About Eugene

Eugene ( yoo-JEEN) is a major city in the U.S. state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest. It is at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2020 United States Census, Eugene had a population of 176,654 and covers city area of 44.21 sq mi (114.50 sq km), it is the county seat of Lane County and the state's second most populous city after Portland. The Eugene-Springfield, Oregon metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is the 146th largest metropolitan statistical area in the US and the third-largest in the state, behind the Portland Metropolitan Area and the Salem Metropolitan Area. Eugene's population in 2022 is estimated to be 179,887. Eugene is home to the University of Oregon, Bushnell University, and Lane Community College.