Oklahoma · Census place 4081750
Wister, Oklahoma
Wister is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma with an estimated 1,061 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 203rd largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,061
- #203 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- +2.5%
- +26 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 561 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Wister population, 2020 to 2024
Wister added 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Wister covers 1.89 square miles of land, for 561 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Wister is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wister is in
All of Wister's residents live in Le Flore County, which had 49,854 residents in 2024. Wister holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wister
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wister by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 74966. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Wister is
The Census internal point of Wister is at 34.969700, -94.720600. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 161.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Heavener, OK (3,057 people), 8.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 82.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.969700, -94.720600
- DMS
- 34°58'10.92"N 94°43'14.16"W
- UTM
- 15N 342926.4E 3871034.9N
- Geohash
- 9yhwuw496
- Plus code
- 8667X79H+VQ
Daylight in Wister
At 34.97° N, Wister gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 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 Wister
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Heavener, 8.3 miles away, with 3,057 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wister, OK?
1,061 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 26 (2.5%) from 1,035 in July 2020.
What county is Wister in?
Le Flore County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wister?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74966.
How far is Wister from Oklahoma City?
161.1 miles (259.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Wister.
What is the nearest larger city to Wister?
Heavener, OK, with 3,057 residents, 8.3 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.