Oklahoma · Census place 4054200
Okemah, Oklahoma
Okemah is a city in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma with an estimated 3,066 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 110th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,066
- #110 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- +0.2%
- +5 people
- Land area
- 3.1 sq mi
- + 0.10 sq mi water
- Density
- 989 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Okemah population, 2020 to 2024
Okemah added 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +15.
Okemah covers 3.10 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 989 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Okemah is denser than the typical town.
What county Okemah is in
All of Okemah's residents live in Okfuskee County, which had 11,364 residents in 2024. Okemah holds 27.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Okemah
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Okemah by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74859. 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 Okemah is
The Census internal point of Okemah is at 35.429300, -96.300300. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 67.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Henryetta, OK (5,606 people), 17.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Broken Arrow, OK, 51.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.429300, -96.300300
- DMS
- 35°25'45.48"N 96°18'1.08"W
- UTM
- 14N 745088.5E 3924001.2N
- Geohash
- 9y7989sq8
- Plus code
- 8675CMHX+PV
Daylight in Okemah
At 35.43° N, Okemah gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Okemah
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Boley, 10.9 miles away, with 1,085 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Okemah, OK?
3,066 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5 (0.2%) from 3,061 in July 2020.
What county is Okemah in?
Okfuskee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Okemah?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74859.
How far is Okemah from Oklahoma City?
67.8 miles (109.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Okemah.
What is the nearest larger city to Okemah?
Henryetta, OK, with 5,606 residents, 17.7 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.