| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 539 / 918 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:54:43 PM |
| Population: | 16,686 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 40035 |
| Land Area: | 779 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 7 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 36.6816, -95.1425 |
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16,686 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 779 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 17,146 to 16,686 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.7% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 74332 (Big Cabin, $60,781 median) and poorest ZIP 74301 (Vinita, $52,211) are 12.7 miles apart — a 1.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.7× across this county — from $144,100 in 74301 (Vinita) to $249,100 in 74349 (Ketchum).
Density varies 814× across the county — from 8 people/sq mi in 74369 (Welch) to 6,613 in 74349 (Ketchum).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.3% bachelor's+ in 74333 (Bluejacket) to 18.1% in 74349 (Ketchum) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Oklahoma, this is the #43 most populous of 78 counties and ranks #54 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $53,515 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
15.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,767 of 11,814 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.