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Woodward County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 41 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40153

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

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Population
19,827
-574 (-2.8%) since 2020
Land area
1,243
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
16.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Woodward
Seat of county government.
Established
1893
132 years ago
Largest city
Woodward city
Population 11,635.

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 Woodward 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 Woodward 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 653 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 Woodward 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
Population19,82741st of 771,836th of 3,144
Land area1,243 sq mi11th of 77488th of 3,144
Population density16.0 per sq mi53rd of 772,360th of 3,144
Median household income$61,41730th of 771,941st of 3,143

Full data for Woodward County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,827Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202020,401Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,466Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,243 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,247 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,417American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$169,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,925American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,391American 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
-3
225 births, 228 deaths
Net migration
-72
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Woodward 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
Ellis CountyOklahoma42 mi3,613
Woods CountyOklahoma35 mi8,443
Harper CountyOklahoma33 mi3,172
Major CountyOklahoma24 mi7,536
Dewey CountyOklahoma24 mi4,207

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.