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Payne County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 8 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40119

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

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Population
83,889
+2,242 (+2.7%) since 2020
Land area
684.9
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
122
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Stillwater
Seat of county government.
Established
1890
135 years ago
Largest city
Stillwater city
Population 50,046.

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 Payne 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 Payne 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 454 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 Payne 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
Population83,8898th of 77699th of 3,144
Land area684.9 sq mi53rd of 771,370th of 3,144
Population density122 per sq mi8th of 77787th of 3,144
Median household income$49,80965th of 772,780th of 3,143

Full data for Payne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population83,889Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202081,647Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?81,644Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area684.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area697.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?122 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,809American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$223,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age27.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households32,609American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units37,069American 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
-5
741 births, 746 deaths
Net migration
+188
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 Payne 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
Noble CountyOklahoma30 mi10,899
Lincoln CountyOklahoma29 mi35,278
Logan CountyOklahoma29 mi55,473
Pawnee CountyOklahoma23 mi16,029
Creek CountyOklahoma15 mi74,967

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.