Oklahoma · Census place 4013650
Checotah, Oklahoma
Checotah is a city in McIntosh County, Oklahoma with an estimated 3,086 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 108th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,086
- #108 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- +2.2%
- +65 people
- Land area
- 9.0 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 344 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Checotah population, 2020 to 2024
Checotah added 65 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Checotah covers 8.97 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 344 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Checotah is less dense than the typical town.
What county Checotah is in
All of Checotah's residents live in McIntosh County, which had 19,710 residents in 2024. Checotah holds 15.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Checotah
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Checotah by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74426. 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 Checotah is
The Census internal point of Checotah is at 35.482400, -95.522800. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 111.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Muskogee, OK (36,849 people), 20.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Broken Arrow, OK, 40.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.482400, -95.522800
- DMS
- 35°28'56.64"N 95°31'22.08"W
- UTM
- 15N 271125.2E 3929467.4N
- Geohash
- 9yk1f767v
- Plus code
- 8676FFJG+XV
Daylight in Checotah
At 35.48° N, Checotah gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Checotah
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Warner, 12.1 miles away, with 1,609 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Checotah, OK?
3,086 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 65 (2.2%) from 3,021 in July 2020.
What county is Checotah in?
McIntosh County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Checotah?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74426.
How far is Checotah from Oklahoma City?
111.4 miles (179.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Checotah.
What is the nearest larger city to Checotah?
Muskogee, OK, with 36,849 residents, 20.3 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.
- 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.