Oregon

Oregon
Oregon
	State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Oregon Territory
Admittit tae the Union	Februar 14, 1859 (33rd)
Lairgest ceety	Portland
Lairgest metro	Portland metropolitan aurie
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Kate Brown (D)
• Secretar o State	Dennis Richardson (R)
Legislatur	Legislative Assembly
• Upper hoose	State Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
U.S. senators	Ron Wyden (D); Jeff Merkley (D)
U.S. Hoose delegation	4 Democrats, 1 Republican (leet)
Population
• Total	4,093,465 (2,016 est.)
• Density	15.0/km2 (39.9/sq mi)
• Median hooseaud income	$60834
• Income rank	17th
Leid
• Offeecial leid	De jure: none; De facto: Inglis
Trad. abbreviation	Ore.
Latitude	42° N to 46° 18′ N
Longitude	116° 28′ W to 124° 38′ W

Oregon is a state in the Paceefic Northwast region o the Unitit States. The aerie wis inhabited by mony indigenous tribes afore the arrival o traders, splorers an settlers. The Oregon Territory wis created in 1848 efter American settlement began in earnest in the 1840s. Oregon became a state (33rd) on February 14, 1859. Oregon is locatit on the Paceefic coast atween Washington til the noorth, California til the sooth, Nevada on the sooth-east an Idaho til the east. The Columbia an Snake rivers delineate hantle o Oregon's noorthren and eastlin mairchs respectively. Salem is the state's thrid maist populous ceety an the state caipital, wi Portland the maist populous. Portland is currently the 30t mucklemaist U.S. ceety wi a population o 575,930 (2008 estimate) an a metro population o 2,175,133 (2007 estimate), 23rd maist muckle U.S. metro aerie.