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Le Flore County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 17 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40079

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

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Population
50,196
+1,987 (+4.1%) since 2020
Land area
1,589
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
31.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Poteau
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Poteau city
Population 9,171.

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 Le Flore 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 Le Flore 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 504 by 800 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 Le Flore 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
Population50,19617th of 771,009th of 3,144
Land area1,589 sq mi6th of 77382nd of 3,144
Population density31.6 per sq mi36th of 771,878th of 3,144
Median household income$51,56561st of 772,689th of 3,143

Full data for Le Flore County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population50,196Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202048,209Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?48,140Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,589 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area19.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,609 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?31.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,565American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$135,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,997American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units21,249American 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
+176
887 births, 711 deaths
Net migration
+374
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 Le Flore 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
Latimer CountyOklahoma34 mi9,645
Sequoyah CountyOklahoma33 mi40,842
Sebastian CountyArkansas31 mi130,641
McCurtain CountyOklahoma27 mi30,744
Haskell CountyOklahoma25 mi11,787
Pushmataha CountyOklahoma19 mi10,807
Polk CountyArkansas15 mi19,486
Scott CountyArkansas14 mi9,965

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.