Is Payne County, OK's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 193 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 0.23% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Payne County, OK’s population grew by 3%.
+193
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.23%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Payne County, OK’s population increased 21 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2005 and 2006, when Payne County, OK gained 3,500 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2009 and 2010 when there were 2,300 fewer residents.
Payne County, OK gained 193 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Payne County, OK?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was negative in Payne County, OK, with deaths exceeding births by five.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Payne County, OK’s population change from immigration was positive with about 489 more people coming from another country directly to Payne County, OK than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Payne County, OK’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 301 more people moving to any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Payne County, OK.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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