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Oklahoma

Population4.0m
Counties77county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density22.5people per km² of land
Median household income$63,60317th percentile of states

How it has changed

The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.

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The state figure, and the range across its counties

The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.

Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.

You can sort by any column. 46 of these 184 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).

Alcohol-involved share of driving deaths0.265%22nd best of 510%0.295%1%63
Always wears a seatbelt91.539th best of 49————
Arrivals per 100 people staying3.0427th highest of 513.57.1211.576
Arrivals per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.2231st highest of 51————
Arthritis29.339th best of 46————
Binge drinking14.88th best of 49————
Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 50579th highest of 5222.557.312263
Black Protestant adherents1.7621st highest of 5100.558.2377
Black-white residential segregation56.140th highest of 5111.24784.951
Business closing rate8.9224th highest of 513.558.716.277
Business opening rate1023rd highest of 5109.1917.377
Catholic adherents6.9244th highest of 5103.1619.477
Checkup in the past year7530th highest of 49————
Child mortality6442nd best of 5141.468.312144
Child poverty rate, ages 0-1720.5%46th best of 518.7%22.8%36.8%77
Children in single-parent households0.255%18th highest of 510.119%0.245%0.424%73
Congregations per 10,000 people18.19th highest of 518.8328.978.477
Current asthma11.136th best of 47————
Current smoking17.243rd best of 49————
Departures per 100 people staying2.635th highest of 513.196.6711.377
Departures per 100 staying, $200,000 or more1.9741st highest of 51————
Depression25.841st best of 49————
Diabetes1534th best of 45————
Difficulty concentrating or deciding18.146th best of 49————
Difficulty running errands alone10.140th best of 46————
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs2143rd best of 47————
Disability-free score-1.5442nd highest of 47-2.41-0.810.38977
Drug overdose deaths24.316th best of 5113.224.739.740
Effective general sales tax rate2.7217th highest of 51————
Effective individual income tax rate1.7836th highest of 51————
Effective property tax rate0.81826th highest of 520.4010.631.0377
Effective property tax rate on income1.5550th highest of 51————
Evangelical Protestant adherents41.92nd highest of 5116.847.914877
Fair or poor health20.539th best of 49————
Fine particulate matter8.948th best of 515.58.99.977
Firearm fatalities19.439th best of 5110.720.242.149
Firearm share of suicides, standardised11713th highest of 5196.212216755
Firearm suicide rate13.16th highest of 517.4914.829.955
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees0.44%39th best of 510.18%0.4%0.52%77
Gini index of income inequality0.46829th best of 520.3870.4440.54377
Has health insurance89.339th highest of 49————
Health score-0.75243rd highest of 49-1.6-0.4780.39577
High blood pressure3943rd best of 49————
High cholesterol36.535th best of 49————
Homeownership rate65.8%39th highest of 5250.9%72%85.8%77
Homicide rate7.9638th best of 512.796.9918.635
Homicide rate, annual7.2318th highest of 513.328.5135.16
How much faster the top bracket arrives than everyone else-0.18932nd highest of 51————
Income gap between arrivals and departures$-1,46823rd highest of 51$-42,650$1,641$35,86076
Infant mortality745th best of 514.197.6710.431
Injury deaths10239th best of 5166.811919975
Life expectancy73.7 years44th best of 5168.2 years72.5 years78.2 years77
Mainline Protestant adherents7.7313th highest of 512.147.2235.777
Material security score-0.64743rd highest of 51-1.3-0.3211.0777
Mean adjusted gross income per return$77,34445th best of 51$47,640$62,900$91,14077
Mean income of arriving households$58,98447th highest of 51$33,770$47,350$76,30076
Mean income of departing households$60,45248th highest of 51$35,200$46,290$88,95077
Mean travel time to work22.4 min13th best of 527.46 min23.6 min30.8 min77
Median age36.9 years47th highest of 5227.7 years39.6 years47.3 years77
Median gross rent$98042nd highest of 52$588$811$1,20877
Median home value$185,90048th highest of 52$71,900$135,800$234,30077
Median household income$63,60344th best of 52$41,050$57,550$85,43077
Median household income (model-based)$62,12046th best of 51$41,240$56,170$86,54077
Median property tax bill1,52042nd highest of 523868132,28877
Meets aerobic guidelines51.549th best of 49————
Membership organisations11.220th best of 514.6212.54177
Millionaire returns as a share of all returns0.30838th highest of 52————
Millionaires' share of all income12.129th highest of 52————
Motor vehicle crash deaths17.944th best of 5110.322.759.466
Net business formation rate1.1323rd highest of 51-11.80.628.6577
Net domestic migration rate5.6312th highest of 51————
Net migration per 100 people staying0.43815th highest of 51-3.410.5272.8576
Net migration per 100 staying, $200,000 or more0.2521st highest of 51————
Obesity39.544th best of 49————
Orthodox Christian adherents0.0548th highest of 51000.2477
Other religion adherents2.8536th highest of 5101.394.677
People per tax return23rd highest of 5122277
Per capita income$34,85945th best of 52$20,300$30,320$44,40077
Per capita personal income$60,85341st best of 51$37,240$48,780$107,20077
Poverty rate15.3%44th best of 527.81%16.5%27.4%77
Poverty rate (model-based)15.8%46th best of 517.9%17.4%25.7%77
Premature mortality55144th best of 5135262185677
Preventable hospital stays2,97938th best of 511,0012,9318,04977
Private job growth2.946th highest of 52-30.52.3718.476
Religious adherents61.24th highest of 5124.564.316477
Republican share of the two-party vote, 202467.55th highest of 5150.981.192.977
Returns claiming charitable contributions5.2%31st highest of 510%3.27%6.93%77
Returns claiming the earned income credit18.8%8th highest of 5113.5%20.7%31.5%77
Returns reporting capital gains13.8%44th highest of 517.51%12%24.8%77
Returns reporting unemployment compensation1.58%38th highest of 510%1.49%3%77
Safety score-0.73538th highest of 51-3.07-0.3430.67949
Share aged 65 and over16.1%45th highest of 5212.1%18.5%25.3%77
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic6.79%4th highest of 510.733%7.62%41.1%71
Share Asian, not Hispanic2.31%34th highest of 520%0.831%4.6%51
Share Black, not Hispanic6.88%26th highest of 520.35%2.71%14.2%63
Share divorced12.7%8th highest of 525.97%13.5%18.2%77
Share foreign-born6.25%30th highest of 520.976%2.92%23.9%68
Share Hispanic or Latino, any race12.3%21st highest of 523%7.43%51.1%77
Share in the same house a year ago84.2%43rd highest of 5173.6%87%96.7%77
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.158%10th highest of 490%0%3.9%39
Share never married30.3%44th highest of 5216.9%26%47.1%77
Share now married50.5%26th highest of 5239.8%52.1%66.1%77
Share of births to unmarried women31.4%26th highest of 520%36.7%82.7%46
Share of some other race, not Hispanic0.281%47th highest of 520%0%0.815%18
Share of suicides by firearm61.5%14th highest of 5152.5%64.7%90.9%55
Share of taxes from alcohol0.8567th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporate income3.7440th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporation licences0.26617th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from death and gift051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from gambling0.15326th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from general sales and gross receipts32.513th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from individual income21.232nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from insurance premiums1.7321st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from licences4.9917th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor fuel2.8721st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor vehicle licences4.121st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from occupation and business licences0.19749th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from other taxes9.565th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property18.444th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property transfer0.15329th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from public utilities1.2818th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from selective sales9.6131st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from severance8.855th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from sports betting and pari-mutuels0.0055436th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from tobacco1.972nd highest of 51————
Share of two or more races, not Hispanic8.47%3rd highest of 522.41%8.34%20.5%76
Share separated1.92%10th highest of 521.13%2%4.24%65
Share White, not Hispanic62.8%31st highest of 5238.4%68.2%86%77
Share widowed6.4%9th highest of 524.55%7.78%11.9%77
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher27.8%45th best of 5210.4%19.5%40.1%77
State income tax as a share of income1.7834th highest of 50————
State taxes as a share of income5.5237th highest of 50————
Suicide rate21.244th best of 5115.223.944.552
Top state income tax rate4.75%30th highest of 50————
Total tax burden8.3946th highest of 51————
Two weeks of poor mental health1839th best of 49————
Two weeks of poor physical health13.936th best of 47————
Unemployment rate3.14%23rd best of 521.8%3.2%5.3%77
Vacancy rate12.5%20th highest of 525.78%17.7%48.7%77
Went without care over cost14.440th best of 49————
Years of potential life lost10,91143rd best of 517,14512,50017,86075
Aggregate travel time to work36,910,000 min29th highest of 526,405 min177,800 min7,574,000 min77
Business establishments87,91627th highest of 514743922,60077
Business establishments closed7,79628th highest of 513362,03277
Business establishments opened8,78528th highest of 510362,36277
Employed1,904,70028th highest of 521,3489,041401,90077
Foreign-born population249,77029th highest of 527275085,81068
Gross domestic product$255,930,000k30th highest of 51$130,000k$1,100,000k$70,470,000k77
Housing units1,763,00028th highest of 521,35810,120357,00077
Labour force1,966,50028th highest of 521,3769,478414,70077
Millionaire tax returns5,25030th highest of 52————
Net domestic migration22,6609th highest of 51————
Occupied housing units1,542,80028th highest of 527028,116323,10077
Owner-occupied housing units1,015,20028th highest of 525425,834189,40077
People covered by a tax return3,365,50028th highest of 511,85017,320666,90077
People in households earning $200,000 or more who did not move211,22032nd highest of 51————
People who did not move2,859,50028th highest of 511,60514,730570,60077
Personal income$247,300,000k29th highest of 51$143,700k$1,046,000k$60,180,000k77
Population4,063,90028th highest of 512,18820,510811,10077
Population4,053,80028th highest of 512,19120,370808,90077
Population (firearm measures)3,695,20028th highest of 515,32235,580734,10055
Population (WONDER)4,053,80028th highest of 5137,040211,400808,9006
Population aged 15 and over3,198,40028th highest of 521,74216,110629,90077
Population aged 25 and over2,641,30028th highest of 521,53514,120521,80077
Population aged 65 and over642,17030th highest of 524963,449113,50077
Population below the poverty line593,82025th highest of 522343,813123,30077
Population below the poverty line621,05023rd highest of 513803,934127,10077
Population for whom poverty status is determined3,872,70028th highest of 522,23019,420784,70077
Population for whom poverty status is determined3,930,70028th highest of 512,18419,560794,50077
Population in the same house one year ago3,362,80028th highest of 512,17217,700659,70077
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher733,79030th highest of 522782,369183,10077
Population, decennial census3,959,40028th highest of 512,29621,380796,30077
Presidential votes cast, 20241,566,20030th highest of 518827,678288,90077
Private jobs1,342,90031st highest of 523365,470408,00077
State and local tax collections$20,739,000k31st highest of 51————
State individual income tax collected$4,393,700k28th highest of 50————
State tax collected, all taxes$13,648,000k31st highest of 50————
Tax returns filed1,702,70029th highest of 518808,120350,90077
Total population3,995,30028th highest of 522,24720,880800,50077
Unemployed61,83729th highest of 522831512,82077
Vacant housing units220,26025th highest of 524081,77933,90077
Women aged 15 to 50929,35028th highest of 524204,419196,00077
Women who gave birth in the past year52,94227th highest of 524043411,84063
Workers aged 16 and over who commute1,648,30028th highest of 528598,055345,70077

Links inside Oklahoma

These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.

These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.

Pairr within OKcounties
Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside Oklahoma, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.8377
Self-care disability × Material security scoreInside Oklahoma, where Self-care disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9177
Stroke × Material security scoreInside Oklahoma, where Stroke is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9077
Food insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Oklahoma, where Food insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.8777
Lack of reliable transportation × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Oklahoma, where Lack of reliable transportation is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.8777
Vision disability × Material security scoreInside Oklahoma, where Vision disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.8977
Housing insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Oklahoma, where Housing insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.8577
Received food stamps × Material security scoreInside Oklahoma, where Received food stamps is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9177
Self-care disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Oklahoma, where Self-care disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.8777
Vision disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Oklahoma, where Vision disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.8677
Fair or poor self-rated health × Material security scoreInside Oklahoma, where Fair or poor self-rated health is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.8877
Independent-living disability × Material security scoreInside Oklahoma, where Independent-living disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 77 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.8977

What this state is divided into

77 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state.

Oklahoma County · Tulsa County · Cleveland County · Canadian County · Comanche County · Rogers County · Wagoner County · Payne County · Pottawatomie County · Creek County · Muskogee County · Garfield County · Grady County · Washington County · Logan County · Le Flore County · Carter County · Cherokee County · Bryan County · Osage County · McClain County · Kay County · Pittsburg County · Stephens County · Delaware County · Sequoyah County · Mayes County · Pontotoc County · Okmulgee County · Lincoln County · McCurtain County · Ottawa County · Custer County · Caddo County · Garvin County · Jackson County · Seminole County · Beckham County · Texas County · Woodward County · Adair County · McIntosh County · Pawnee County · Marshall County · Kingfisher County · Choctaw County · Atoka County · Craig County · Murray County · Hughes County · Haskell County · Okfuskee County · Noble County · Washita County · Pushmataha County · Johnston County · Love County · Latimer County · Nowata County · Woods County · Blaine County · Kiowa County · Major County · Tillman County · Alfalfa County · Greer County · Cotton County · Jefferson County · Coal County · Beaver County · Dewey County · Grant County · Ellis County · Roger Mills County · Harper County · Harmon County · Cimarron County