Oklahoma · Census place 4052900

Nowata, Oklahoma

Nowata is a city in Nowata County, Oklahoma with an estimated 3,592 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 94th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,592; #94 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020: +2.1%; +73 people
Land area: 3.4 sq mi
Density: 1,053 / sq mi; State median 896

Orange pin: Nowata. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

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Nowata population, 2020 to 2024

Nowata added 73 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +29.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,520. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Nowata covers 3.41 square miles of land, for 1,053 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Nowata is denser than the typical town.

What county Nowata is in

All of Nowata's residents live in Nowata County, which had 9,561 residents in 2024. Nowata holds 37.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Nowata

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nowata by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74048. 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 Nowata is

The Census internal point of Nowata is at 36.699300, -95.637500. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 133.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bartlesville, OK (38,355 people), 17.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tulsa, OK, 42.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 36.699300, -95.637500
DMS: 36°41'57.48"N 95°38'15.00"W
UTM: 15N 264380.8E 4064757.9N
Geohash: 9yebz8yuu
Plus code: 8686M9X7+P2

Daylight in Nowata

At 36.70° N, Nowata gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Nowata

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Chelsea, 16.1 miles away, with 1,986 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Nowata, OK?

3,592 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 73 (2.1%) from 3,519 in July 2020.

What county is Nowata in?

Nowata County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Nowata?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74048.

How far is Nowata from Oklahoma City?

133.4 miles (214.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Nowata.

What is the nearest larger city to Nowata?

Bartlesville, OK, with 38,355 residents, 17.4 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.