregon, where the Willamette River meets the Columbia River. Portland has the second most people of any city in the Northwest United States, after the city of Seattle.

Portland has many nicknames. One of these is "The City of Roses," because roses grow well there. Some other nicknames of Portland are "Stumptown" (because Portland was built over a forest), and "Puddletown" (because it often rains in Portland).

Many things are from Portland. Some of these things are Powell's Books, Beverly Cleary (and some of her most popular fictional characters, Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, which also have statues in the city's Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children), and the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team.

References

1. "Portland's City Slogan Wasn't Always "The City That Works"". Willamette Week. 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
2. "Portland: The Town that was Almost Boston". National Association of Scientific Materials Managers. Archived from the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
3. "City Home". City of Portland, Oregon. 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
4. "Auditor Simone Rede". City of Portland, Oregon. 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
5. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portland, Oregon
7. The highest elevation is at 9936 NW Wind Ridge Dr., 45.55873°N 122.77854°W / 45.55873; -122.77854 (Portland highest elevation). "City of Portland Urban Services Area". Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
8. The lowest elevation historically occurred at low water on January 17, 1937, at the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers 45.65096°N 122.76289°W / 45.65096; -122.76289 (Portland lowest elevation). "Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: Portland: Columbia River at Vancouver". Water.weather.gov. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
9. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
10. "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
11. "Total Gross Domestic Product for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.