Oklahoma · Census place 4020700
Dickson, Oklahoma
Dickson is a town in Carter County, Oklahoma with an estimated 1,372 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 174th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,372
- #174 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- +3.0%
- +40 people
- Land area
- 14.0 sq mi
- + 0.12 sq mi water
- Density
- 98 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Dickson population, 2020 to 2024
Dickson added 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Dickson covers 13.97 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 98 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Dickson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Dickson is in
All of Dickson's residents live in Carter County, which had 49,135 residents in 2024. Dickson holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Dickson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dickson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town'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 town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Dickson is
The Census internal point of Dickson is at 34.190200, -96.998700. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 94.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ardmore, OK (25,064 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Denton, TX, 67.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.190200, -96.998700
- DMS
- 34°11'24.72"N 96°59'55.32"W
- UTM
- 14N 684416.7E 3785055.6N
- Geohash
- 9y5488psq
- Plus code
- 866552R2+3G
Daylight in Dickson
At 34.19° N, Dickson 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 Dickson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Ardmore, 7.6 miles away, with 25,064 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Dickson, OK?
1,372 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 40 (3.0%) from 1,332 in July 2020.
What county is Dickson in?
Carter County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Dickson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73401.
How far is Dickson from Oklahoma City?
94.4 miles (151.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Dickson.
What is the nearest larger city to Dickson?
Ardmore, OK, with 25,064 residents, 7.6 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.