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McCurtain County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 31 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40089

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

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Population
30,744
-100 (-0.3%) since 2020
Land area
1,851
square miles. A further 2.7% of the total area is water
Population density
16.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Idabel
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Idabel city
Population 6,934.

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 McCurtain 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 McCurtain 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 547 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 McCurtain 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
Population30,74431st of 771,422nd of 3,144
Land area1,851 sq mi3rd of 77314th of 3,144
Population density16.6 per sq mi51st of 772,347th of 3,144
Median household income$51,92958th of 772,661st of 3,143

Full data for McCurtain County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population30,744Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202030,844Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?30,811Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,851 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area51.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,903 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,929American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$144,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,143American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,013American 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
-133
363 births, 496 deaths
Net migration
+98
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 McCurtain 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
Red River CountyTexas70 mi11,816
Bowie CountyTexas49 mi92,696
Pushmataha CountyOklahoma37 mi10,807
Le Flore CountyOklahoma27 mi50,196
Polk CountyArkansas22 mi19,486
Little River CountyArkansas21 mi11,763
Sevier CountyArkansas17 mi15,758
Choctaw CountyOklahoma15 mi14,059

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.