Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Umatilla
- Type
- Council-Manager
- City
- 8.43 sq mi (21.83 km )
- Land
- 8.43 sq mi (21.83 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 482 ft (147 m)
- Density
- 2,296/sq mi (886.5/km )
- Metro
- 92,261
- Demonym
- Hermistonian
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (Pacific)
- Fips code
- 41-33700
- Website
- hermiston.or.us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Hermiston
- Population
- 647
- Area
- 20.219514
- Elevation
- 196
- Official website
- hermiston.or.us
- Image
- Hermiston Butte.jpg
- Households
- 6041
- Dialing code
- 541
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- Commons category
- Hermiston, Oregon
- postal code
- 97838
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 24693
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Hermiston (/ˈhɜːrməstən/) is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Its population of 20,322 makes it the largest city in Eastern Oregon. Hermiston is the largest and fastest-growing city in the Hermiston-Pendleton Micropolitan Statistical Area, the eighth largest Core Based Statistical Area in Oregon with a combined population of 92,261 at the 2020 census. Hermiston sits near the junction of I-82 and I-84, and is 7 miles (11 km) south of the Columbia River, the Washington state line, Lake Wallula, and the McNary Dam. The Hermiston area has become a hub for logistics and data center activity due to the proximity of the I-82 and I-84 interchange, Pacific Northwest fiber-optic backbone, and low power costs.
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