Who is the Lane County District Attorney?

Christopher Parosa is the District Attorney of Lane County, Oregon.

Who is the Lane County Justice of the Peace?

Rick Brissenden is the Justice of the Peace of Lane County, Oregon. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Lane County Sheriff?

Clifton Harrold is the Sheriff of Lane County, Oregon.

Who are the Lane County commissioners?

Pat Farr (County Commission Chair); Ryan Ceniga (County Commissioner); Dave Loveall (County Commissioner); Heather Buch (County Commissioner); Laurie Trieger (County Commissioner).

What is the population of Lane County?

About 384,207 people, with a median age of 40.3; the median household income is $71,544 and 15.3% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Lane County?

4.4% in September 2026 (preliminary): 8,335 people unemployed in a labor force of 188,288, against 5.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Lane County?

85 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 12 municipal, 17 school district and 55 special district governments.

Lane County, OR elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Lane County: 8 seats on 4 elected bodies. 4 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of Commissioners

Lane County Board of Commissioners

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
County Commission Chair	Pat Farr source
County Commissioner	Ryan Ceniga source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner	Dave Loveall source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner	Heather Buch source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner	Laurie Trieger source

County officers

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
District Attorney	Christopher Parosa source
Justice of the Peace	Rick Brissenden source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Sheriff	Clifton Harrold source

How many local governments Lane County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 85 local governments in Lane County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	12	0
School districts (school boards)	17	0
Special districts (elected boards)	55	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Lane County

384,207people

40.3median ageU.S.: 38.9

$71,544 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

15.3%below the U.S.: 12.5%

34%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$430,600median home valueU.S.: $332,700

6.4%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

5.4%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

7.5%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

5.6%U.S.: 8.4%

54.9%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

33.3%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 10.5% · White 78.2% · Black 1.1% · Asian 2.5% · Other or more than one race 7.7% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Lane County

4.4%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 5.4%. Oregon: 4.3%.

8,335people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

179,953people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

188,288in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	4.4%	8,335	179,953	188,288
August 2026	5.3%	9,967	178,633	188,600
July 2026	5.4%	10,027	176,918	186,945
June 2026	5.3%	10,173	180,210	190,383
May 2026	4.8%	9,064	180,531	189,595
April 2026	4.6%	8,726	179,842	188,568
March 2026	5.1%	9,707	178,916	188,623
February 2026	5.6%	10,577	178,534	189,111
January 2026	5.8%	10,813	177,236	188,049
December 2025	5.0%	9,515	179,254	188,769
November 2025	4.9%	9,317	180,689	190,006
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	5.4%	10,034	177,363	187,397
August 2025	5.6%	10,404	176,901	187,305
July 2025	5.5%	10,314	176,604	186,918
June 2025	5.2%	9,818	180,637	190,455
May 2025	4.7%	9,009	180,910	189,919
April 2025	4.3%	8,185	181,474	189,659
March 2025	5.1%	9,661	180,317	189,978
February 2025	5.1%	9,747	179,938	189,685
January 2025	5.3%	9,997	179,227	189,224
December 2024	4.6%	8,669	180,087	188,756
November 2024	4.2%	8,002	180,776	188,778
October 2024	4.2%	7,910	181,202	189,112

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	5.1%	9,636	179,392	189,028
2024	4.3%	8,163	179,810	187,973
2023	3.9%	7,331	178,510	185,841
2022	4.3%	8,025	177,849	185,874
2021	5.4%	9,986	174,883	184,869
2020	7.8%	14,108	167,629	181,737
2019	4.0%	7,209	175,142	182,351
2018	4.3%	7,821	174,885	182,706
2017	4.3%	7,917	175,275	183,192
2016	5.0%	8,958	171,500	180,458

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Oregon's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 5.0% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Lane County

286.1 per 100,0002021. Oregon: 341.3.

2,427.6 per 100,0002021. Oregon: 2,690.9.

9murders2021, 1,095 violent crimes in all.

2021 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

By police agency (8)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Eugene Police Department	2025	617	4,959	178,886
Lane County Sheriff's Office	2025	235	861	109,362
Springfield Police Department	2025	175	1,336	61,013
Cottage Grove Police Department	2025	18	138	10,702
Florence Police Department	2025	4	183	9,511
Junction City Police Department	2022	12	119	7,442
Oakridge Police Department	2025	3	26	3,145
Coburg Police Department	2019	4	21	1,156

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Oregon · the U.S.

Police staffing

0.98 per 1,000 residents2025, 8 agencies serving 381,374 people.

375sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.

394civilian staff2025, full-time.

Agencies counted (8), 2025

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Eugene Police Department	197	120	178,886
Lane County Sheriff's Office	75	209	109,362
Springfield Police Department	56	46	61,013
Cottage Grove Police Department	15	9	10,702
Florence Police Department	15	7	9,511
Junction City Police Department	10	2	7,398
Oakridge Police Department	4	1	3,145
Coburg Police Department	3	0	1,357

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2025	375	0.98	394	8
2024	381	0.99	408	8
2023	376	0.99	398	8
2022	374	0.98	410	8
2021	360	0.94	396	8
2020	368	0.96	422	8
2019	352	0.92	408	8
2018	357	0.94	420	8
2017	363	0.97	388	8
2016	472	1.28	267	8

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Lane County District Attorney?: Christopher Parosa is the District Attorney of Lane County, Oregon.
Who is the Lane County Justice of the Peace?: Rick Brissenden is the Justice of the Peace of Lane County, Oregon. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Lane County Sheriff?: Clifton Harrold is the Sheriff of Lane County, Oregon.
Who are the Lane County commissioners?: Pat Farr (County Commission Chair); Ryan Ceniga (County Commissioner); Dave Loveall (County Commissioner); Heather Buch (County Commissioner); Laurie Trieger (County Commissioner).
What is the population of Lane County?: About 384,207 people, with a median age of 40.3; the median household income is $71,544 and 15.3% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Lane County?: 4.4% in September 2026 (preliminary): 8,335 people unemployed in a labor force of 188,288, against 5.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Lane County?: 85 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 12 municipal, 17 school district and 55 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Oregon Blue Book published by the Secretary of State; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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