Tulsa, Oklahoma population is 416,209 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #48 nationally and #2 in Oklahoma. Cost of living runs 11% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $88,023/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
416,209
+27 in the last year
Top 1% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 89.2
−11% vs US
Tulsa, OK metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$88,023/yr
+9.9% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$59,838
−23% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$205,300
−32% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,217/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
93°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
77%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
Explore Tulsa, OK demographics, including age, race and ethnicity, households, origins, language, and education.
How many people live in Tulsa?
416,209 people live in Tulsa as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #48 largest U.S. city.
How big is Tulsa?
Tulsa covers 197.7 square miles of land and 4.1 square miles of water. Its population density is about 2,105 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 0.8% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 413,093 → 2025: 416,209 (+0.8%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
413,093
April 1, 2020
2020
413,617
July 1, 2020
2021
412,983
July 1, 2021
2022
413,113
July 1, 2022
2023
414,177
July 1, 2023
2024
416,182
July 1, 2024
2025
416,209
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 2.2% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Tulsa is the #48 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #2 in Oklahoma.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
413,093
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+3,116
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+0.8%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+27
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.0%
within V2025 only
Density
2,105
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
197.7
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#48
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#2
of 591 in Oklahoma
What is the median household income in Tulsa?
Median household income is 23% below the U.S. median ($59,838 vs $77,719); 18.7% live in poverty — 6.2 points above the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$59,838
US
Tulsa: $59,838 — 23% below the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
Tulsa
$59,838
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for Tulsa 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
59,838-23.0% vs US
±961
Per capita income
38,030-12.1% vs US
±657
Population in poverty
18.7%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 32% below the U.S. median ($205,300 vs $303,400); median rent is 22% below ($1,052 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio is 3.4×, making it 1.1× as affordable as the typical U.S. city (3.9×).
Median home value$205,300
US
Tulsa: $205,300 — 32% below the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,217/mo
US
Tulsa: $1,217/mo — 13% 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 Tulsa. 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)
3.5%
Tulsa (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
209,131
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
11.5%-17.9% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — Tulsa spans 4 counties; all are listed (no weighted average):
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Osage County
15.3%
$68,398
3.9%
Rogers County
7.9%
$81,443
2.9%
Tulsa County
13.3%
$70,089
3.3%
Wagoner County
8.6%
$82,745
3.1%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Tulsa'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)
61,614
$1,243 / wk
#2
Manufacturing (31-33)
48,213
$1,474 / wk
#3
Retail trade (44-45)
44,810
$727 / wk
#4
Accommodation and food services (72)
39,480
$449 / wk
#5
Administrative and waste services (56)
29,373
$957 / wk
What workers earn in the Tulsa, 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 Tulsa, OK metro (12,760 jobs, median $26,460/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Fast Food and Counter Workers
12,760
$26,460
$12.72
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
9,990
$36,980
$17.78
Customer Service Representatives
9,800
$38,560
$18.54
Cashiers
9,770
$29,180
$14.03
Stockers and Order Fillers
9,400
$35,270
$16.96
Office Clerks, General
8,010
$40,380
$19.41
Waiters and Waitresses
7,460
$18,350
$8.82
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
12,110
$29,810
$14.33
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
11,840
$96,150
$46.23
Registered Nurses · benchmark
10,880
$84,790
$40.76
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
7,220
$58,790
$28.26
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 10.8% below the U.S. average (RPP 89.2); rents run 31.8% below (RPP 68.2) — the metro's housing affordability is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 89.2
US
Tulsa's cost of living runs 10.8% below the U.S. average (RPP 89.2 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 89.2
−10.8% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Tulsa, OK metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,217/mo
FY2026 · Tulsa, OK HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
4.75%
6 brackets · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$7,335/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$4,168/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.
12.3% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (15.7% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Tulsa'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.
8 districts serve Tulsa, 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 Tulsa?
Hottest month: July (93°F avg high). Coldest: January (27°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 42.0 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Tulsa 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 73.3–97.9/100 across 4 counties; most-cited top hazard is Ice Storm (in all 4).
Natural-hazard exposure for Tulsa 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.
Tulsa 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
Osage County
78.1
Relatively Low
Ice Storm 96.4 Very High · Wildfire 94.8 Relatively Moderate · Heat Wave 90.9 Relatively Moderate
Rogers County
80.1
Relatively Low
Ice Storm 98.3 Very High · Heat Wave 94.8 Relatively Moderate · Wildfire 86.0 Relatively Low
Tulsa County
97.9
Relatively High
Ice Storm 99.7 Very High · Heat Wave 99.6 Relatively High · Strong Wind 99.4 Very High
Wagoner County
73.3
Relatively Low
Ice Storm 98.0 Very High · Heat Wave 94.0 Relatively Moderate · Hail 90.9 Relatively Moderate
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Tulsa?
23 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 77% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Tulsa 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
23 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
20
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
76.6%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
76.6%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
206,960
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
How much crime is reported in Tulsa?
In 2024, law enforcement reported 3,874 violent and 14,920 property offenses in the Tulsa jurisdiction — a violent-crime rate of 941.9 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: Tulsa — an FBI jurisdiction population of 411,310, versus the Census place population of 416,209. 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
3,874
941.9
359.1
Property crime
14,920
3,627.4
1,760.1
▸Offense breakdown and 3-year trend
Offense, 2024
Count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
39
Rape
435
Robbery
406
Aggravated assault
2,994
Burglary
3,073
Larceny-theft
9,862
Motor vehicle theft
1,985
Arson (12-month reporters only)
54
Year
Violent /100k
Property /100k
Jurisdiction pop.
2022
929.0
4,272.3
410,135
2023
912.4
3,938.4
411,002
2024
941.9
3,627.4
411,310
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: Tulsa · methodology → · FBI Crime Data Explorer →
In-state context.
Tulsa sits at state rank #2 among 591 cities in Oklahoma. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Bakersfield, CA · #47 · 422,165 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Tampa, FL · #49 · 413,554 residents.
Quick travel facts for Tulsa
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
Tulsa International Airport(TUL) · 5 mi 8 km from city centroid
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 Tulsa.
How many people live in Tulsa, OK?
Tulsa has 416,209 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #48 largest city in the United States and #2 in Oklahoma. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Tulsa growing or shrinking?
Tulsa has grown 0.8% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 3,116 residents, including a 0.0% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
Tulsa spans Osage County, Rogers County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County in Oklahoma.
How big is Tulsa?
Tulsa covers 197.7 square miles of land, with a population density of about 2,105 residents per square mile. Source: Census Gazetteer 2025.
What is the median household income in Tulsa?
$59,838, about 23% below the U.S. median. Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
Place typeIncorporated place
GEOID4075000
Last build2026-08-31
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for Tulsa is 4075000. 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.
