Oklahoma · Census place 4065700

Sayre, Oklahoma

Sayre is a city in Beckham County, Oklahoma with an estimated 4,841 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 79th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,841
#79 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+39 people
Land area
5.4 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
898 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Sayre. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Sayre population, 2020 to 2024

Sayre added 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +33.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,808. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sayre covers 5.39 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 898 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Sayre is close to the typical town.

What county Sayre is in

All of Sayre's residents live in Beckham County, which had 22,248 residents in 2024. Sayre holds 21.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sayre

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sayre by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73662. 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 Sayre is

The Census internal point of Sayre is at 35.295700, -99.628200. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 120.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elk City, OK (11,383 people), 13.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita Falls, TX, 114.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.295700, -99.628200
DMS
35°17'44.52"N 99°37'41.52"W
UTM
14N 442882.3E 3906016.8N
Geohash
9y30uckuq
Plus code
867279WC+7P

Daylight in Sayre

At 35.30° N, Sayre gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sayre

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Elk City, 13.0 miles away, with 11,383 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sayre, OK?

4,841 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 39 (0.8%) from 4,802 in July 2020.

What county is Sayre in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sayre?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73662.

How far is Sayre from Oklahoma City?

120.5 miles (193.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Sayre.

What is the nearest larger city to Sayre?

Elk City, OK, with 11,383 residents, 13.0 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.