Oklahoma · Census place 4009100
Broken Bow, Oklahoma
Broken Bow is a city in McCurtain County, Oklahoma with an estimated 4,227 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 86th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,227
- #86 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +15 people
- Land area
- 6.1 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 691 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Broken Bow population, 2020 to 2024
Broken Bow added 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -22.
Broken Bow covers 6.12 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 691 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Broken Bow is less dense than the typical town.
What county Broken Bow is in
All of Broken Bow's residents live in McCurtain County, which had 30,805 residents in 2024. Broken Bow holds 13.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Broken Bow
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Broken Bow by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74728. 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 Broken Bow is
The Census internal point of Broken Bow is at 34.028900, -94.741400. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 186.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Idabel, OK (6,983 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 121.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.028900, -94.741400
- DMS
- 34°01'44.04"N 94°44'29.04"W
- UTM
- 15N 339230.6E 3766727.8N
- Geohash
- 9yh9s4g2t
- Plus code
- 866727H5+HC
Daylight in Broken Bow
At 34.03° N, Broken Bow gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Broken Bow
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Idabel, 9.6 miles away, with 6,983 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Broken Bow, OK?
4,227 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15 (0.4%) from 4,212 in July 2020.
What county is Broken Bow in?
McCurtain County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Broken Bow?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74728.
How far is Broken Bow from Oklahoma City?
186.5 miles (300.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Broken Bow.
What is the nearest larger city to Broken Bow?
Idabel, OK, with 6,983 residents, 9.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.