Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon
City
City of Portland
From top: The city and Mount Hood from Pittock Mansion, 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"; see Nicknames of Portland, Oregon for a complete list.
Interactive maps of Portland
Coordinates: 45°31′12″N 122°40′55″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
Counties	Multnomah Washington Clackamas
Bioregion	Cascadia
Founded	1845
Incorporated	February 8, 1851
Named for	Portland, Maine
Government
• Type	Commission
• Mayor	Ted Wheeler (D)
• Commissioners	Jo Ann Hardesty Mingus Mapps Carmen Rubio Dan Ryan
• Auditor	Mary Hull Caballero
Area
• City	144.98 sq mi (375.50 km2)
• Land	133.42 sq mi (345.57 km2)
• Water	11.56 sq mi (29.93 km2)
• Urban	524.38 sq mi (1,358.1 km2)
Elevation	50 ft (15.2 m)
Highest elevation	1,188 ft (362 m)
Lowest elevation (Columbia River)	0.62 ft (0.19 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	652,503
• Rank	25th in the United States 1st in Oregon
• Density	4,890.59/sq mi (1,888.19/km2)
• Metro	2,512,859 (25th)
Demonym(s)	Portlander
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Codes	97086–97299
Area codes	503 and 971
FIPS code	41-59000
GNIS feature ID	1136645
Website	www.portland.gov

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the county seat of Multnomah County. About 538,544 people live in the city of Portland, and about 1,927,881 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" (from the fact that Portland was built over a forest), and "Puddletown" (from the fact that 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.