Counties include Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, and Josephine.
It includes the Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area, which consists of the Umpqua and Rogue River drainages.
As of 2015, the population in the four counties is about 471,000, and in the greater, seven-county definition, it is about 564,000.
[1][2] Always included: Total population: 471,013 Sometimes included: Total seven-county population: 564,446 Southern Oregon generally supports candidates of the Republican Party in both state and federal elections, but some liberal outliers such as Ashland and Port Orford mean Democrats are usually able to win larger shares of the vote in this region compared to Eastern Oregon.
Josephine County has not supported a Democrat for president since 1936.