Garvin County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 34 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40049

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

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Population
26,377
+729 (+2.8%) since 2020
Land area
802.1
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
32.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pauls Valley
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Pauls Valley city
Population 6,157.

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 Garvin 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 Garvin 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 497 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 Garvin 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
Population26,37734th of 771,564th of 3,144
Land area802.1 sq mi40th of 771,059th of 3,144
Population density32.9 per sq mi34th of 771,841st of 3,144
Median household income$58,55642nd of 772,217th of 3,143

Full data for Garvin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,377Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,648Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,655Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area802.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area813.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,556American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$147,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,110American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,081American 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
-26
340 births, 366 deaths
Net migration
+102
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 Garvin 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
Murray CountyOklahoma43 mi13,805
McClain CountyOklahoma42 mi49,647
Stephens CountyOklahoma18 mi44,310
Pontotoc CountyOklahoma15 mi38,528
Carter CountyOklahoma12 mi48,910
Grady CountyOklahoma12 mi59,128

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.