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Oklahoma population 2026

Q: What is the population of Oklahoma in 2026?

The latest official figure is 4,123,288, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Oklahoma would have about 4.1 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Oklahoma has 4,123,288 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 25,530 more than a year earlier (+0.62%). It is 28th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 1.2% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 4.1 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Oklahoma in numbers

Population: 4.1 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.62% +25,530 people
Change since 2020: +3.99% from 4 million
Share of the US: 1.2% 28th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 23per km² 177,665 km²
Births in the year: 49 thousand deaths: 46 thousand
International migration: +8 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: +14 thousand more people moved in than left

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 2,559, 8,420 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 14,492 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

That is about as many people as Croatia (3.8 million).

Population of Oklahoma by year

4.1M

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Year	Population
2010	3,760,014
2011	3,788,824
2012	3,819,320
2013	3,853,891
2014	3,879,187
2015	3,910,518
2016	3,928,143
2017	3,933,602
2018	3,943,488
2019	3,960,676
2020	3,965,243
2021	3,992,760
2022	4,025,327
2023	4,062,716
2024	4,097,758
2025	4,123,288

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	4,123,288	+25,530	+0.62%
2024	4,097,758	+35,042	+0.86%
2023	4,062,716	+37,389	+0.93%
2022	4,025,327	+32,567	+0.82%
2021	3,992,760	+27,517	+0.69%
2020	3,965,243	+4,567	+0.12%
2019	3,960,676	+17,188	+0.44%
2018	3,943,488	+9,886	+0.25%
2017	3,933,602	+5,459	+0.14%
2016	3,928,143	+17,625	+0.45%
2015	3,910,518	+31,331	+0.81%
2014	3,879,187	+25,296	+0.66%
2013	3,853,891	+34,571	+0.91%
2012	3,819,320	+30,496	+0.80%
2011	3,788,824	+28,810	+0.77%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Oklahoma among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
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1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Oklahoma

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Oklahoma City681,054
Tulsa413,066
Norman128,026
Broken Arrow106,563
Lawton96,655
Edmond90,092

Air quality in Oklahoma today

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.

Oklahoma City

Questions

What is the population of Oklahoma in 2026?

The latest official figure is 4,123,288, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Oklahoma would have about 4.1 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Oklahoma’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 25,530 people (+0.62%) in the latest year, and has changed +3.99% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 2,559, 8,420 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 14,492 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

How does Oklahoma rank in the US?

Oklahoma is 28th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 1.2% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Oklahoma?

About 23 people per km², on 177,665 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Oklahoma?

Oklahoma City, with about 681 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Oklahoma population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/oklahoma/

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