Oklahoma · Census place 4014200
Choctaw, Oklahoma
Choctaw is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma with an estimated 12,358 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 12,358
- #38 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- +0.9%
- +107 people
- Land area
- 27.2 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 454 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Choctaw population, 2020 to 2024
Choctaw added 107 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +36. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 49th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so Choctaw is 1.0 times that size.
Choctaw covers 27.22 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 454 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Choctaw is less dense than the typical town.
What county Choctaw is in
All of Choctaw's residents live in Oklahoma County, which had 816,490 residents in 2024. Choctaw holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Choctaw
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Choctaw by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73020. 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 Choctaw is
The Census internal point of Choctaw is at 35.485000, -97.269900. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 13.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Midwest City, OK (58,505 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Oklahoma City, OK, 13.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.485000, -97.269900
- DMS
- 35°29'6.00"N 97°16'11.64"W
- UTM
- 14N 656945.1E 3928205.6N
- Geohash
- 9y6cfef5p
- Plus code
- 8674FPPJ+22
Daylight in Choctaw
At 35.49° N, Choctaw 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 Choctaw
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Nicoma Park, 3.1 miles away, with 2,294 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Choctaw, OK?
12,358 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 107 (0.9%) from 12,251 in July 2020.
What county is Choctaw in?
Oklahoma County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Choctaw?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73020.
How far is Choctaw from Oklahoma City?
13.1 miles (21.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Choctaw.
What is the nearest larger city to Choctaw?
Midwest City, OK, with 58,505 residents, 6.2 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.