Oklahoma · Census place 4065000

Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Sallisaw is a city in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma with an estimated 8,708 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 53rd largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,708
#53 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+175 people
Land area
13.9 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
628 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Sallisaw. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Sallisaw population, 2020 to 2024

Sallisaw added 175 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +35. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 40th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so Sallisaw is 70% of it.

8,53320208,55520218,59920228,67320238,7082024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,548. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sallisaw covers 13.86 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 628 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Sallisaw is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sallisaw is in

All of Sallisaw's residents live in Sequoyah County, which had 40,555 residents in 2024. Sallisaw holds 21.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sallisaw

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sallisaw by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74955. 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 Sallisaw is

The Census internal point of Sallisaw is at 35.460400, -94.806600. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 151.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Van Buren, AR (24,396 people), 25.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 55.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.460400, -94.806600
DMS
35°27'37.44"N 94°48'23.76"W
UTM
15N 336064.5E 3925601.3N
Geohash
9yk9dx7gy
Plus code
8677F56V+59

Daylight in Sallisaw

At 35.46° N, Sallisaw 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 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sallisaw

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Vian, 9.7 miles away, with 1,386 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sallisaw, OK?

8,708 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 175 (2.1%) from 8,533 in July 2020.

What county is Sallisaw in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sallisaw?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74955.

How far is Sallisaw from Oklahoma City?

151.7 miles (244.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Sallisaw.

What is the nearest larger city to Sallisaw?

Van Buren, AR, with 24,396 residents, 25.5 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.