Oklahoma · Census place 4071350
Sulphur, Oklahoma
Sulphur is a city in Murray County, Oklahoma with an estimated 4,844 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 78th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,844
- #78 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- -1.8%
- -91 people
- Land area
- 6.0 sq mi
- + 0.18 sq mi water
- Density
- 805 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Sulphur population, 2020 to 2024
Sulphur lost 91 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -38.
Sulphur covers 6.02 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 805 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Sulphur is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sulphur is in
All of Sulphur's residents live in Murray County, which had 13,754 residents in 2024. Sulphur holds 35.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sulphur
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sulphur by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73086. 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 Sulphur is
The Census internal point of Sulphur is at 34.501600, -96.986500. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 74.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pauls Valley, OK (6,112 people), 19.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Norman, OK, 55.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.501600, -96.986500
- DMS
- 34°30'5.76"N 96°59'11.40"W
- UTM
- 14N 684856.1E 3819615.0N
- Geohash
- 9y5h30bd6
- Plus code
- 8665G227+JC
Daylight in Sulphur
At 34.50° N, Sulphur gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sulphur
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Davis, 11.8 miles away, with 2,831 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sulphur, OK?
4,844 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 91 (1.8%) from 4,935 in July 2020.
What county is Sulphur in?
Murray County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sulphur?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73086.
How far is Sulphur from Oklahoma City?
74.4 miles (119.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Sulphur.
What is the nearest larger city to Sulphur?
Pauls Valley, OK, with 6,112 residents, 19.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.