Atoka County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 46 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40005

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

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Population
14,609
+445 (+3.1%) since 2020
Land area
975.5
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
15.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Atoka
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Atoka city
Population 2,975.

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 Atoka 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 Atoka 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 800 by 702 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 Atoka 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
Population14,60946th of 772,112th of 3,144
Land area975.5 sq mi23rd of 77712th of 3,144
Population density15.0 per sq mi54th of 772,396th of 3,144
Median household income$54,78550th of 772,488th of 3,143

Full data for Atoka County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,609Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,164Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,142Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area975.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area989.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?15.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,785American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$157,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,975American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,004American 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
-41
149 births, 190 deaths
Net migration
+123
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 6 areas bordering Atoka 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
Pushmataha CountyOklahoma36 mi10,807
Coal CountyOklahoma36 mi5,436
Pittsburg CountyOklahoma30 mi43,320
Bryan CountyOklahoma24 mi51,367
Johnston CountyOklahoma18 mi10,448
Choctaw CountyOklahoma12 mi14,059

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.