Portland

Portland, Oregon, with Mount Hood beyond

Portland, city, seat (1854) of Multnomah county, northwestern Oregon, U.S. The state’s largest city, it lies just south of Vancouver, Washington, on the Willamette River near its confluence with the Columbia River, about 100 miles (160 km) by river from the Pacific Ocean. Portland is the focus of a large surrounding urban area that, in addition to Vancouver, includes such Oregon cities as Beaverton and Gresham. Inc. 1851. Pop. (2010) 583,776; Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro Metro Area, 2,226,009; (2020) 652,503; Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro Metro Area, 2,512,859.