Oklahoma · Census place 4036750
Idabel, Oklahoma
Idabel is a city in McCurtain County, Oklahoma with an estimated 6,983 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 62nd largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,983
- #62 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- +0.0%
- +3 people
- Land area
- 16.7 sq mi
- + 0.12 sq mi water
- Density
- 419 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Idabel population, 2020 to 2024
Idabel added 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by -51. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so Idabel is 57% of it.
Idabel covers 16.65 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 419 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Idabel is less dense than the typical town.
What county Idabel is in
All of Idabel's residents live in McCurtain County, which had 30,805 residents in 2024. Idabel holds 22.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Idabel
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Idabel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74745. 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 Idabel is
The Census internal point of Idabel is at 33.907400, -94.822200. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 187.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Paris, TX (25,037 people), 44.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tyler, TX, 113.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.907400, -94.822200
- DMS
- 33°54'26.64"N 94°49'19.92"W
- UTM
- 15N 331530.6E 3753383.5N
- Geohash
- 9yh8fk8sf
- Plus code
- 8657W54H+X4
Daylight in Idabel
At 33.91° N, Idabel gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Idabel
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Broken Bow, 9.6 miles away, with 4,227 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Idabel, OK?
6,983 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3 (0.0%) from 6,980 in July 2020.
What county is Idabel in?
McCurtain County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Idabel?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74745.
How far is Idabel from Oklahoma City?
187.5 miles (301.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Idabel.
What is the nearest larger city to Idabel?
Paris, TX, with 25,037 residents, 44.7 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.