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Deschutes County
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county in Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- Founded
- December 13, 1916
- Named after
- Deschutes River
- Seat
- Bend
- Largest city
- Bend
- Total
- 3,055 sq mi (7,910 km )
- Land
- 3,018 sq mi (7,820 km )
- Water
- 37 sq mi (96 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 213,072
- Density
- 65/sq mi (25/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 5th
- Website
- www .deschutes .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Deschutes River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oregon
- Contains
- Bend
- Capital
- Bend
- Population
- 198253
- Area
- 7912
- Shares border with
- Lane County
- Official website
- www.deschutes.org
- Image
- Old Post Office - Bend Oregon.jpg
- Households
- 77040
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- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Deschutes County
- Commons category
- Deschutes County, Oregon
- topic's main category
- Category:Deschutes County, Oregon
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Deschutes County, Oregon
- inception
- 1916-00-00
- social media followers
- 5358
- topic has template
- Template:Deschutes County, Oregon
- per capita income
- 37615
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Encyclopedic overview
Deschutes County (/dəˈʃuːts/ də-SHOOTS) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 198,253. The county seat is Bend. The county was created in 1916 out of part of Crook County and was named for the Deschutes River, which itself was named by French-Canadian trappers of the early 19th century. It is the political and economic hub of Central Oregon. Deschutes comprises the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area and media market. Deschutes is Oregon's fastest-growing and most recently formed county.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deschutes County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.