Population and Demographics of Oklahoma and Tulsa

By Ruiming Li

In Oklahoma and the city Tulsa, the population and demographics change every year, and they are the necessary data when people researching the state’s population structure and the trend of demographics.

In 2016, the total population of Oklahoma is 3,751,351. There are 1,856,997 male population and 1,894,374 female population in this state.  There are 2,706,845 white people in the state and cover 72% of total population there. There are only 385 Alaska Native Tribes in the state. As the smallest group, the population of them is below 1% of total population.  The median age of Oklahoma is 36.

In Oklahoma State, Oklahoma City has the biggest population. There are 579,999 people there. Compared with Oklahoma City, Tulsa has less population, which are 391,906. However, Tulsa Country is the country with the biggest population in Oklahoma. There are 603,403 people live in there.

Compared with Oklahoma, Texas has more population, there are 25,145,561 people live in Texas. Dallas is the largest city in Texas with 1,197,816 people. Compare with Texas, Oklahoma City has less population.

Based on the demographics of Oklahoma, there is an interesting fact is the population in this state is relative centralized in big cities. For example, the total population of Oklahoma City and Tulsa is 971,905. It takes 26% of total population in the state. 

Data Link: https://suburbanstats.org/population/texas/list-of-counties-and-cities-in-texas