Oklahoma · Census place 4058150

Perkins, Oklahoma

Perkins is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma with an estimated 3,292 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 101st largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,292
#101 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+2.3%
+75 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
Density
1,127 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Perkins. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Perkins population, 2020 to 2024

Perkins added 75 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

3,21720203,23620213,26320223,28820233,2922024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,216. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Perkins covers 2.92 square miles of land, for 1,127 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Perkins is denser than the typical town.

What county Perkins is in

All of Perkins's residents live in Payne County, which had 84,199 residents in 2024. Perkins holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Perkins

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Perkins by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74059. 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 Perkins is

The Census internal point of Perkins is at 35.979800, -97.031300. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 42.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Stillwater, OK (50,138 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Oklahoma City, OK, 44.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.979800, -97.031300
DMS
35°58'47.28"N 97°01'52.68"W
UTM
14N 677490.4E 3983499.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
8674XXH9+WF

Daylight in Perkins

At 35.98° N, Perkins gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Perkins

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Stillwater, 10.8 miles away, with 50,138 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Perkins, OK?

3,292 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 75 (2.3%) from 3,217 in July 2020.

What county is Perkins in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Perkins?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74059.

How far is Perkins from Oklahoma City?

42.8 miles (69.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Perkins.

What is the nearest larger city to Perkins?

Stillwater, OK, with 50,138 residents, 10.7 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.

  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.