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Woods County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 61 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40151

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

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Population
8,443
-155 (-1.8%) since 2020
Land area
1,286
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
6.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Alva
Seat of county government.
Established
1893
132 years ago
Largest city
Alva city
Population 4,880.

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 Woods 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 Woods 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 674 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 Woods 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
Population8,44361st of 772,546th of 3,144
Land area1,286 sq mi9th of 77467th of 3,144
Population density6.6 per sq mi68th of 772,701st of 3,144
Median household income$53,27555th of 772,577th of 3,143

Full data for Woods County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,443Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,598Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,622Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,286 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,290 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?6.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,275American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$139,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,584American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,447American 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
-21
88 births, 109 deaths
Net migration
-100
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 6 areas bordering Woods 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
Alfalfa CountyOklahoma38 mi5,649
Woodward CountyOklahoma35 mi19,827
Major CountyOklahoma32 mi7,536
Comanche CountyKansas25 mi1,673
Barber CountyKansas25 mi4,083
Harper CountyOklahoma17 mi3,172

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.