Oklahoma City, Oklahoma population is 719,849 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #22 nationally and #1 in Oklahoma. Cost of living runs 9.6% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $96,854/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
At a glance.
2025 population
719,849
+6,104 in the last year
Top 1% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 90.4
−9.6% vs US
Oklahoma City, OK metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$96,854/yr
+21% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$68,656
−12% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$231,300
−24% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,244/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
94°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
79%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
Explore Oklahoma City, OK demographics, including age, race and ethnicity, households, origins, language, and education.
How many people live in Oklahoma City?
719,849 people live in Oklahoma City as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #22 largest U.S. city.
How big is Oklahoma City?
Oklahoma City covers 607.0 square miles of land and 14.3 square miles of water. Its population density is about 1,186 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 5.7% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 680,936 → 2025: 719,849 (+5.7%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
680,936
April 1, 2020
2020
682,938
July 1, 2020
2021
688,604
July 1, 2021
2022
696,523
July 1, 2022
2023
704,366
July 1, 2023
2024
713,745
July 1, 2024
2025
719,849
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 12.5% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Oklahoma City is the #22 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #1 in Oklahoma.
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Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
680,936
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+38,913
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+5.7%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+6,104
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.9%
within V2025 only
Density
1,186
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
607
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#22
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#1
of 591 in Oklahoma
What is the median household income in Oklahoma City?
Median household income is 12% below the U.S. median ($68,656 vs $77,719); 15.1% live in poverty — 2.6 points above the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$68,656
US
Oklahoma City: $68,656 — 12% below the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
Oklahoma City
$68,656
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for Oklahoma City from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
68,656-11.7% vs US
±1,466
Per capita income
38,370-11.4% vs US
±641
Population in poverty
15.1%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 24% below the U.S. median ($231,300 vs $303,400); median rent is 16% below ($1,130 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio is 3.4×, making it 1.2× as affordable as the typical U.S. city (3.9×).
Median home value$231,300
US
Oklahoma City: $231,300 — 24% below the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,244/mo
US
Oklahoma City: $1,244/mo — 16% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Oklahoma City. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
3.1%
Oklahoma City (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
376,667
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
10.9%-22.1% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — Oklahoma City spans 4 counties; all are listed (no weighted average):
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Canadian County
6.9%
$91,636
2.8%
Cleveland County
12.0%
$78,643
2.9%
Oklahoma County
16.2%
$68,006
3.2%
Pottawatomie County
16.9%
$61,709
3.6%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Oklahoma City's linked 4 counties in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
92,714
$1,272 / wk
#2
Retail trade (44-45)
68,283
$751 / wk
#3
Accommodation and food services (72)
68,046
$449 / wk
#4
Administrative and waste services (56)
41,039
$992 / wk
#5
Professional and technical services (54)
39,362
$1,623 / wk
What workers earn in the Oklahoma City, OK metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest tracked occupation in the Oklahoma City, OK metro (22,970 jobs, median $24,960/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Fast Food and Counter Workers
22,970
$24,960
$12.00
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
18,320
$37,010
$17.79
Customer Service Representatives
15,610
$39,330
$18.91
Cashiers
14,120
$28,680
$13.79
Stockers and Order Fillers
12,620
$35,120
$16.89
Office Clerks, General
12,360
$37,850
$18.20
Waiters and Waitresses
11,560
$18,200
$8.75
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
18,370
$30,160
$14.50
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
17,710
$97,110
$46.69
Registered Nurses · benchmark
16,530
$82,920
$39.87
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
10,170
$54,720
$26.31
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 9.6% below the U.S. average (RPP 90.4); rents run 26.1% below (RPP 73.9) — the metro's housing affordability is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 90.4
US
Oklahoma City's cost of living runs 9.6% below the U.S. average (RPP 90.4 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 90.4
−9.6% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Oklahoma City, OK metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,244/mo
FY2026 · Oklahoma City, OK HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
4.75%
6 brackets · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$8,071/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$4,440/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in Oklahoma · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
12.1% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (16.1% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Oklahoma City's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
These are K-12 public school districts. Higher education (colleges and universities) is not represented in this dataset.
23 districts serve Oklahoma City, from the NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files (GRF25, 2024–25 school year boundaries). The join is many-to-many — large cities often span multiple districts. Expand the list below to see every district sorted primary first. See methodology §12.
Source: NCES EDGE GRF25 · school year 2024–25 · methodology →
What is the climate like in Oklahoma City?
Hottest month: July (94°F avg high). Coldest: January (28°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 36.2 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Oklahoma City from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Composite risk spans 82.3–97.9/100 across 4 counties; most-cited top hazard is Ice Storm (in 3 of 4).
Natural-hazard exposure for Oklahoma City from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
Oklahoma City spans 4 counties. We list each separately because hurricane, flood, and fire risk varies meaningfully across county lines — manufacturing a single “city-level” risk score would hide that signal.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Canadian County
83.5
Relatively Moderate
Ice Storm 98.5 Very High · Hail 96.7 Relatively High · Tornado 95.0 Relatively High
Cleveland County
91.3
Relatively Moderate
Ice Storm 99.6 Very High · Hail 98.8 Relatively High · Cold Wave 97.6 Relatively High
Oklahoma County
97.9
Relatively High
Ice Storm 99.8 Very High · Hail 99.7 Very High · Tornado 99.5 Very High
Pottawatomie County
82.3
Relatively Moderate
Tornado 96.6 Relatively High · Ice Storm 95.7 Very High · Hail 95.5 Relatively High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Oklahoma City?
21 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 79% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Oklahoma City from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
21 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
17
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
78.9%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
78.9%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
340,962
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
How much crime is reported in Oklahoma City?
In 2024, law enforcement reported 4,796 violent and 20,528 property offenses in the Oklahoma City jurisdiction — a violent-crime rate of 676.0 per 100,000, above the U.S. estimate of 359.1.
Reported offenses known to law enforcement from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (CIUS Table 8), 2024. Figures describe the FBI agency jurisdiction: Oklahoma City — an FBI jurisdiction population of 709,456, versus the Census place population of 719,849. The rate per 100,000 is the FBI's own (count ÷ that jurisdiction population), never divided by the Census place figure. These are reported crimes under voluntary participation — not measured or victimization crime — and the FBI cautions against using them to rank or compare places. See methodology §31.
Offenses known, 2024
Count
Rate /100k
U.S. rate
Violent crime
4,796
676.0
359.1
Property crime
20,528
2,893.5
1,760.1
▸Offense breakdown and 3-year trend
Offense, 2024
Count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
73
Rape
517
Robbery
707
Aggravated assault
3,499
Burglary
4,133
Larceny-theft
13,840
Motor vehicle theft
2,555
Arson (12-month reporters only)
120
Year
Violent /100k
Property /100k
Jurisdiction pop.
2022
642.1
3,059.1
692,726
2023
637.6
2,934.2
700,764
2024
676.0
2,893.5
709,456
Only years the agency reported a complete 12 months appear; the FBI does not estimate missing agency-years, so a gap is a non-reporting year, not zero crime.
U.S. rate is the FBI national estimate (imputes non-reporting agencies); the city figures are reported-only. Source: FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (2022–2024) · FBI agency jurisdiction: Oklahoma City · methodology → · FBI Crime Data Explorer →
In-state context.
Oklahoma City sits at state rank #1 among 591 cities in Oklahoma. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Denver, CO · #21 · 740,613 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Washington, DC · #23 · 693,645 residents.
Quick travel facts for Oklahoma City
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
OKC Will Rogers World Airport(OKC) · 7 mi 11 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Oct · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Oklahoma City.
How many people live in Oklahoma City, OK?
Oklahoma City has 719,849 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #22 largest city in the United States and #1 in Oklahoma. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Oklahoma City growing or shrinking?
Oklahoma City has grown 5.7% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 38,913 residents, including a 0.9% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was Oklahoma City's population in the 2020 census?
Oklahoma City spans Canadian County, Cleveland County, Oklahoma County, Pottawatomie County in Oklahoma.
How big is Oklahoma City?
Oklahoma City covers 607.0 square miles of land, with a population density of about 1,186 residents per square mile. Source: Census Gazetteer 2025.
What is the median household income in Oklahoma City?
$68,656, about 12% below the U.S. median. Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
Place typeIncorporated place
GEOID4055000
Last build2026-08-31
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for Oklahoma City is 4055000. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
