Craig County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 47 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40035

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

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Population
14,518
+371 (+2.6%) since 2020
Land area
761.3
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
19.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Vinita
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Vinita city
Population 5,405 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 Craig 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 Craig 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 598 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 Craig 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
Population14,51847th of 772,118th of 3,144
Land area761.3 sq mi43rd of 771,147th of 3,144
Population density19.1 per sq mi45th of 772,278th of 3,144
Median household income$51,92259th of 772,663rd of 3,143

Full data for Craig County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,518Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,147Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,115Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area761.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area762.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?19.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,922American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$150,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,190American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,381American 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
-59
163 births, 222 deaths
Net migration
+101
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 7 areas bordering Craig 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
Nowata CountyOklahoma29 mi9,522
Ottawa CountyOklahoma26 mi30,438
Labette CountyKansas18 mi19,685
Mayes CountyOklahoma18 mi40,416
Rogers CountyOklahoma12 mi102,197
Delaware CountyOklahoma11 mi41,910
Cherokee CountyKansas3.6 mi19,105

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.