Murray County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 49 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40099

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

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Population
13,805
-68 (-0.5%) since 2020
Land area
416.4
square miles. A further 2.1% of the total area is water
Population density
33.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sulphur
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Sulphur city
Population 4,878.

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 Murray 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 Murray 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 589 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 Murray 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
Population13,80549th of 772,174th of 3,144
Land area416.4 sq mi75th of 772,427th of 3,144
Population density33.2 per sq mi32nd of 771,833rd of 3,144
Median household income$66,32214th of 771,490th of 3,143

Full data for Murray County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,805Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,873Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,900Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area416.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area425.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?33.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,322American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$159,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,956American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,555American 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
-27
152 births, 179 deaths
Net migration
-25
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 4 areas bordering Murray 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
Garvin CountyOklahoma43 mi26,377
Carter CountyOklahoma37 mi48,910
Johnston CountyOklahoma18 mi10,448
Pontotoc CountyOklahoma15 mi38,528

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.