|State of Oregon| |Nickname(s): Beaver State| |Motto(s): Alis
volat propriis (Latin: She flies with her own wings)| |Official
language(s)||De jure: None De facto: English |Largest metro
area||Portland metropolitan area| |Area||Ranked 9th in the U.S.|
|- Total||98,381 sq mi |- Width||400 miles (640 km)| |-
Length||360 miles (580 km)| |- % water||2.4| |- Latitude||42° N
to 46° 18′ N| |- Longitude||116° 28′ W to 124° 38′ W|
|Population||Ranked 27th in the U.S.| |- Total||3,899,353 (2012
est)| |- Density||39.9/sq mi (15.0/km2) Ranked 39th in the U.S.
|- Highest point||Mount Hood 11,249 ft (3,428.8 m) |-
Mean||3,300 ft (1,000 m)| |- Lowest point||Pacific Ocean |Before
statehood||Oregon Territory| |Admission to Union||February 14,
1859 (33rd)| |Governor||John Kitzhaber (D)| |Secretary of
State||Kate Brown (D)| |- Upper house||State Senate| |- Lower
house||House of Representatives| |U.S. Senators||Ron Wyden (D)
Jeff Merkley (D) |U.S. House delegation||4 Democrats, 1
Republican (list)| |- most of state||Pacific: UTC