Editing Grants Pass, Oregon

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|name                     = Grants Pass, Oregon
|official_name            = City of Grants Pass, Oregon
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = Live Rogue; It's the Climate<!--http://www.grantspasschamber.org/-->
|image_skyline            = Grants Pass, Its the Climate.jpg
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|image_map                = Josephine_County_Oregon_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Grants_Pass_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Josephine County, Oregon|Josephine County]] and the state of [[Oregon]]
| pushpin_map              = Oregon#USA
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in Oregon##Location in the United States
| pushpin_relief           = yes
| pushpin_label            = Grants Pass
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Oregon]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Oregon|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Josephine County, Oregon|Josephine]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Clint Scherf<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.grantspassoregon.gov/directory.aspx?eid=296 | title=Staff Directory • Grants Pass, OR • CivicEngage | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=January 23, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123113205/https://www.grantspassoregon.gov/directory.aspx?eid=296 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|leader_title1        = [[City Manager]]
|leader_name1             = Aaron Cubic<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.grantspassoregon.gov/directory.aspx?eid=154 | title=Staff Directory • Grants Pass, OR • CivicEngage | access-date=January 25, 2021 | archive-date=January 19, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119000027/https://www.grantspassoregon.gov/directory.aspx?EID=154 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1887
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
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|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 30.25
|area_land_km2            = 29.83
|area_water_km2           = 0.42
|area_total_sq_mi         = 11.68
|area_land_sq_mi          = 11.52
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.16
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|pop_est_footnotes        = 
|population_total         = 39194
|population_urban         = 
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 1313.58
|population_density_sq_mi = 3402.12
| demographics_type2 = [[GDP]]
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Total Gross Domestic Product for Grants Pass, OR (MSA)|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP24420|website=fred.stlouisfed.org}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Metro
| demographics2_info1 = $3.877 billion (2023)
|timezone                 = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset = &minus;8
|timezone_DST             = Pacific
| utc_offset_DST = &minus;7
|coordinates              = {{coord|42|26|20|N|123|19|42|W|type:city_region:US-OR|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_ft             = 960
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code              = 97526, 97527, 97528, 97543
|area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area codes]]
|area_code                = [[Area codes 541 and 458|541 and 458]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 41-30550<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1142947<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25|archive-date=February 2, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010202034200/http://geonames.usgs.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.grantspassoregon.gov}}
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Grants Pass''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Josephine County, Oregon]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> The city is located on [[Interstate 5 in Oregon|Interstate 5]], northwest of [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]], along the [[Rogue River (Oregon)|Rogue River]]. The population is 39,194 according to the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], making it the [[List of cities in Oregon|15th most populous city in Oregon]].<ref name=quif>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/grantspasscityoregon |title=QuickFacts Grants Pass city, Oregon |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 27, 2023}}</ref>

==History==
Early [[Hudson's Bay Company]] hunters and trappers, following the [[Siskiyou Trail]], passed through the site beginning in the 1820s. In the late 1840s, settlers (mostly American) following the [[Applegate Trail]] began traveling through the area on their way to the [[Willamette Valley]]. The city states<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=704 |title=City of Grants Pass : Our History |access-date=2010-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721041403/http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=704 |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref> that the name was selected to honor General [[Ulysses S. Grant]]'s success at [[Vicksburg Campaign|Vicksburg]]. The Grants Pass post office was established on March 22, 1865.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitgrantspass.org/Index.aspx?page=320 |title=City of Grants Pass : The Late 1800s |access-date=2015-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202111521/http://www.visitgrantspass.org/Index.aspx?page=320 |archive-date=2015-02-02 }}</ref> The city of Grants Pass was incorporated in 1887.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=392 |title=City of Grants Pass : Population and Area Statistics |access-date=2013-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125082013/http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=392 |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

The [[Oregon–Utah Sugar Company]], financed by [[Charles W. Nibley]], was created, leading to a [[sugar beet]] factory being built in Grants Pass in 1916.<ref name="arrington" /> Before the factory opened, Oregon-Utah Sugar was merged into the [[Utah-Idaho Sugar Company]].<ref name="arrington">{{cite book|last=Arrington|first=Leonard J.|title=Beet sugar in the West; a history of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1891-1966|publisher=[[University of Washington Press]]|year=1966|oclc=234150|page=84}}</ref> Due to labor shortages and low acreage planted in sugar beets, the processing machinery was moved to [[Toppenish, Washington]], in 1918 or 1919.<ref name="arrington" />

Grants Pass was believed by some to be a [[sundown town]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2022/10/04/oregon-remembrance-project-works-on-restorative-justice-in-grants-pass-and-oregon-city/ |title=Oregon Remembrance Project works on restorative justice in Grants Pass and Oregon City |first=Sage |last=Van Wing |date=October 4, 2022 |publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting |access-date=2024-04-22 |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422220840/https://www.opb.org/article/2022/10/04/oregon-remembrance-project-works-on-restorative-justice-in-grants-pass-and-oregon-city/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Guy |last=Maynard |date=April 11, 2016 |title=Just People Like Us |url=https://oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/root-spring-2016/just-people-like-us/ |magazine=Oregon Humanities |access-date=2020-06-28 |language=en |archive-date=June 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628203730/https://oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/root-spring-2016/just-people-like-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Loewen | first=J. | title=Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism | publisher=New Press | year=2005 | isbn=978-1-59558-674-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FPxJ_aG_B-8C&pg=PA410 | access-date=2022-09-15 | page=410}}</ref>
The [[Ku Klux Klan]] was active from the 1920s to 1960s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-white-history-racist-foundations-black-exclusion-laws/ |title=A racist history shows why Oregon is still so white |first=Tiffany |last=Camhi |date=June 9, 2020 |publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting |access-date=2024-04-22 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609173746/https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-white-history-racist-foundations-black-exclusion-laws/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Geography==
Grants Pass is located in the [[Rogue Valley]]; the [[Rogue River (Oregon)|Rogue River]] runs through the city. [[U.S. Route 199]] passes through the city, and joins [[Interstate 5]]. The city has a total area of {{convert|11.03|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|10.87|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.16|sqmi}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

===Climate===
[[File:"It's the Climate" sign in Grants Pass, Oregon.jpg|thumb|right|Welcome sign in Grants Pass]]
Grants Pass has a [[Hot-summer mediterranean climate|hot-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Csa''), and is in USDA plant [[hardiness zone]] 8b.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Home |url=https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/ |accessdate=2022-09-02 |publisher=Planthardiness.ars.usda.gov |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704214427/https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/phzmweb/interactivemap.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

Summer days are sunny, dry and hot, with dramatic cooling at night; the average August high temperature is {{convert|90.6|F}} and the low is {{convert|54.9|F}}. Winters are cool and fairly rainy, with only occasional snow; the average January high temperature is {{convert|47.6|F}} and the low is {{convert|35.3|F}}. Grants Pass receives roughly {{convert|31|in}} precipitation per year, with three-quarters of it occurring between November 1 and March 31. The mild winters and dry summers support a native vegetation structure quite different from the rest of Oregon, dominated by [[Arbutus|madrone]], deciduous and [[Live oak|evergreen oak]], [[manzanita]], pine, [[Chrysolepis|bush chinquapin]], and other species that are far less abundant further north.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N42W123+2200+353445C |title=GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON USA Weather History and Climate Data |publisher=Worldclimate.com |date= |accessdate=2022-05-08 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091246/http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N42W123+2200+353445C |url-status=live }}</ref>

The record high temperature of {{convert|115|F}} was on July 4, 2022. The record low temperature of {{convert|-3|F}} was on December 21, 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/97526 |title=Ashburn, VA Monthly Weather Forecast |publisher=weather.com |date= |accessdate=2022-05-08 |archive-date=May 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521073402/http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/97526 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=642 |title=City of Grants Pass : Weather |access-date=2013-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506195843/http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=642 |archive-date=2012-05-06 }}</ref> There are an average of 51.3 afternoons annually with highs of {{convert|90|F}} or higher, eight afternoons reaching at least {{convert|100|F}}, and 77.5 mornings annually with lows of {{convert|29|F}} or lower.

Measurable precipitation falls on an average of 110 days annually. The wettest [[:wikt:rain year|rain year]] on record was from July 1955 to June 1956 with {{convert|50.69|in}} of precipitation, and the driest from July 1923 to June 1924 with {{convert|13.43|in}}. The most precipitation in one month was {{convert|20.63|in}} in December 1996, and the most precipitation in one day was {{convert|5.27|in}} on October 29, 1950{{spaced ndash}}part of a two-day fall of {{convert|9.38|in}} and ending a five-day fall of {{convert|11.26|in}}. There is an average of only {{convert|4.6|in|m}} of snow annually. The most snowfall in one month was {{convert|34.1|in|m}} in February 1917.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?or3445 |title=GRANTS PASS, OREGON - Climate Summary |publisher=Wrcc.dri.edu |date= |accessdate=2022-05-08 |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527093658/http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?or3445 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Weather box
|location = Grants Pass, Oregon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present)
|single line = Y
|collapsed   = Y
|Jan record high F = 71
|Feb record high F = 76
|Mar record high F = 86 
|Apr record high F = 98
|May record high F = 102
|Jun record high F = 113
|Jul record high F = 114
|Aug record high F = 111
|Sep record high F = 108
|Oct record high F = 99
|Nov record high F = 77
|Dec record high F = 75
|year record high F= 114

|Jan avg record high F = 59.0
|Feb avg record high F = 65.1
|Mar avg record high F = 74.3
|Apr avg record high F = 83.5
|May avg record high F = 93.0
|Jun avg record high F = 97.5
|Jul avg record high F = 102.8
|Aug avg record high F = 103.1
|Sep avg record high F = 97.9
|Oct avg record high F = 85.1
|Nov avg record high F = 68.0
|Dec avg record high F = 59.1
|year avg record high F = 105.3

|Jan high F = 47.6
|Feb high F = 53.9
|Mar high F = 59.6
|Apr high F = 65.4
|May high F = 74.1
|Jun high F = 81.2
|Jul high F = 90.5
|Aug high F = 90.6
|Sep high F = 83.8
|Oct high F = 69.8
|Nov high F = 53.8
|Dec high F = 45.7
|year high F = 68.0
|Jan mean F = 41.5
|Feb mean F = 44.8
|Mar mean F = 48.2
|Apr mean F = 52.6
|May mean F = 59.9
|Jun mean F = 65.9
|Jul mean F = 73.4
|Aug mean F = 72.7
|Sep mean F = 66.1
|Oct mean F = 55.5
|Nov mean F = 46.1
|Dec mean F = 40.4
|year mean F = 
|Jan low F = 35.3
|Feb low F = 35.6
|Mar low F = 36.9
|Apr low F = 39.8
|May low F = 45.7
|Jun low F = 50.5
|Jul low F = 56.3
|Aug low F = 54.9
|Sep low F = 48.3
|Oct low F = 41.1
|Nov low F = 38.5
|Dec low F = 35.1
|year low F = 43.2

|Jan avg record low F = 24.1
|Feb avg record low F = 24.9
|Mar avg record low F = 27.4
|Apr avg record low F = 30.2
|May avg record low F = 34.5
|Jun avg record low F = 40.6
|Jul avg record low F = 47.2
|Aug avg record low F = 45.7
|Sep avg record low F = 38.3
|Oct avg record low F = 30.2
|Nov avg record low F = 26.2
|Dec avg record low F = 23.9
|year avg record low F = 19.5

|Jan record low F = 1
|Feb record low F = 5
|Mar record low F = 15 
|Apr record low F = 20
|May record low F = 24
|Jun record low F = 30
|Jul record low F = 35
|Aug record low F = 30
|Sep record low F = 24
|Oct record low F = 20
|Nov record low F = 12 
|Dec record low F = −1
|year record low F= −1
|Jan precipitation inch = 5.08
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.97
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.65 
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.31 
|May precipitation inch = 1.39 
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.68
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.37
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.26 
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.56
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.07
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.42
|Dec precipitation inch = 6.55
|year precipitation inch= 31.31
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan snow inch = 0.6
|Feb snow inch = 0.1
|Mar snow inch = 0.1
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.0
|Dec snow inch = 0.1
|year snow inch= 0.9
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 17.1
|Feb precipitation days = 14.3
|Mar precipitation days = 15.5
|Apr precipitation days = 13.4
|May precipitation days = 8.6
|Jun precipitation days = 4.5
|Jul precipitation days = 1.9
|Aug precipitation days = 1.6
|Sep precipitation days = 3.3
|Oct precipitation days = 8.0 
|Nov precipitation days = 15.8
|Dec precipitation days = 16.8
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.5
|Feb snow days = 0.4
|Mar snow days = 0.2
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.2
|source 1 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=mfr |title = NOWData &ndash; NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date = 2023-05-10 |archive-date = September 17, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210917145809/https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=mfr |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name = NOAA >{{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USC00353445 |title = NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date = 2012-04-15 |archive-date = May 5, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210505115421/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USC00353445 |url-status = live }}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 250
|1890= 1432
|1900= 2290
|1910= 3897
|1920= 4200
|1930= 4666
|1940= 6028
|1950= 8116
|1960= 10118
|1970= 12455
|1980= 14977
|1990= 17488
|2000= 23003
|2010= 34533
|2020= 39194
|footnote=Source:<ref>Moffatt, Riley. ''Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850-1990''. [[Lanham, Maryland|Lanham]]: Scarecrow, 1996, 210.</ref><br />U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 3, 2014|archive-date=July 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717060613/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />2018 Estimate<ref name="2018 Pop Estimate">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=https://census.gov/data/tables/2018/demo/popest/total-cities-and-towns.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308064742/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2018/demo/popest/total-cities-and-towns.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213085226/https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010,<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web | title=U.S. Census website | url=https://www.census.gov/ | publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=2012-12-21 | archive-date=July 9, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ | url-status=live }}</ref> there were 34,533 people, 14,313 households, and 8,700 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3176.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 15,561 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1431.6|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|racial makeup]] of the city was 90.9% White, 1.2% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.5% African American, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 2.3% from other races, and 3.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.5% of the population.

There were 14,313 households, of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.2% were non-families. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.94.

The median age in the city was 39.3 years. 24.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.6% were from 25 to 44; 25% were from 45 to 64; and 18.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.3% male and 52.7% female.

===2000 census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 23,003 people, 9,376 households, and 5,925 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|3,033|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 9,885 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,303.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. By 2008, the city's population had increased to 33,239. According to U.S. Census figures from the 2006-2008 American Community Survey, the racial composition of the city's population was 93.6% white, 0.2% black, 1.6% American Indian, 1.1% Asian, 1.2% other race, and 2.3% two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos, who may be of any race, formed 7.2% of the city's population.

There were 9,376 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.5% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,197, and the median income for a family was $36,284. Males had a median income of $31,128 versus $23,579 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,234. About 12.2% of families and 34.9% of the population were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]], including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Government and politics==
The city council has 8 members as of 2019, representing 4 wards and are elected to 4 year terms by the city. The city council and mayor are not paid, and they volunteer their time. The council oversees the city government and chooses the city manager. The mayor's job is to provide leadership and preside over city council meetings. The Mayor can also issue vetoes and make a tiebreaker vote. 
Grants Pass is conservative leaning and represented in the United States House of Representatives by Congressman [[Cliff Bentz]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Ontario, Oregon|Ontario]]). At the state level of politics, Grants Pass is represented in the Oregon Senate by [[Art Robinson]] ([[Republican Party (Oregon)|R]]-[[Cave Junction]]) who holds [[Oregon's 2nd Senate district]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/senate/Pages/SenatorsDistrict.aspx |title=Oregon State Senators by District |date= |accessdate=2022-05-08 |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010546/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/senate/Pages/SenatorsDistrict.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> and represented in the Oregon House of Representatives by [[Lily Morgan (politician)|Lily Morgan]] ([[Republican Party (Oregon)|R]]-[[Grants Pass]]) holding [[Oregon's 3rd House district]]<ref name="oregonlegislature.gov">{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/house/Pages/RepresentativesAll.aspx |title=House State Representatives |date= |accessdate=2022-05-08 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223151902/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/house/Pages/RepresentativesAll.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Christine Goodwin (politician)|Christine Goodwin]] ([[Republican Party (Oregon)|R]]-[[Grants Pass]]) holding [[Oregon's 4th House district]].<ref name="oregonlegislature.gov"/>

==Economy==
The lumber industry was the major employer for Grants Pass up until the early 1970s. At that point the entire region started to see a steady decline in all lumber harvesting, production, and processing. Since then there has been a shift to a large service industry sector covering areas of outdoors/sports/recreation and health care infrastructure. This is augmented by multiple small and medium businesses and growth in marijuana-related businesses due to state legalization.

==Arts and culture==
[[Image:Caveman M D Vaden 2007.jpg|thumb|upright|Caveman statue next to the visitor center]]
[[Image:Rogue jetboat M D Vaden.jpg|thumb|right|Jetboat on the Rogue River at Grants Pass]]

===Annual cultural events===
Boatnik, a hydroplane boat race and carnival event, is held every Memorial Day weekend in Riverside Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boatnik.com/|title=Boatnik Home|website=BOATNIK|access-date=July 19, 2022|archive-date=July 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720185746/https://www.boatnik.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

They also host the Josephine County Fair which usually occurs in late August.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Josephine County Fairgrounds & Event Center |url=https://www.josephinecountyfairgrounds.com/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=www.josephinecountyfairgrounds.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Museums and other points of interest===
The historic Rogue Theatre downtown has been transformed into a performing arts venue that hosts mostly local acts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.roguetheatre.com/ |title=Rogue Theatre |access-date=February 26, 2009 |archive-date=March 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303192833/http://www.roguetheatre.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Grants Pass Towne Center Association's "Back to the '50s" Celebration includes free concerts, a nearly 600-vehicle Classic Car Cruise, [[poker run]]s, and thematic shopping in the town's downtown [[historic district]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.grantspasstownecenter.org/ |title=Grants Pass Towne Center Association - Association of Grants Pass Merchants and Businesses Supporting Grants Pass Oregon Business, Businesses and Community<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=November 21, 2007 |archive-date=November 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127121431/http://www.grantspasstownecenter.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Year round, there are First Friday Art Nights. On the first Friday of every month, many of the city's downtown stores hold art shows and promotional events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogueplanet.net/|title=First Friday Art Walk ~ Art Night in Grants Pass ~ Artist, Gallery, & Exhibit Directories|website=www.rogueplanet.net|access-date=July 19, 2022|archive-date=July 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719140132/http://www.rogueplanet.net/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Grants Pass post office contains two [[tempera]] murals done through the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture|U.S. Treasury Department Section on Fine Arts]] (often mistakenly referred to as the "WPA"), both painted in 1938. There are ten government-sponsored [[New Deal]] era murals in Oregon; Grants Pass is the only post office that contains two. The murals are "Rogue River Indians" by [[Louis Bunce|Louis DeMott Bunce]] (who also painted a 1959 mural at [[Portland International Airport]]) and "Early and Contemporary Industries" by [[Eric Lamade]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wpamurals.com/GrantsPs.htm|title=Grants Pass, OR New Deal Art|date=June 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604173108/http://www.wpamurals.com/GrantsPs.htm |archive-date=2011-06-04 }}</ref>

The Caveman Bridge on 6th Street was built by Conde McCullough in 1933. The through arch design bridge has been a landmark of Grants Pass for many years, and the bridge was refurbished in 2019. The Redwood Empire sign at the beginning of the bridge has also been a landmark for many years, and it was redone in 2021 due to a car crash.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ridgle |first=Tyler |title=Vehicle crashes into Redwood Empire sign |url=https://www.kdrv.com/archive/vehicle-crashes-into-redwood-empire-sign/article_56771486-a86a-5a5c-aea2-c3ce9be95f45.html |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=NewsWatch 12 KDRV |date=December 18, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127021218/https://www.kdrv.com/archive/vehicle-crashes-into-redwood-empire-sign/article_56771486-a86a-5a5c-aea2-c3ce9be95f45.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 
[[File:Redwood Empire.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Redwood Empire sign on 6th Street]]
[[File:Caveman Bridge.jpg|thumb|The Caveman Bridge over the Rogue River on 6th Street]]

==Parks and recreation==
Grants Pass has numerous and diverse parks and green spaces.<ref name=Parks>{{cite web |url= http://www.ci.grants-pass.or.us/Index.aspx?page=147 |title= Grants Pass Parks |publisher= City of Grants Pass |access-date= 2008-01-31 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081206091646/http://www.ci.grants-pass.or.us/Index.aspx?page=147 |archive-date= 2008-12-06 }}</ref> Notable city-run parks include Riverside Park, summer home to the local Concerts in the Park series, and the Reinhart Volunteer Park, a park largely built through the efforts of community volunteers and featuring facilities for many sports.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=159 |title= Grants Pass Parks |publisher= City of Grants Pass |access-date= 2009-04-01 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090415192435/http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=159 |archive-date= 2009-04-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=158 |title= Grants Pass Parks |publisher= City of Grants Pass |access-date= 2009-04-01 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090415191809/http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=158 |archive-date= 2009-04-15 }}</ref> In addition, the BLM run [https://www.blm.gov/visit/cathedral-hills-trail-system Cathedral Hills recreation area] on the outskirts of Grants Pass is home to several endangered species of plants, the largest whiteleaf manzanita in the state as well the tallest knobcone pine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silgalis |first=Alex |date=2023-10-24 |title=It's The Climate – Things To Do In Grants Pass Oregon |url=https://localfreshies.com/things-to-do-in-grants-pass-oregon/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Local Freshies |language=en-US}}</ref> Grants Pass is a [[List of Tree Cities USA|Tree City USA]] Community and has been for 35 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kdrv.com/news/top-stories/three-local-towns-reach-tree-usa-milestones/article_a32b368e-c42c-11ed-ac38-078862b96170.html|title=Three local towns reach Tree USA milestones|date=March 16, 2023|publisher=KDRV|access-date=2023-03-20|archive-date=March 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320121121/https://www.kdrv.com/news/top-stories/three-local-towns-reach-tree-usa-milestones/article_a32b368e-c42c-11ed-ac38-078862b96170.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The city was involved in litigation before the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in the case of ''[[City of Grants Pass v. Johnson]]'', regarding an ordinance preventing [[Homelessness|homeless people]] from camping in its parks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-12 |title=Justices take up camping ban case |url=https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/01/justices-take-up-camping-ban-case/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=SCOTUSblog |language=en-US |archive-date=April 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403211220/https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/01/justices-take-up-camping-ban-case/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 28, 2024, in a 6–3 decision, the Court upheld the city's ordinance.<ref>{{Cite court|litigants=City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson|opinion=23–175|court=U.S.|date=28 June 2024}}</ref>

==Education==
Grants Pass area public schools are served by [[Grants Pass School District]], including [[Grants Pass High School]], and [[Three Rivers School District (Oregon)|Three Rivers School District]], including [[Illinois Valley High School]], [[North Valley High School]], [[Rivers Edge Academy Charter School]], and [[Hidden Valley High School (Grants Pass, Oregon)|Hidden Valley High School]]. [[Rogue Community College]]'s (RCC) main (Redwood Campus) is located south of Grants Pass on Redwood Highway with additional campuses located in [[Medford, Oregon]] (Riverside Campus) and [[White City, Oregon|White City]] (Table Rock Campus).<ref name="rcc">{{cite web|url=https://www.roguecc.edu/|title=Rogue Community College|website=www.roguecc.edu|access-date=July 19, 2022|archive-date=July 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715002809/https://www.roguecc.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Law enforcement==
The City of Grants Pass is served by individual departments, each with their own respective buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Departments {{!}} Grants Pass, OR - Official Website |url=https://www.grantspassoregon.gov/129/Departments |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=www.grantspassoregon.gov |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021233855/https://www.grantspassoregon.gov/129/Departments |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Media==
===Newspapers===
The ''[[Grants Pass Daily Courier]]'' is the region's newspaper. It was established in 1885 as the ''Grant's Pass Courier'' and then ''Rogue River Courier''. After it became a daily, the name was changed to what it is today.

The other paper of record in Josephine County is the ''Illinois Valley News'' in [[Cave Junction]], established in 1937.

===Radio===
;AM
*[[KAGI]] 930 JPR — News and Information
*[[KAJO]] 1270 — Classic Hits/News/Talk

;FM
(Medford and Ashland stations listed by Grants Pass translator frequencies)
*[[KDOV (FM)|KDOV]] 88.1  Religious
*[[K-Love|KLXG]]  91.1  K-LOVE — Religious
*[[KTMT-FM]] 92.1  Top 40
*[[KIFS]] 93.1  Top 40
*[[KRRM]] 94.7  Traditional Country
*[[KBOY-FM]] 96.1  Classic Rock
*[[KROG]] 96.9  The Rogue — Active Rock
*[[KLDR]] 98.3  Top 40
*[[KRWQ]] 98.7  Country
*[[KCMD]] 99.3  News/Talk
*[[KLDZ]] 100.7  Classic Hits
*[[KSOR]] 101.5  JPR Classical
*[[KCNA (FM)|KCNA]] 102.7  The Drive — Classic Hits
*[[CSN International|KAWZ]] 103.1  CSN — Religious
*[[KAKT]] 104.7  Country
*[[KMED (FM)|KMED]] 106.3  News/Talk
*[[KGPZ-LP]] 106.7  Christian
*[[KCMX-FM]] 107.1  Adult Contemporary
*[[KJCR-LP]] 107.9  Catholic Talk

==Transportation==
===Road===
*[[Interstate 5 in Oregon|Interstate 5]]
*[[U.S. Route 199]]
*[[Oregon Route 99]]
*[[Oregon Route 238]]

===Bus===
*[[Greyhound Lines]]

===Rail===
*[[Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad]]

===Air===
*[[Rogue Valley International–Medford Airport]]
*[[Grants Pass Airport]]

==Notable people==
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* [[David Anders]], actor<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Stafford | first1 = Nikki | last2 = Burnett | first2 = Robyn | title = Uncovering Alias: An Unofficial Guide | publisher = ECW Press | year = 2004 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zUIf8MwqMUAC&pg=PP1 | page = 147 | isbn = 9781550226539 | access-date = November 1, 2020 | archive-date = October 7, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241007042049/https://books.google.com/books?id=zUIf8MwqMUAC&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Catherine Anderson]], writer of historical and contemporary romance novels
*[[Gordon Sutherland Anderson]], mayor and state legislator
* [[Agnes Baker Pilgrim]], chairperson, [[International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Grandmother Agnes Baker Pilgrim | publisher = International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers | url = http://www.grandmotherscouncil.org/who-we-are/grandmother-agnes-baker-pilgrim | access-date=2014-08-09}}</ref>
* [[Carl Barks]], writer and artist<ref>{{cite web | last = Barrier | first = Michael | title = Thoughts on Carl Barks's Hundredth Birthday | publisher = Michael Barrier | date = July 2014 | url = http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Essays/Barks/essay_barks.htm | access-date = August 9, 2014 | archive-date = February 20, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200220203257/http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Essays/Barks/essay_barks.htm | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Ty Burrell]], actor
* [[Terry Carr]],  science fiction fan, author, editor, and writing instructor
* [[Helen Chenoweth-Hage]], U.S. Representative from Idaho
* [[Kit Culkin]], actor
* [[Michael Curry (puppet designer)|Michael Curry]], puppet designer
* [[Elaine Devry]], actress
* [[Brandon Drury]], baseball player with the [[Los Angeles Angels]]
* [[David Lance Goines|David Goines]], artist, writer
* [[Kevin Hagen]], actor
* [[Jack Lee Harelson]], archaeological looter
* [[Mike Johnson (bassist)|Mike Johnson]], musician, member of Dinosaur Jr., singer-songwriter 
* [[Debbie Lawler]], stunt performer<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Neveu | first = Cameron | title = ''Daredevil Debbie'' |magazine = HAGERTY Drivers Club |issue = 66 |publisher = Doug Clark |page =60}}</ref> 
* [[Charles Levin (actor)|Charles Levin]], actor
* [[Jim McDonald (pitcher)|Jim McDonald]], baseball player
* [[Gary McFarland]], composer, arranger, vibraphonist and vocalist
* [[Merrill McPeak]], former [[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force]]
* [[Russell Myers]], cartoonist, creator of the comic strip [[Broom-Hilda]]
* [[Scott O'Hara]], pornographic actor and poet<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Zeeland | first1 = Steven | year = 2014 | editor1-last = Dececco | editor1-first = John | editor2-last = Streit | editor2-first = Samuel A | section = Foreword | title = Rarely Pure and Never Simple: Selected Essays of Scott O'Hara | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fhVIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 | publisher = Routledge | page = x | isbn = 9781317790075 | access-date = November 1, 2020 | archive-date = October 7, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241007042049/https://books.google.com/books?id=fhVIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Hub Pernoll]], baseball player
* [[Michael Saucedo]], actor, musician
* [[Josh Saunders]], soccer goalkeeper
* [[Shelley Shannon]], anti-abortion activist, convicted arsonist and attempted murderer
* [[Cornelius Sidler]], Wisconsin State Assemblyman and lawyer<ref>'Former State Assemblyman Of 2nd District Dies,' Sheboygan Press, September 22, 1925, pg. 4</ref>
* [[Ken Williams (baseball)|Ken Williams]], baseball player

===National Football League (NFL) players===
* [[Pat Beach]]
* [[Tom Blanchard]]
* [[Dick James (American football)|Dick James]]
* [[Jerry Sherk]]
* [[Don Summers]]
* [[Al Wistert]]
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==Sister city==
*{{flagdeco|Mexico}} [[Autlán|Autlán de Navarro]], Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kdrv.com/news/top-stories/grants-pass-welcomes-new-sister-city/article_70979f5a-a486-11ef-af7f-cb9dd77b377d.html |title=Grants Pass welcomes new sister city  }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Southern Oregon]]
* [[Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest]]
* [[Jefferson (proposed Pacific state)]], proposed state overlapping Oregon and California

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/}}
*[https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/e-k/grants-pass.aspx Entry for Grants Pass] in the ''[[Oregon Blue Book]]''

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