Oklahoma · Census place 4081000

Wilburton, Oklahoma

Wilburton is a city in Latimer County, Oklahoma with an estimated 2,280 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 133rd largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,280
#133 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-9 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
733 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Wilburton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Wilburton population, 2020 to 2024

Wilburton lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -18.

2,28920202,27620212,30920222,29820232,2802024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,279. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wilburton covers 3.11 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 733 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Wilburton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wilburton is in

All of Wilburton's residents live in Latimer County, which had 9,509 residents in 2024. Wilburton holds 24.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wilburton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wilburton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74578. 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 Wilburton is

The Census internal point of Wilburton is at 34.918500, -95.304000. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 130.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Stigler, OK (2,784 people), 25.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Broken Arrow, OK, 81.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.918500, -95.304000
DMS
34°55'6.60"N 95°18'14.40"W
UTM
15N 289528.2E 3866428.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
8666WM9W+CC

Daylight in Wilburton

At 34.92° N, Wilburton gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wilburton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Hartshorne, 15.6 miles away, with 1,886 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wilburton, OK?

2,280 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 9 (0.4%) from 2,289 in July 2020.

What county is Wilburton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wilburton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74578.

How far is Wilburton from Oklahoma City?

130.3 miles (209.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Wilburton.

What is the nearest larger city to Wilburton?

Stigler, OK, with 2,784 residents, 25.8 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.

  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.