Oklahoma · Census place 4065400

Sapulpa, Oklahoma

Sapulpa is a city in 2 counties of Oklahoma with an estimated 23,297 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 21st largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
23,297
#21 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+6.0%
+1,309 people
Land area
23.5 sq mi
+ 0.78 sq mi water
Density
990 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Sapulpa. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Sapulpa population, 2020 to 2024

Sapulpa added 1,309 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.0%. In the latest year it moved by +320. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so Sapulpa is 1.9 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 21,923. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sapulpa covers 23.54 square miles of land and 0.78 of water, for 990 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Sapulpa is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Sapulpa spans

Sapulpa crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 23,297 residents as follows; Creek County holds 99.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Creek County23,186
  2. 02Tulsa County111
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Sapulpa

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sapulpa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74066, 74131. 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 Sapulpa is

The Census internal point of Sapulpa is at 36.004200, -96.123300. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 85.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jenks, OK (27,869 people), 8.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tulsa, OK, 15.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.004200, -96.123300
DMS
36°00'15.12"N 96°07'23.88"W
UTM
14N 759290.3E 3988242.6N
Geohash
9y7sudm5s
Plus code
86852V3G+MM

Daylight in Sapulpa

At 36.00° N, Sapulpa gets about 14 h 37 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 Sapulpa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Kellyville, 4.6 miles away, with 1,049 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sapulpa, OK?

23,297 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,309 (6.0%) from 21,988 in July 2020.

What county is Sapulpa in?

It spans 2 counties: Creek County (23,186 residents), Tulsa County (111 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Sapulpa?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 74066, 74131.

How far is Sapulpa from Oklahoma City?

85.1 miles (136.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Sapulpa.

What is the nearest larger city to Sapulpa?

Jenks, OK, with 27,869 residents, 8.4 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)

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