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Coos County
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county in Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- Founded
- December 22, 1853
- Named after
- Coos people
- Seat
- Coquille
- Largest city
- Coos Bay
- Total
- 1,806 sq mi (4,680 km )
- Land
- 1,596 sq mi (4,130 km )
- Water
- 210 sq mi (540 km ) 12%
- Estimate 2025
- 63,992
- Density
- 40.68/sq mi (15.71/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .co .coos .or .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Coos people
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oregon
- Contains
- Coquille
- Capital
- Coquille
- Population
- 64929
- Area
- 4678
- Shares border with
- Curry County
- Official website
- www.co.coos.or.us
- Image
- Coos Bay National Bank Bldg - Coos Bay Oregon.jpg
- Households
- 27819
Show 9 more facts
- water as percent of area
- 12
- native label
- Coos County
- Commons category
- Coos County, Oregon
- topic's main category
- Category:Coos County, Oregon
- topic has template
- Template:Coos County, Oregon
- inception
- 1853-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Coos County, Oregon
- different from
- Coosa County
- per capita income
- 30720
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Encyclopedic overview
Coos County (/kuːs/ KOOSS) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,929. The county seat is Coquille. The county was formed from the western parts of Umpqua and Jackson counties. It is named after a tribe of Native Americans who live in the region. Coos County comprises the Coos Bay, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coos County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.