Oklahoma Population 2024

Oklahoma (U.S. state abbreviation is 'OK') is the midwestern state of United States, bordered by Kansas to the north, Missouri and Arkansas to the east, Texas to the south and west. Oklahoma population in 2024 is estimated to be 4.08 million, ranks 28th populous state. Oklahoma is gaining population and increased by 88,590 people since from the last census in 2020. Its area is 69,899 sq miles (181,040 sq km), 20th largest state in the United States. The name 'Oklahoma' came from two Choctaw Indian words, 'okla' meaning people, and 'humma' meaning red, so the Oklahoma state name literally means 'red people'. The region of Oklahoma originally Indian Territory, the state of Oklahoma in 1889 was opened to European settlers to claim plots, many grabbed to the states and were called 'Land Rush'. The first capital city of Oklahoma was in Guthrie, but was moved later to Oklahoma City, Tulsa is the sixth most dangerous city, and other top cities are Norman, Broken Arrow, Edmond, Lawton. The popular places are Turner Falls, Frontier City, a theme park, Tulsa Zoo, Oklahoma Aquarium.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Oklahoma
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Oklahoma

The population of Oklahoma 2019 is projected to be 3.95 million with change of 0.31% compared to 0.29% in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, OK population in 2020 is 3,959,353. Oklahoma population in 2023 is estimated to be 4.04 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 4.04 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 3.98 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	3,759,632
2011	3,787,821	0.75
2012	3,818,600	0.81
2013	3,853,205	0.91
2014	3,878,367	0.65
2015	3,909,831	0.81
2016	3,926,769	0.43
2017	3,932,640	0.15
2018	3,943,079	0.27
2019	3,955,303	0.31
2020	3,959,353	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	3,986,639	0.69
2022*	4,039,661	1.33
2023*	4,089,753	1.24

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Oklahoma Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Oklahoma by race are, 72.6% are White Americans, 7.3% are Black Americans, 10.1% are Hispanic/Latino's, 7.5% are American Indian and Alaska Natives(AIAN), 2% are Asians and around 0.1% are NHPI.

White Population

White population in Oklahoma are 2,828,569, percentage wise 72.60 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Oklahoma are 283,821, percentage wise 7.28 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Oklahoma, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Oklahoma are 80,670, percentage wise 2.07 percent are asians, out of these 14,046 are Asian Indians, 11,491 are Chinese, 6,593 are Filipinos, 2,410 are Japanese, 6,247 are Korean, 20,631 are Vietnamese and 19,252 are other Asian nationals. 330 Malaysian, 49 are Mongolians, 1,076 are Nepalese, 2,216 Pakistani, 323 Sri Lankan, 391 Taiwanese, 1,165 Thai, 20,631 Vietnamese, 3,569 are Hmong, 290 Indonesian.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Oklahoma are 394,879. Percentage wise 10.13 percent are hispanics, out of these 323,876 are Mexican people, 13,612 are Puerto Ricans, 2,921 are Cubans, and 54,470 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

American Indian and Alaska Native are 289,871 people, Cherokee tribals are 113,807, Chippewa tribals 324, Navajo tribals 1,451, and Sioux tribal group people are 1,303. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander are 5,543, out of these Native Hawaiian are 1,154, 901 are Guamanian or Chamorro, 314 Samoan and 3,174 are Other Pacific Islanders.

Total Population	3,896,251	Percent
White	2,828,569	72.60%
Black or African American	283,821	7.28%
American Indian and Alaska Native	289,871	7.440%
Cherokee tribal grouping	113,807	2.921%
Chippewa tribal grouping	324	0.008%
Navajo tribal grouping	1,451	0.037%
Sioux tribal grouping	1,303	0.033%
Asian Population	80,670	2.07%
Asian Indian	14,046	0.36%
Chinese	11,491	0.29%
Filipino	6,593	0.17%
Japanese	2,410	0.06%
Korean	6,247	0.16%
Vietnamese	20,631	0.53%
Other Asian Population	19,252
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	5,543	0.14%
Native Hawaiian	1,154	0.030%
Guamanian or Chamorro	901	0.023%
Samoan	314	0.008%
Other Pacific Islander	3,174
Some other race	105,686
Hispanic or Latino	394,879	10.13%
Mexican	323,876	8.31%
Puerto Rican	13,612	0.35%
Cuban	2,921	0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino	54,470

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Oklahoma

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Oklahoma	649,021
2	Tulsa	400,669
3	Norman	123,471
4	Broken Arrow	109,171
5	Edmond	93,127
6	Lawton	92,859
7	Moore	62,103
8	Midwest	57,325
9	Stillwater	50,391
10	Enid	49,585

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Oklahoma Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Oklahoma by age is 3,896,251, out of these 1,930,615 are male, 1,965,636 are female, The Oklahoma population by age are, under 15 years is 800,119, 15 years and over is 3,096,132, 30 years and over is 2,281,994, 65 years and over is 574,330 and 85 years and over is 66,517. 49.55 percent are male, 50.45 percent are female, The sex ratio of Oklahoma is 982. 20.54 percent are under 15 years old, 79.46 percent are 15 years and over, 58.57 percent are 30 years and over, 14.74 percent are 65 years and over, 1.71 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in OK

English is the official language in OK state, Languages spoken at home are 89.9% speak English, 6.92 Spanish, 0.93 European languages and 1.52 Asian languages.
Out of 55,226 Asian language speakers, South Asian/Indian language speakers are, 2068 speak Hindi, 1254 Gujarati, 326 Punjabi, 1460 Bengali, 2243 Urdu, 1576 Marathi/Nepali, 896 Telugu, 838 Tamil, 2676 speak Malayalam or Kannada.
People from East and Mid Asian speakers include 9,684 speak Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 3250 Hmong, 1756 Japanese, 17784 Vietnamese, 4347 Korean, 336 Khmer, 3093 Tagalog, 2188 Thai/Lao language.
3337 speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages, 5093 Arabic, 1562 Hebrew and 1902 Persian including Farsi and Dari.
737 speak Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages, 2316 Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa, 1909 Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.
Out of 33,936 European language speakers, 5354 French including Cajun, 1041 Italian, 1144 Portugues, 8105 German, 1146 speak Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages.
563 are Greek speakers, 2094 Russian, 516 Polish, 395 Serbo-Croatian, 449 Ukranian/Slavic language and 128 Armenian.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	3,264,424	89.90
Spanish Language	251,108	6.92
European Language	33,936	0.93
Asian Languages	55,226	1.52
Other Languages	26,444	0.73

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Oklahoma Education

Below table is the stats of High school and college education levels of Oklahoma state.

Population 18 to 24 years		386,488	199,702	186,786
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	61,739	35,388	26,351
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	128,171	72,848	55,323
	Some college or associates degree	167,745	79,265	88,480
	Bachelors degree or higher	28,833	12,201	16,632
Population 25 years and over		2,553,488	1,241,613	1,311,875
	Less than 9th grade	107,434	57,424	50,010
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	211,219	108,459	102,760
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	803,755	403,504	400,251
	Some college, no degree	602,859	287,009	315,850
	Associates degree	193,857	83,408	110,449
	Bachelors degree	422,888	199,701	223,187
	Graduate or professional degree	211,476	102,108	109,368

White		1,848,071	893,255	954,816
	High school graduate or higher	1,671,852	804,851	867,001
	Bachelors degree or higher	502,631	242,385	260,246
Black or African		172,034	84,117	87,917
	High school graduate or higher	152,558	73,649	78,909
	Bachelors degree or higher	32,678	14,686	17,992
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		167,173	79,967	87,206
	High school graduate or higher	142,334	66,858	75,476
	Bachelors degree or higher	27,262	11,704	15,558
Asian		52,239	23,496	28,743
	High school graduate or higher	42,767	19,716	23,051
	Bachelors degree or higher	21,746	10,720	11,026
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		2,986	1,438	1,548
	High school graduate or higher	2,487	1,179	1,308
	Bachelors degree or higher	392	185	207
Hispanic or Latino Origin		188,943	101,062	87,881
	High school graduate or higher	113,926	57,818	56,108
	Bachelors degree or higher	20,837	9,629	11,208

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Disable population of Oklahoma state as per table below:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	606,072
Male	299,543
Female	306,529
	-
White	459,573
Black or African American	43,549
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	47,852
Asian	5,327
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	368
Some other race	8,060
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	190,005
With a vision difficulty	128,938
With a cognitive difficulty	213,763
With an ambulatory difficulty	328,867
With a self-care difficulty	108,707
With an independent living difficulty	191,083

Counties of Oklahoma

Osage County is the largest county by area in the Oklahoma state, and is divided into 77 counties. Oklahoma is the populous County with 792,582, followed by Tulsa County with 648,360, Cleveland County with 281,669, Canadian County with 144,447 and fifth populous is Comanche County with 120,422.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Adair County	21,981	22,082	0.5	38	38
Alfalfa County	5,900	5,754	-2.5	66	68
Atoka County	13,838	13,838	0	49	49
Beaver County	5,361	5,319	-0.8	70	70
Beckham County	21,804	21,709	-0.4	39	39
Blaine County	9,510	9,485	-0.3	60	60
Bryan County	46,460	47,192	1.6	20	19
Caddo County	29,270	28,977	-1	33	34
Canadian County	140,053	144,447	3.1	4	4
Carter County	48,295	48,177	-0.2	17	17
Cherokee County	48,925	48,675	-0.5	16	16
Choctaw County	14,815	14,668	-1	46	46
Cimarron County	2,149	2,153	0.2	77	77
Cleveland County	279,928	281,669	0.6	3	3
Coal County	5,631	5,520	-2	69	69
Comanche County	121,746	120,422	-1.1	5	5
Cotton County	5,843	5,776	-1.1	67	67
Craig County	14,355	14,306	-0.3	47	47
Creek County	71,774	71,604	-0.2	10	10
Custer County	28,942	29,036	0.3	34	33
Delaware County	42,582	42,733	0.4	24	24
Dewey County	4,887	4,894	0.1	71	71
Ellis County	3,975	3,952	-0.6	73	73
Garfield County	61,492	60,913	-0.9	12	12
Garvin County	27,870	27,811	-0.2	35	35
Grady County	54,887	55,551	1.2	13	13
Grant County	4,380	4,326	-1.2	72	72
Greer County	5,797	5,821	0.4	68	66
Harmon County	2,697	2,664	-1.2	76	76
Harper County	3,858	3,797	-1.6	74	74
Haskell County	12,729	12,668	-0.5	51	51
Hughes County	13,292	13,335	0.3	50	50
Jackson County	25,213	24,949	-1	36	36
Jefferson County	6,175	6,123	-0.8	65	65
Johnston County	11,097	10,949	-1.3	56	56
Kay County	44,522	44,161	-0.8	21	21
Kingfisher County	15,663	15,816	1	45	45
Kiowa County	8,862	8,729	-1.5	62	62
Latimer County	10,350	10,231	-1.1	57	57
Le Flore County	49,874	49,980	0.2	15	15
Lincoln County	35,017	34,920	-0.3	30	30
Logan County	46,833	47,291	1	19	18
Love County	10,052	10,134	0.8	59	59
McClain County	39,334	39,985	1.7	27	27
McCurtain County	32,877	32,703	-0.5	31	31
McIntosh County	19,735	19,815	0.4	42	42
Major County	7,674	7,644	-0.4	63	63
Marshall County	16,413	16,806	2.4	44	43
Mayes County	40,969	41,107	0.3	26	26
Murray County	13,899	13,953	0.4	48	48
Muskogee County	68,959	68,362	-0.9	11	11
Noble County	11,306	11,289	-0.2	53	53
Nowata County	10,297	10,218	-0.8	58	58
Okfuskee County	12,098	12,098	0	52	52
Oklahoma County	787,197	792,582	0.7	1	1
Okmulgee County	38,848	38,335	-1.3	28	28
Osage County	47,328	47,014	-0.7	18	20
Ottawa County	31,325	31,175	-0.5	32	32
Pawnee County	16,451	16,390	-0.4	43	44
Payne County	81,867	82,040	0.2	7	7
Pittsburg County	44,145	43,877	-0.6	22	22
Pontotoc County	38,354	38,247	-0.3	29	29
Pottawatomie County	72,248	72,679	0.6	9	9
Pushmataha County	11,117	11,179	0.6	55	54
Roger Mills County	3,671	3,656	-0.4	75	75
Rogers County	91,479	91,984	0.6	6	6
Seminole County	24,880	24,578	-1.2	37	37
Sequoyah County	41,334	41,179	-0.4	25	25
Stephens County	43,411	43,265	-0.3	23	23
Texas County	20,856	20,455	-1.9	40	40
Tillman County	7,425	7,348	-1	64	64
Tulsa County	646,727	648,360	0.3	2	2
Wagoner County	79,003	80,110	1.4	8	8
Washington County	52,016	51,843	-0.3	14	14
Washita County	11,152	11,127	-0.2	54	55
Woods County	9,064	8,897	-1.8	61	61
Woodward County	20,497	20,222	-1.3	41	41