The largest county in Oklahoma

There are two right answers. By land area it is Osage County; by population it is Oklahoma County. Which one you want depends on what you meant by largest.

Largest by land area

Osage County

2,247 sq mi

3.3% of Oklahoma's land

Largest by population

Oklahoma County

822,125 people

19.9% of Oklahoma's population

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. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

By land area

The ten largest counties of Oklahoma by land area. Land area excludes inland and coastal water.
RankNameLand areaPopulation
1Osage County2,247 sq mi46,794
2Texas County2,041 sq mi20,322
3McCurtain County1,851 sq mi30,744
4Cimarron County1,835 sq mi2,059
5Beaver County1,815 sq mi4,882
6Le Flore County1,589 sq mi50,196
7Pushmataha County1,396 sq mi10,807
8Pittsburg County1,306 sq mi43,320
9Woods County1,286 sq mi8,443
10Caddo County1,278 sq mi26,130

By population

The ten most populous counties of Oklahoma, from the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimates.
RankNamePopulationDensity
1Oklahoma County822,1251,160 per sq mi
2Tulsa County698,7821,225 per sq mi
3Cleveland County303,973564 per sq mi
4Canadian County187,189209 per sq mi
5Comanche County122,158114 per sq mi
6Rogers County102,197151 per sq mi
7Wagoner County93,263166 per sq mi
8Payne County83,889122 per sq mi
9Pottawatomie County75,10295.3 per sq mi
10Creek County74,96778.9 per sq mi

And the smallest

Smallest by land area

Marshall County

371.5 sq mi

Least populous

Cimarron County

2,059 people

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Rebuilt from source data 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.