Oklahoma · Census place 4057650

Pawnee, Oklahoma

Pawnee is a city in Pawnee County, Oklahoma with an estimated 1,971 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 146th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,971
#146 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+1.9%
+36 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
+ 0.48 sq mi water
Density
628 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Pawnee. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Pawnee population, 2020 to 2024

Pawnee added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +22.

1,93520201,94420211,93220221,94920231,9712024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,937. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pawnee covers 3.14 square miles of land and 0.48 of water, for 628 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Pawnee is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pawnee is in

All of Pawnee's residents live in Pawnee County, which had 16,111 residents in 2024. Pawnee holds 12.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pawnee

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pawnee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74058. 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 Pawnee is

The Census internal point of Pawnee is at 36.351500, -96.800500. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 71.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cleveland, OK (3,263 people), 18.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tulsa, OK, 52.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.351500, -96.800500
DMS
36°21'5.40"N 96°48'1.80"W
UTM
14N 697366.8E 4025182.2N
Geohash
9y7nv384b
Plus code
8685952X+JR

Daylight in Pawnee

At 36.35° N, Pawnee gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pawnee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairfax, 16.0 miles away, with 1,102 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pawnee, OK?

1,971 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 36 (1.9%) from 1,935 in July 2020.

What county is Pawnee in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pawnee?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74058.

How far is Pawnee from Oklahoma City?

71.2 miles (114.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Pawnee.

What is the nearest larger city to Pawnee?

Cleveland, OK, with 3,263 residents, 18.5 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.