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Welcome to Oregon's 2010 Census Website
2010 Census Results
Census Bureau released the apportionment and resident population data on December 21, 2010. The main purpose of the decennial census is to distribute the 435 seats in the House of Representatives among the 50 states based on the population figures. Oregon did not gain any additional seat. However, Washington state did.
 
Please go to our Census & ACS Results page for the 2010 data.
 
 

How did we do in mail participation campaign?
 
Oregon's final 2010 Census mail participation rate: 76%
 
Good news: we did better than national average.
Bad news: our 2010 Census mail participation rate was about one percentage point less than in the 2000 Census.
 
Only 22 other states and D.C. managed to meet or beat the 2000 rates.
 
 
 
THANK YOU Oregonians who mailed back their census forms. 

About Census 2010
The 2010 Census is a count of everyone living in the United States. By law, everyone in the United States, both citizens and noncitizens, must be counted every 10 years. Census data are used to reapportion congressional seats to states and directly affect how more than $400 billion per year in federal funding is distributed to state, local and tribal governments.
 
Primary reason for the decennial census, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution, is apportionment. Apportionment is the process of dividing the 435 memberships, or seats, in the House of Representatives among the 50 states based on the population figures collected during the decennial census.

Additional Resources

U.S. Census 2010

Census in the U.S. Constitution

Census Historical Highlights: 1790-2010