Pawnee is a city of 1,886 people in Oklahoma. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $99,300. The foreign-born share is 0%. Households here earn about 36% less than in Oklahoma as a whole. Households take in $41,471 at the median, 50% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $41,471, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 44%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Pawnee
What changed most since 1990
White share69.5% → 63.4%(−6.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population2,197 → 1,886(−14%)US over the same years: +35%
Adults with a bachelor's degree12.4% → 18.2%(+5.7 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)48.5%(32)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.2%(14)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era24.2%(16)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.5%(3)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 66 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Pawnee, decade by decade
Pawnee population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,197
$39,500
$68,882
12.4%
55.6
2000
2,230
$45,472
$69,041
14.5%
62.1
2010
2,196
$44,715
$74,662
24.1%
67.1
2020
1,936
$40,346
$98,660
16.0%
78.0
2024
1,886
$41,471
$99,300
18.2%
61.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
