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Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 28 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40123

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

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Population
38,528
+437 (+1.1%) since 2020
Land area
720.4
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
53.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ada
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Ada city
Population 16,660.

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 Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc 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 758 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 Pontotoc 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
Population38,52828th of 771,222nd of 3,144
Land area720.4 sq mi50th of 771,244th of 3,144
Population density53.5 per sq mi24th of 771,409th of 3,144
Median household income$63,01721st of 771,795th of 3,143

Full data for Pontotoc County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population38,528Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202038,091Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?38,064Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area720.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area725.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?53.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,017American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$175,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,134American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,531American 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
-42
472 births, 514 deaths
Net migration
+227
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 Pontotoc 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
Seminole CountyOklahoma29 mi23,441
Coal CountyOklahoma24 mi5,436
Hughes CountyOklahoma19 mi13,455
Johnston CountyOklahoma18 mi10,448
Garvin CountyOklahoma15 mi26,377
Murray CountyOklahoma15 mi13,805
Pottawatomie CountyOklahoma13 mi75,102
McClain CountyOklahoma7.7 mi49,647

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.