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Canadian County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 4 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40017

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

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Population
187,189
+31,754 (+20.4%) since 2020
Land area
896.6
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
209
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
El Reno
Seat of county government.
Established
1889
136 years ago
Largest city
Oklahoma City city
Population 94,011 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Canadian 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 Canadian 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 636 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 Canadian 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
Population187,1894th of 77377th of 3,144
Land area896.6 sq mi32nd of 77871st of 3,144
Population density209 per sq mi4th of 77547th of 3,144
Median household income$87,7511st of 77356th of 3,143

Full data for Canadian County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population187,189Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020155,435Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?154,155Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area896.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area905.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?209 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$87,751American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$246,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households58,227American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units61,956American 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
+732
2,066 births, 1,334 deaths
Net migration
+4,849
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 8 areas bordering Canadian 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
Grady CountyOklahoma35 mi59,128
Kingfisher CountyOklahoma30 mi15,795
Oklahoma CountyOklahoma24 mi822,125
Caddo CountyOklahoma24 mi26,130
Blaine CountyOklahoma18 mi8,515
Cleveland CountyOklahoma2.7 mi303,973
McClain CountyOklahoma0.1 mi49,647
Logan CountyOklahomaa single point55,473

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.