Oklahoma · Census place 4057600

Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Pawhuska is a city in Osage County, Oklahoma with an estimated 2,923 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 116th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,923
#116 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
-1.9%
-56 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
792 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Pawhuska. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Pawhuska population, 2020 to 2024

Pawhuska lost 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

2,97920202,95920212,92720222,91320232,9232024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,988. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pawhuska covers 3.69 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 792 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Pawhuska is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pawhuska is in

All of Pawhuska's residents live in Osage County, which had 46,495 residents in 2024. Pawhuska holds 6.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pawhuska

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pawhuska by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74056. 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 Pawhuska is

The Census internal point of Pawhuska is at 36.669100, -96.331200. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 104.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hominy, OK (3,286 people), 17.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tulsa, OK, 44.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.669100, -96.331200
DMS
36°40'8.76"N 96°19'52.32"W
UTM
14N 738509.3E 4061484.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
8685MM99+JG

Daylight in Pawhuska

At 36.67° N, Pawhuska gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pawhuska

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Hominy, 17.4 miles away, with 3,286 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pawhuska, OK?

2,923 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 56 (1.9%) from 2,979 in July 2020.

What county is Pawhuska in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pawhuska?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74056.

How far is Pawhuska from Oklahoma City?

104.4 miles (168.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Pawhuska.

What is the nearest larger city to Pawhuska?

Hominy, OK, with 3,286 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.

  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.