Oklahoma · Census place 4073450

Thomas, Oklahoma

Thomas is a city in Custer County, Oklahoma with an estimated 1,138 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 190th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,138
#190 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-11 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
801 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Thomas. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Thomas population, 2020 to 2024

Thomas lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,152. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Thomas covers 1.42 square miles of land, for 801 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Thomas is less dense than the typical town.

What county Thomas is in

All of Thomas's residents live in Custer County, which had 28,266 residents in 2024. Thomas holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Thomas

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Thomas by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73669. 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 Thomas is

The Census internal point of Thomas is at 35.744800, -98.739700. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 71.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Weatherford, OK (12,047 people), 14.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Oklahoma City, OK, 71.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.744800, -98.739700
DMS
35°44'41.28"N 98°44'22.92"W
UTM
14N 523535.6E 3955674.9N
Geohash
9y3g355uw
Plus code
8673P7V6+W4

Daylight in Thomas

At 35.74° N, Thomas gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Thomas

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Weatherford, 14.7 miles away, with 12,047 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Thomas, OK?

1,138 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (1.0%) from 1,149 in July 2020.

What county is Thomas in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Thomas?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73669.

How far is Thomas from Oklahoma City?

71.6 miles (115.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Thomas.

What is the nearest larger city to Thomas?

Weatherford, OK, with 12,047 residents, 14.7 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.