Is Oklahoma's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 25,500 between 2024 and 2025. That’s more than the population of the city of Ardmore. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Oklahoma’s 0.62% annual increase was primarily driven by people moving from other states. In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Oklahoma’s population grew by 5.7%.
+25.5K
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.62%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Oklahoma's population increased in 25 of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2008 and 2009, when it gained 48,600 residents. The state's smallest increase during the 21st century occurred between 2016 and 2017 when it gained 3,600 residents.
Oklahoma gained 25,500 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 1901–2025
What contributes to population change in Oklahoma?
A state’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 to 2025 natural population change was positive in Oklahoma, with births exceeding deaths by 2,600.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a state. 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. Oklahoma’s population change from immigration was positive, with about 8,400 more people coming from another country to Oklahoma than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between states: Oklahoma’s population change from domestic migration was positive, with about 14,500 more people moving to Oklahoma from other states than leaving.
Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population growth in Oklahoma.
Components of population change, 2011–2025
Which counties in Oklahoma are growing? Which are shrinking?
Among 77 county equivalents, Canadian County had the largest population growth in Oklahoma, welcoming 5,545 new residents. Garfield County lost the most, with a loss of 265 residents. County-level population data is available as of 2025.
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Canadian County led Oklahoma in percent population increase between 2024 and 2025 at 3.1 percent. Cimarron County ranked last with a 2.9 percent decline.
Between 2024 and 2025, Canadian County gained 3.1% in population, the largest increase in Oklahoma.
Population change
How does population change in Oklahoma compare to other states?
Between 2015 and 2025, Oklahoma’s population has increased by 5.7%. During that same period, the US population grew by 6.2%. Oklahoma ranks 22nd among states in population growth over that decade.
Oklahoma ranked 22nd in population growth between 2015 and 2025.
Percent change in population
Population change between 2024 and 2025, by county in Oklahoma
| County | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Canadian County, OK | +3.1% |
| 2. | Logan County, OK | +2.7% |
| 3. | McClain County, OK | +2.3% |
| 4. | Wagoner County, OK | +2.1% |
| 5. | Bryan County, OK | +1.8% |
| 6. | Love County, OK | +1.7% |
| 7. | Grady County, OK | +1.4% |
| 8. | Creek County, OK | +1.4% |
| 9. | Johnston County, OK | +1.2% |
| 10. | Le Flore County, OK | +1.1% |
Population change between 2015 and 2025, by state
| State | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Idaho | +22% |
| 2. | Utah | +17.9% |
| 3. | Florida | +16.5% |
| 4. | Texas | +15.8% |
| 5. | Nevada | +14.9% |
| 6. | South Carolina | +14.8% |
| 7. | Arizona | +13.7% |
| 8. | North Carolina | +12.4% |
| 9. | Delaware | +12.2% |
| 10. | Washington state | +11.4% |
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