14,600 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.1% since 2020)
975 square miles of land · 15 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
8 active community water systems list Atoka County in the area they serve, reporting 10,995 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ATOKA CO. RWS & SWMD #4 surface water · local government · OK1010412 | 3,000 served |
| ATOKA surface water · local government · OK1010401 | 2,988 served |
| ATOKA CO. RWD #3 (CANEY) groundwater · local government · OK2000302 | 1,500 served |
| STRINGTOWN PWA buys surface water · local government · OK3000303 | 1,105 served |
| MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER surface water · state · OK1010408 | 952 served |
| HOWARD MCLEOD CORRECTIONAL CENTER groundwater · state · OK2000304 | 825 served |
| ATOKA CO. RWD #2 buys surface water · local government · OK3000306 | 500 served |
| ATOKA CO. RWD #1 (WARDVILLE) buys surface water · local government · OK3000305 | 125 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 43 people were held in Atoka County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 462 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 40.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
6 school districts have their office in Atoka County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $15.2 million — $13.2 million to run schools, about $15,230 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $8.9 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.3 million.
Spent $6.7 million — $5.8 million to run schools, about $11,909 per student, plus $903,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $800,000.
Spent $4.1 million — $4 million to run schools, about $15,134 per student, plus $148,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $772,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.9 million state, $1.5 million federal.
Spent $4.3 million — $3.9 million to run schools, about $15,423 per student, plus $387,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $500,000.
Spent $4.2 million — $4.1 million to run schools, about $16,343 per student, plus $142,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $747,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.1 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $375,000.
Spent $2.7 million — $2.6 million to run schools, about $12,078 per student, plus $60,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $471,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $643,000 federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Atoka County about $7.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
232 bridges in Atoka County: 145 in good condition, 77 fair, and 10 poor (4.3%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| CENTER POINT over CREEK · built 1939 | 200 vehicles a day |
| BOGGY DEPOT over FRONTERHOUSE CREEK · built 1946 | 200 vehicles a day |
| BACHELOR FARM RD over CREEK · built 1992 | 200 vehicles a day |
| E1660 over N BOGGY CREEK · built 1920 | 100 vehicles a day |
| N3825 (S OLD HWY) over CLEAR BOGGY CREEK · built 1928 | 100 vehicles a day |
| WARDVILLE RD over BECK CREEK · built 1937 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.7 million of work in Atoka County in fiscal 2025, about $754 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Oklahoma are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Atoka County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Atoka County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Coal County (19 mi) · Bryan County (32 mi) · Johnston County (36 mi) · Pushmataha County (36 mi) · Choctaw County (37 mi) · Pittsburg County (40 mi).