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Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 9 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40125

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

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Population
75,102
+2,562 (+3.5%) since 2020
Land area
787.8
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
95.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Shawnee
Seat of county government.
Established
1891
134 years ago
Largest city
Shawnee city
Population 32,474.

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 Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie 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 621 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 Pottawatomie 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
Population75,1029th of 77752nd of 3,144
Land area787.8 sq mi41st of 771,094th of 3,144
Population density95.3 per sq mi10th of 77950th of 3,144
Median household income$61,39831st of 771,945th of 3,143

Full data for Pottawatomie County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population75,102Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202072,540Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?72,452Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area787.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area793.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?95.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,398American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$165,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households26,927American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units30,317American 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
-202
829 births, 1,031 deaths
Net migration
+830
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 Pottawatomie 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
Seminole CountyOklahoma50 mi23,441
Cleveland CountyOklahoma31 mi303,973
Lincoln CountyOklahoma29 mi35,278
McClain CountyOklahoma16 mi49,647
Pontotoc CountyOklahoma13 mi38,528
Oklahoma CountyOklahoma6.0 mi822,125
Okfuskee CountyOklahoma4.3 mi11,451

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.