Eugene 2nd Largest City in Oregon

According to new estimates released by Portland State University, as of July 1st, 2007 Eugene took back the title of being Oregon's second largest city. Last year Eugene's population according to the population study conducted by PSU located in Excel format here, Salem held a population of 149,305 people which was slightly higher than Eugene's 148,595. But the new preliminary results for the populations of the two cities now show that Eugene has grown to 153,690 while Salem slugged behind with 151,895. The new 2007 results can be viewed here and are provided by PSU.


Oregon's population continues to grow, with the most growth being seen in central Oregon. From the perspective of living in Eugene, I can see within the past year that Eugene is starting to feel the growth. I can tell that traffic is getting worse, and new buildings and businesses are growing all over town. It's exciting to watch the city grow, but I would like for proper planning. A couple of issues I would like the city to solve with urgency is to come up with a solution to all the traffic jams in West Eugene, and to fill the pits in downtown with something more useful. So 20-134 didn't pass like the mayor wanted to, but now is the time to move on and figure out more reasonable financing options for downtown re-development.

As always, the local politics are exciting and amusing, I can't wait to see how this city turns out in ten years from now.