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Washita County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 54 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40149

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

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Population
10,884
-19 (-0.2%) since 2020
Land area
1,003
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
10.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
New Cordell
Seat of county government.
Established
1900
125 years ago
Largest city
New Cordell city
Population 2,746.

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 Washita 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 Washita 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 517 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 Washita 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
Population10,88454th of 772,352nd of 3,144
Land area1,003 sq mi19th of 77677th of 3,144
Population density10.9 per sq mi57th of 772,539th of 3,144
Median household income$63,50120th of 771,754th of 3,143

Full data for Washita County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,884Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,903Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,921Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,003 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,009 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?10.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,501American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$118,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,131American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,140American 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
-45
87 births, 132 deaths
Net migration
+110
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 4 areas bordering Washita 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
Kiowa CountyOklahoma51 mi8,181
Custer CountyOklahoma42 mi28,175
Caddo CountyOklahoma26 mi26,130
Beckham CountyOklahoma24 mi22,159

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.