Oklahoma · Census place 4074150
Tonkawa, Oklahoma
Tonkawa is a city in Kay County, Oklahoma with an estimated 2,988 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 113th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,988
- #113 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -31 people
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 723 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Tonkawa population, 2020 to 2024
Tonkawa lost 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -20.
Tonkawa covers 4.13 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 723 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Tonkawa is less dense than the typical town.
What county Tonkawa is in
All of Tonkawa's residents live in Kay County, which had 43,437 residents in 2024. Tonkawa holds 6.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Tonkawa
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tonkawa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74653. 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 Tonkawa is
The Census internal point of Tonkawa is at 36.670600, -97.315000. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 82.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blackwell, OK (6,016 people), 9.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 70.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.670600, -97.315000
- DMS
- 36°40'14.16"N 97°18'54.00"W
- UTM
- 14N 650575.2E 4059654.5N
- Geohash
- 9ydb9e9ms
- Plus code
- 8684MMCP+62
Daylight in Tonkawa
At 36.67° N, Tonkawa gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Tonkawa
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Blackwell, 9.1 miles away, with 6,016 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Tonkawa, OK?
2,988 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 31 (1.0%) from 3,019 in July 2020.
What county is Tonkawa in?
Kay County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Tonkawa?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74653.
How far is Tonkawa from Oklahoma City?
82.1 miles (132.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Tonkawa.
What is the nearest larger city to Tonkawa?
Blackwell, OK, with 6,016 residents, 9.1 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.