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Major County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 63 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40093

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

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Population
7,536
-211 (-2.7%) since 2020
Land area
955
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
7.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fairview
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Fairview city
Population 2,632.

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 Major 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 Major 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 443 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 Major 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
Population7,53663rd of 772,609th of 3,144
Land area955 sq mi24th of 77735th of 3,144
Population density7.9 per sq mi64th of 772,648th of 3,144
Median household income$71,2669th of 771,113th of 3,143

Full data for Major County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,536Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,747Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,781Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area955 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area958 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?7.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$71,266American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$149,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,182American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,716American 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
-16
94 births, 110 deaths
Net migration
-5
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 7 areas bordering Major 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 CountyOklahoma32 mi8,443
Woodward CountyOklahoma24 mi19,827
Alfalfa CountyOklahoma24 mi5,649
Blaine CountyOklahoma24 mi8,515
Garfield CountyOklahoma21 mi61,779
Dewey CountyOklahoma18 mi4,207
Kingfisher CountyOklahoma6.0 mi15,795

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.