McAlester, Oklahoma

McAlester population, 2020 to 2024

McAlester lost 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -24. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 58th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so McAlester is 1.5 times that size.

McAlester covers 17.80 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,017 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so McAlester is denser than the typical town.

What county McAlester is in

All of McAlester's residents live in Pittsburg County, which had 43,395 residents in 2024. McAlester holds 41.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in McAlester

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps McAlester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74501. 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 McAlester is

The Census internal point of McAlester is at 34.926100, -95.773600. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 105.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Muskogee, OK (36,849 people), 61.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Broken Arrow, OK, 76.7 miles away.

Daylight in McAlester

At 34.93° N, McAlester gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near McAlester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Krebs, 3.1 miles away, with 2,068 people.