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Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 24 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40121

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

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Population
43,320
-472 (-1.1%) since 2020
Land area
1,306
square miles. A further 5.3% of the total area is water
Population density
33.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
McAlester
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
McAlester city
Population 18,044.

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 Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg 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 700 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 Pittsburg 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
Population43,32024th of 771,130th of 3,144
Land area1,306 sq mi8th of 77459th of 3,144
Population density33.2 per sq mi32nd of 771,833rd of 3,144
Median household income$55,31049th of 772,456th of 3,143

Full data for Pittsburg County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population43,320Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202043,792Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?43,777Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,306 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area72.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,378 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?33.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,310American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$156,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,851American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units22,252American 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
-238
435 births, 673 deaths
Net migration
+86
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 7 areas bordering Pittsburg 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
McIntosh CountyOklahoma43 mi19,758
Latimer CountyOklahoma35 mi9,645
Hughes CountyOklahoma31 mi13,455
Atoka CountyOklahoma30 mi14,609
Haskell CountyOklahoma23 mi11,787
Pushmataha CountyOklahoma15 mi10,807
Coal CountyOklahoma6.0 mi5,436

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.