How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 121°W, standard parallels 42.7°N and 45.6°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
How it works
This blank map of Oregon shows all 36 counties of Oregon, from Baker to Yamhill, with Salem, the capital, in Marion County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 36 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Baker and 36 on Yamhill, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Oregon outline map with every county
Harney County, in the high desert of the south-east, is the largest; Multnomah, around Portland, is the smallest. Its neighbors, Washington, Idaho, Nevada and California, are drawn around it without numbers.
The Cascades split the state; have students colour the counties west of the mountains first.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Oregon have?
Thirty-six in the Census Bureau count, from Baker County to Yamhill County in alphabetical order.
What county is Salem in?
Salem stands in Marion County, which is number 24 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Salem beside it.
Which is the smallest county in Oregon?
Multnomah County, around Portland, which has the most people. Harney County, in the high desert, is the largest, bigger than the state of New Jersey.
Which county of Oregon has the most people?
Multnomah County, around Portland, has more people than any other county in Oregon, while the capital, Salem, is in Marion County.