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Beckham County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 38 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40009

Within Oklahoma
Beckham County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Sayre, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
22,159
-167 (-0.7%) since 2020
Land area
901.7
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
24.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sayre
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Elk City city
Population 11,335.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Beckham County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Beckham County, Oklahoma from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 740 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Beckham County ranks

Position among the 77 counties of Oklahoma, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn OklahomaNationally
Population22,15938th of 771,716th of 3,144
Land area901.7 sq mi30th of 77846th of 3,144
Population density24.6 per sq mi40th of 772,075th of 3,144
Median household income$53,32854th of 772,573rd of 3,143

Full data for Beckham County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,159Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202022,326Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,407Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area901.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area903.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?24.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,328American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$143,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,188American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,137American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-39
232 births, 271 deaths
Net migration
+12
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 8 areas bordering Beckham County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Roger Mills CountyOklahoma42 mi3,259
Greer CountyOklahoma34 mi5,373
Washita CountyOklahoma24 mi10,884
Wheeler CountyTexas17 mi4,773
Collingsworth CountyTexas11 mi2,487
Harmon CountyOklahoma6.4 mi2,327
Custer CountyOklahoma3.0 mi28,175
Kiowa CountyOklahoma2.9 mi8,181

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 77 counties of Oklahoma

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.