Portland, Oregon

**Portland** is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the county seat of Multnomah County. As of 2020, about 652,503 people live in the city of Portland, and about 2.5 million 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" (because Portland was built over a forest), and "Puddletown" (because 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.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Portland
- **settlement type**: City
- **nickname**: "Rose City"; "Stumptown"; "PDX"
- **image flag**: Flag of Portland, Oregon.svg
- **image seal**: Seal of Portland, Oregon.svg
- **map caption**: Interactive map outlining Portland
- **pushpin map**: Oregon#USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Oregon##Location in the United States
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Oregon, Counties
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision name1**: Oregon
- **subdivision name2**: Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah
Washington County, Oregon, Washington
Clackamas County, Oregon, Clackamas
- **government type**: Mayor–council government
- **leader title**: Mayor of Portland, Oregon, Mayor
- **leader name**: Keith Wilson (mayor), Keith Wilson
- **leader title2**: Portland City Auditor, Auditor
- **leader name2**: Simone Rede
- **established title**: Municipal corporation, Founded
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **named for**: Portland, Maine
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 375.55
- **area land km2**: 345.73
- **area water km2**: 29.82
- **area total sq mi**: 145.00
- **area land sq mi**: 133.49
- **area urban sq mi**: 519.30
- **area water sq mi**: 11.51
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 652503
- **population density sq mi**: 4888.10
- **population density km2**: 1887.30
- **population metro**: 2511612 (Metropolitan statistical area, US: 25th)
- **population urban**: 2,104,238 (List of United States urban areas, US: 23rd)
- **population density urban km2**: 1,564.5
- **population density urban sq mi**: 4,052.1
- **population demonym**: Portlander
- **demographics type2**: GDP
- **demographics2 title1**: Portland (MSA)
- **demographics2 info1**: $204.3 billion (2022)
- **timezone**: Pacific Standard Time Zone, PST
- **utc offset**: −08:00
- **timezone dst**: Pacific Daylight Time, PDT
- **utc offset dst**: −07:00
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area codes
- **area code**: Area codes 503 and 971, 503 and 971
- **elevation ft**: 161
- **elevation max ft**: 1188
- **elevation min ft**: 0.62
- **elevation min point**: Columbia River
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 41-59000
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 2411471
- **motto**: "The City that Works"