Oklahoma · Census place 4072650

Tecumseh, Oklahoma

Tecumseh is a city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma with an estimated 6,370 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 65th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,370
#65 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+60 people
Land area
15.0 sq mi
+ 0.23 sq mi water
Density
424 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Tecumseh. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Tecumseh population, 2020 to 2024

Tecumseh added 60 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +25. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 48th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so Tecumseh is 52% of it.

6,31020206,31820216,32520226,34520236,3702024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,307. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tecumseh covers 15.02 square miles of land and 0.23 of water, for 424 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Tecumseh is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tecumseh is in

All of Tecumseh's residents live in Pottawatomie County, which had 74,446 residents in 2024. Tecumseh holds 8.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tecumseh

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tecumseh by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74801, 74873. 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 Tecumseh is

The Census internal point of Tecumseh is at 35.264300, -96.933400. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 35.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shawnee, OK (32,092 people), 7.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Norman, OK, 23.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.264300, -96.933400
DMS
35°15'51.48"N 96°56'0.24"W
UTM
14N 687986.0E 3904311.4N
Geohash
9y70d5xm2
Plus code
86757378+PJ

Daylight in Tecumseh

At 35.26° N, Tecumseh 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 Tecumseh

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Bethel Acres, 7.1 miles away, with 3,270 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tecumseh, OK?

6,370 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 60 (1.0%) from 6,310 in July 2020.

What county is Tecumseh in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tecumseh?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 74801, 74873.

How far is Tecumseh from Oklahoma City?

35.7 miles (57.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Tecumseh.

What is the nearest larger city to Tecumseh?

Shawnee, OK, with 32,092 residents, 7.4 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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