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Cities in Oklahoma by population

Oklahoma City, OK had the highest population of 46 cities in 2020, at 682,938. Blanchard, OK had the lowest, at 8,883. The median was 20,490 and the figure for Oklahoma was 3.97 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest682,938Oklahoma City, OK
Lowest8,883Blanchard, OK
Median20,49046 cities
Oklahoma3,965,243History

All cities, 2020

Oklahoma City, OK: 682,938 personsOklahoma City, OK682,938Tulsa, OK: 413,617 personsTulsa, OK413,617Norman, OK: 128,171 personsNorman, OK128,171Broken Arrow, OK: 113,915 personsBroken Arrow, OK113,915Edmond, OK: 94,732 personsEdmond, OK94,732Lawton, OK: 90,377 personsLawton, OK90,377Moore, OK: 63,064 personsMoore, OK63,064Midwest City, OK: 58,460 personsMidwest City, OK58,460Enid, OK: 51,136 personsEnid, OK51,136Stillwater, OK: 48,360 personsStillwater, OK48,360Owasso, OK: 38,352 personsOwasso, OK38,352Bartlesville, OK: 37,360 personsBartlesville, OK37,360Muskogee, OK: 36,754 personsMuskogee, OK36,754Shawnee, OK: 31,299 personsShawnee, OK31,299Bixby, OK: 28,854 personsBixby, OK28,854Jenks, OK: 26,103 personsJenks, OK26,103Ardmore, OK: 24,706 personsArdmore, OK24,706Ponca City, OK: 24,353 personsPonca City, OK24,353Yukon, OK: 23,791 personsYukon, OK23,791Duncan, OK: 22,625 personsDuncan, OK22,625Sapulpa, OK: 21,921 personsSapulpa, OK21,921Del City, OK: 21,801 personsDel City, OK21,801Bethany, OK: 20,825 personsBethany, OK20,825Mustang, OK: 20,154 personsMustang, OK20,154Sand Springs, OK: 19,945 personsSand Springs, OK19,945Claremore, OK: 19,648 personsClaremore, OK19,648Durant, OK: 18,728 personsDurant, OK18,728Altus, OK: 18,699 personsAltus, OK18,699McAlester, OK: 18,158 personsMcAlester, OK18,158El Reno, OK: 17,125 personsEl Reno, OK17,125Ada, OK: 16,495 personsAda, OK16,495Tahlequah, OK: 16,462 personsTahlequah, OK16,462Chickasha, OK: 16,002 personsChickasha, OK16,002Glenpool, OK: 13,709 personsGlenpool, OK13,709Miami, OK: 12,973 personsMiami, OK12,973Guymon, OK: 12,912 personsGuymon, OK12,912Choctaw, OK: 12,250 personsChoctaw, OK12,250Woodward, OK: 12,081 personsWoodward, OK12,081Weatherford, OK: 12,036 personsWeatherford, OK12,036Elk City, OK: 11,512 personsElk City, OK11,512Okmulgee, OK: 11,286 personsOkmulgee, OK11,286Newcastle, OK: 11,171 personsNewcastle, OK11,171Guthrie, OK: 10,874 personsGuthrie, OK10,874Warr Acres, OK: 10,568 personsWarr Acres, OK10,568Coweta, OK: 9,696 personsCoweta, OK9,696Blanchard, OK: 8,883 personsBlanchard, OK8,883Oklahoma City, OK: 682,938 personsOklahoma City, OK682,938Tulsa, OK: 413,617 personsTulsa, OK413,617Norman, OK: 128,171 personsNorman, OK128,171Broken Arrow, OK: 113,915 personsBroken Arrow, OK113,915Edmond, OK: 94,732 personsEdmond, OK94,732Lawton, OK: 90,377 personsLawton, OK90,377Moore, OK: 63,064 personsMoore, OK63,064Midwest City, OK: 58,460 personsMidwest City, OK58,460Enid, OK: 51,136 personsEnid, OK51,136Stillwater, OK: 48,360 personsStillwater, OK48,360Owasso, OK: 38,352 personsOwasso, OK38,352Bartlesville, OK: 37,360 personsBartlesville, OK37,360Muskogee, OK: 36,754 personsMuskogee, OK36,754Shawnee, OK: 31,299 personsShawnee, OK31,299Bixby, OK: 28,854 personsBixby, OK28,854Jenks, OK: 26,103 personsJenks, OK26,103Ardmore, OK: 24,706 personsArdmore, OK24,706Ponca City, OK: 24,353 personsPonca City, OK24,353Yukon, OK: 23,791 personsYukon, OK23,791Duncan, OK: 22,625 personsDuncan, OK22,625Sapulpa, OK: 21,921 personsSapulpa, OK21,921Del City, OK: 21,801 personsDel City, OK21,801Bethany, OK: 20,825 personsBethany, OK20,825Mustang, OK: 20,154 personsMustang, OK20,154Sand Springs, OK: 19,945 personsSand Springs, OK19,945Claremore, OK: 19,648 personsClaremore, OK19,648Durant, OK: 18,728 personsDurant, OK18,728Altus, OK: 18,699 personsAltus, OK18,699McAlester, OK: 18,158 personsMcAlester, OK18,158El Reno, OK: 17,125 personsEl Reno, OK17,125Ada, OK: 16,495 personsAda, OK16,495Tahlequah, OK: 16,462 personsTahlequah, OK16,462Chickasha, OK: 16,002 personsChickasha, OK16,002Glenpool, OK: 13,709 personsGlenpool, OK13,709Miami, OK: 12,973 personsMiami, OK12,973Guymon, OK: 12,912 personsGuymon, OK12,912Choctaw, OK: 12,250 personsChoctaw, OK12,250Woodward, OK: 12,081 personsWoodward, OK12,081Weatherford, OK: 12,036 personsWeatherford, OK12,036Elk City, OK: 11,512 personsElk City, OK11,512Okmulgee, OK: 11,286 personsOkmulgee, OK11,286Newcastle, OK: 11,171 personsNewcastle, OK11,171Guthrie, OK: 10,874 personsGuthrie, OK10,874Warr Acres, OK: 10,568 personsWarr Acres, OK10,568Coweta, OK: 9,696 personsCoweta, OK9,696Blanchard, OK: 8,883 personsBlanchard, OK8,883
persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons
1Oklahoma City, OK682,938
2Tulsa, OK413,617
3Norman, OK128,171
4Broken Arrow, OK113,915
5Edmond, OK94,732
6Lawton, OK90,377
7Moore, OK63,064
8Midwest City, OK58,460
9Enid, OK51,136
10Stillwater, OK48,360
11Owasso, OK38,352
12Bartlesville, OK37,360
13Muskogee, OK36,754
14Shawnee, OK31,299
15Bixby, OK28,854
16Jenks, OK26,103
17Ardmore, OK24,706
18Ponca City, OK24,353
19Yukon, OK23,791
20Duncan, OK22,625
21Sapulpa, OK21,921
22Del City, OK21,801
23Bethany, OK20,825
24Mustang, OK20,154
25Sand Springs, OK19,945
26Claremore, OK19,648
27Durant, OK18,728
28Altus, OK18,699
29McAlester, OK18,158
30El Reno, OK17,125
31Ada, OK16,495
32Tahlequah, OK16,462
33Chickasha, OK16,002
34Glenpool, OK13,709
35Miami, OK12,973
36Guymon, OK12,912
37Choctaw, OK12,250
38Woodward, OK12,081
39Weatherford, OK12,036
40Elk City, OK11,512
41Okmulgee, OK11,286
42Newcastle, OK11,171
43Guthrie, OK10,874
44Warr Acres, OK10,568
45Coweta, OK9,696
46Blanchard, OK8,883

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Resident population.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón).
  • Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January.
  • Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January.
  • United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July.
  • United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June.
  • Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
  • UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.

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Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (Cities in Oklahoma by population, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/

MLA 9

Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Oklahoma by population, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/oklahoma-cities?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Cities in Oklahoma by population, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/oklahoma-cities?period=2020.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Oklahoma by population, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/oklahoma-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest population?

Oklahoma City, OK, with 682,938 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest population?

Blanchard, OK, with 8,883 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

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