Oklahoma · Census place 4056900

Panama, Oklahoma

Panama is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma with an estimated 1,299 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 178th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,299
#178 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+2.5%
+32 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
575 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Panama. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Panama population, 2020 to 2024

Panama added 32 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

1,26720201,27620211,28220221,29720231,2992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,266. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Panama covers 2.26 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 575 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Panama is less dense than the typical town.

What county Panama is in

All of Panama's residents live in Le Flore County, which had 49,854 residents in 2024. Panama holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Panama

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Panama by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 74951. 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 Panama is

The Census internal point of Panama is at 35.171200, -94.668400. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 161.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Spiro, OK (2,197 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 68.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.171200, -94.668400
DMS
35°10'16.32"N 94°40'6.24"W
UTM
15N 348066.2E 3893303.2N
Geohash
9yk8jf8x4
Plus code
867758CJ+FJ

Daylight in Panama

At 35.17° N, Panama gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Panama

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Shady Point, 3.0 miles away, with 1,000 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Panama, OK?

1,299 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 32 (2.5%) from 1,267 in July 2020.

What county is Panama in?

Le Flore County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Panama?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74951.

How far is Panama from Oklahoma City?

161.3 miles (259.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Panama.

What is the nearest larger city to Panama?

Spiro, OK, with 2,197 residents, 5.4 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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