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Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 65 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40003

Within Oklahoma
Alfalfa County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Cherokee, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
5,649
-64 (-1.1%) since 2020
Land area
866.6
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
6.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cherokee
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Helena town
Population 1,527.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Alfalfa County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 556 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Alfalfa County ranks

Position among the 77 counties of Oklahoma, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn OklahomaNationally
Population5,64965th of 772,763rd of 3,144
Land area866.6 sq mi35th of 77950th of 3,144
Population density6.5 per sq mi69th of 772,702nd of 3,144
Median household income$64,61517th of 771,661st of 3,143

Full data for Alfalfa County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,649Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,713Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,705Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area866.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area881.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?6.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,615American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$101,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,938American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,466American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-13
47 births, 60 deaths
Net migration
-59
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Alfalfa County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Woods CountyOklahoma38 mi8,443
Grant CountyOklahoma28 mi4,067
Major CountyOklahoma24 mi7,536
Harper CountyKansas13 mi5,370
Barber CountyKansas11 mi4,083
Garfield CountyOklahoma9.0 mi61,779

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 77 counties of Oklahoma

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.