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Pawnee County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 44 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40117

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

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Population
16,029
+476 (+3.1%) since 2020
Land area
568.4
square miles. A further 4.5% of the total area is water
Population density
28.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pawnee
Seat of county government.
Established
1893
132 years ago
Largest city
Cleveland city
Population 3,271.

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 Pawnee 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 Pawnee 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 543 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 Pawnee 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
Population16,02944th of 772,036th of 3,144
Land area568.4 sq mi67th of 771,796th of 3,144
Population density28.2 per sq mi39th of 771,981st of 3,144
Median household income$58,73841st of 772,200th of 3,143

Full data for Pawnee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,029Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,553Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,551Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area568.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area26.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area594.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?28.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,738American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$131,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,108American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,326American 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
-111
148 births, 259 deaths
Net migration
+104
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 5 areas bordering Pawnee 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
Osage CountyOklahoma80 mi46,794
Noble CountyOklahoma25 mi10,899
Payne CountyOklahoma23 mi83,889
Creek CountyOklahoma18 mi74,967
Tulsa CountyOklahoma1.7 mi698,782

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.