Oklahoma · Census place 4066800

Shawnee, Oklahoma

Shawnee is a city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma with an estimated 32,092 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 14th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
32,092
#14 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+2.5%
+781 people
Land area
38.5 sq mi
+ 2.30 sq mi water
Density
833 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Shawnee. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Shawnee population, 2020 to 2024

Shawnee added 781 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +274. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so Shawnee is 2.6 times that size.

31.3k202031.5k202131.6k202231.8k202332.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 31,274. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shawnee covers 38.52 square miles of land and 2.30 of water, for 833 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Shawnee is close to the typical town.

What county Shawnee is in

All of Shawnee's residents live in Pottawatomie County, which had 74,446 residents in 2024. Shawnee holds 43.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shawnee

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Shawnee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74801, 74804. 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 Shawnee is

The Census internal point of Shawnee is at 35.369400, -96.956400. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 31.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Norman, OK (131,010 people), 23.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.369400, -96.956400
DMS
35°22'9.84"N 96°57'23.04"W
UTM
14N 685653.0E 3915926.3N
Geohash
9y711wy98
Plus code
8675929V+QC

Daylight in Shawnee

At 35.37° N, Shawnee 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 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Shawnee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Bethel Acres, 6.4 miles away, with 3,270 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shawnee, OK?

32,092 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 781 (2.5%) from 31,311 in July 2020.

What county is Shawnee in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Shawnee?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 74801, 74804.

How far is Shawnee from Oklahoma City?

31.9 miles (51.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Shawnee.

What is the nearest larger city to Shawnee?

Norman, OK, with 131,010 residents, 23.7 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.