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Most sparsely populated, Oklahoma counties · 2020

Oklahoma counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 77 counties in Oklahoma that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Cimarron County, OKOK2,0591−27%

02Beaver County, OKOK4,8823−14%

03Roger Mills County, OKOK3,2593+0%

04Ellis County, OKOK3,6133−8%

05Harper County, OKOK3,1723−8%

06Grant County, OKOK4,0674−19%

07Dewey County, OKOK4,2074−5%

08Harmon County, OKOK2,3275−24%

09Alfalfa County, OKOK5,6497−7%

10Woods County, OKOK8,4437−5%

11Jefferson County, OKOK5,4317−22%

12Pushmataha County, OKOK10,8078−7%

13Tillman County, OKOK6,7808−25%

14Major County, OKOK7,5368+3%

15Kiowa County, OKOK8,1818−17%

16Greer County, OKOK5,3739−9%

17Cotton County, OKOK5,4329−16%

18Blaine County, OKOK8,5159−27%

19Coal County, OKOK5,43610−13%

20Texas County, OKOK20,32210+6%

21Washita County, OKOK10,88411−5%

22Latimer County, OKOK9,64513−12%

23Atoka County, OKOK14,60914+2%

24Noble County, OKOK10,89915−4%

25Johnston County, OKOK10,44816−2%

26Woodward County, OKOK19,82716+11%

27Nowata County, OKOK9,52216−12%

28Hughes County, OKOK13,45517−6%

29McCurtain County, OKOK30,74417−10%

30Kingfisher County, OKOK15,79517+9%

31Okfuskee County, OKOK11,45118−4%

32Choctaw County, OKOK14,05918−7%

33Craig County, OKOK14,51819−6%

34Love County, OKOK10,78020+15%

35Haskell County, OKOK11,78720−2%

36Osage County, OKOK46,79420+3%

37Caddo County, OKOK26,13021−11%

38Beckham County, OKOK22,15925+13%

39Pawnee County, OKOK16,02927−6%

40Custer County, OKOK28,17529+9%

41Le Flore County, OKOK50,19630+0%

42McIntosh County, OKOK19,75831−3%

43Jackson County, OKOK24,76431−13%

44Garvin County, OKOK26,37732−6%

45Murray County, OKOK13,80533+10%

46Pittsburg County, OKOK43,32034−0%

47Adair County, OKOK19,82834−7%

48Lincoln County, OKOK35,27835+4%

49Seminole County, OKOK23,44137−5%

50Marshall County, OKOK16,25541+16%

51Kay County, OKOK43,49048−9%

52Stephens County, OKOK44,31049−1%

53Grady County, OKOK59,12850+20%

54Bryan County, OKOK51,36751+26%

55Okmulgee County, OKOK37,24153−8%

56Pontotoc County, OKOK38,52853+8%

57Delaware County, OKOK41,91055+9%

58Sequoyah County, OKOK40,84258+1%

59Carter County, OKOK48,91058+5%

60Garfield County, OKOK61,77959+9%

61Mayes County, OKOK40,41660+2%

62Cherokee County, OKOK49,19663+11%

63Ottawa County, OKOK30,43864−9%

64Logan County, OKOK55,47367+46%

65McClain County, OKOK49,64773+50%

66Creek County, OKOK74,96776+7%

67Muskogee County, OKOK66,70882−4%

68Pottawatomie County, OKOK75,10292+11%

69Comanche County, OKOK122,158113+5%

70Payne County, OKOK83,889119+20%

71Washington County, OKOK54,037126+7%

72Rogers County, OKOK102,197141+35%

73Wagoner County, OKOK93,263144+41%

74Canadian County, OKOK187,189172+76%

75Cleveland County, OKOK303,973548+42%

76Oklahoma County, OKOK822,1251,123+21%

77Tulsa County, OKOK698,7821,174+19%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES