Oklahoma · Census place 4002600

Ardmore, Oklahoma

Ardmore is a city in Carter County, Oklahoma with an estimated 25,064 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 18th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
25,064
#18 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+1.4%
+334 people
Land area
49.8 sq mi
+ 1.93 sq mi water
Density
503 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Ardmore. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Ardmore population, 2020 to 2024

Ardmore added 334 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +84. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 44th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so Ardmore is 2.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 24,720. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ardmore covers 49.83 square miles of land and 1.93 of water, for 503 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Ardmore is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ardmore is in

All of Ardmore's residents live in Carter County, which had 49,135 residents in 2024. Ardmore holds 51.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ardmore

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ardmore by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73401. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ardmore is

The Census internal point of Ardmore is at 34.196500, -97.131800. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 92.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Denison, TX (26,446 people), 43.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Denton, TX, 67.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.196500, -97.131800
DMS
34°11'47.40"N 97°07'54.48"W
UTM
14N 672137.3E 3785521.5N
Geohash
9y4ft9qc1
Plus code
86645VW9+J7

Daylight in Ardmore

At 34.20° N, Ardmore gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ardmore

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Lone Grove, 7.0 miles away, with 5,276 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ardmore, OK?

25,064 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 334 (1.4%) from 24,730 in July 2020.

What county is Ardmore in?

Carter County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Ardmore?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73401.

How far is Ardmore from Oklahoma City?

92.0 miles (148.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Ardmore.

What is the nearest larger city to Ardmore?

Denison, TX, with 26,446 residents, 43.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.