Oklahoma · Census place 4078950
Watonga, Oklahoma
Watonga is a city in Blaine County, Oklahoma with an estimated 2,617 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 126th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,617
- #126 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -66 people
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 694 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Watonga population, 2020 to 2024
Watonga lost 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +3.
Watonga covers 3.77 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 694 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Watonga is less dense than the typical town.
What county Watonga is in
All of Watonga's residents live in Blaine County, which had 8,573 residents in 2024. Watonga holds 30.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Watonga
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Watonga by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73772. 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 Watonga is
The Census internal point of Watonga is at 35.847500, -98.402700. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 56.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hinton, OK (4,931 people), 24.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Oklahoma City, OK, 56.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.847500, -98.402700
- DMS
- 35°50'51.00"N 98°24'9.72"W
- UTM
- 14N 553937.0E 3967198.8N
- Geohash
- 9y65bvc6f
- Plus code
- 8673RHXW+2W
Daylight in Watonga
At 35.85° N, Watonga gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Watonga
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Okeene, 19.2 miles away, with 1,052 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Watonga, OK?
2,617 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 66 (2.5%) from 2,683 in July 2020.
What county is Watonga in?
Blaine County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Watonga?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73772.
How far is Watonga from Oklahoma City?
56.2 miles (90.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Watonga.
What is the nearest larger city to Watonga?
Hinton, OK, with 4,931 residents, 24.6 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.