37,084 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.1% since 2020)
697 square miles of land · 53 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.
15 active community water systems list Okmulgee County in the area they serve, reporting 45,674 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| OKMULGEE PWA surface water · local government · OK1020708 | 13,495 served |
| OKMULGEE CO. RWD #6 (HECTORVILLE) buys surface water · local government · OK3005611 | 8,370 served |
| HENRYETTA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1020709 | 6,096 served |
| OKMULGEE CO. RWD #20 buys surface water · local government · OK3005606 | 2,377 served |
| OKMULGEE CO. RWD #7 (NUYAKA) buys surface water · local government · OK3005608 | 2,357 served |
| OKMULGEE CO. RWD #2 (PRESTON) buys surface water · local government · OK3005604 | 2,355 served |
| OKMULGEE CO. RWD #4 buys surface water · local government · OK3005602 | 1,913 served |
| OKMULGEE CO. RWD #1 buys surface water · local government · OK3005605 | 1,890 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 437 people were held in Okmulgee County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 1,902 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 291.
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.
9 school districts have their office in Okmulgee County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $17.9 million — $15.8 million to run schools, about $13,349 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $6.9 million state, $5.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.3 million.
Spent $12.3 million — $11.1 million to run schools, about $10,312 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.8 million local (mostly property tax), $7 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.1 million.
Spent $13.8 million — $12.1 million to run schools, about $11,304 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.6 million local (mostly property tax), $7.1 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $3 million.
Spent $11.3 million — $10.4 million to run schools, about $11,034 per student, plus $882,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.4 million local (mostly property tax), $6.6 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $7.4 million — $6.4 million to run schools, about $9,973 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.7 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $373,000.
Spent $5.4 million — $4.9 million to run schools, about $9,835 per student, plus $506,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $886,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.7 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $485,000.
Spent $4.1 million — $4 million to run schools, about $12,417 per student, plus $54,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.2 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $3.7 million — $3.6 million to run schools, about $11,600 per student, plus $73,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $727,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $553,000.
And 1 more.
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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Okmulgee County about $23.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
311 bridges in Okmulgee County: 104 in good condition, 153 fair, and 54 poor (17.4%). “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.
| FAU 1949 (10 TH) over COAL CREEK · built 1950 | 2,000 vehicles a day |
| 5608C over ADAMS CREEK · built 1921 | 800 vehicles a day |
| 5608C over CREEK · built 1940 | 800 vehicles a day |
| 5608C over R.R. UNDER · built 1954 | 800 vehicles a day |
| IRR FAS 5628 over CREEK · built 1965 | 600 vehicles a day |
| HOFFMAN RD. 5630C over CAT CREEK · built 1937 | 500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $118.5 million of work in Okmulgee County in fiscal 2025, about $3,229 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 Okmulgee 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 Okmulgee County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Okfuskee County (24 mi) · McIntosh County (25 mi) · Creek County (30 mi) · Muskogee County (33 mi) · Tulsa County (33 mi) · Wagoner County (34 mi).