| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 580 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:24 PM |
| Population: | 3,746 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 40045 |
| Land Area: | 1,187 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 36.2506, -99.7621 |
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3,746 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 1,187 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 4,230 to 3,746 from 2014 to 2024 — a -11.4% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 73840 (Fargo, $71,932 median) and poorest ZIP 73843 (Gage, $44,563) are 11.3 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.2× across this county — from $115,600 in 73832 (Arnett) to $133,300 in 73843 (Gage).
Density varies 3× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 73832 (Arnett) to 6 in 73858 (Shattuck).
Educational attainment ranges from 17.0% bachelor's+ in 73840 (Fargo) to 28.7% in 73832 (Arnett) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Oklahoma, this is the #74 most populous of 78 counties and ranks #40 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $58,099 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
23.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (605 of 2,630 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 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.
Ellis County lost 11.4% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: