Stephens County, OK
Demographic and economic profile of Stephens County, OK, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Stephens County is a mid-size rural Oklahoma county of 43,314 residents with a labor force participation rate of just 54.8% and an unemployment rate of 5.3%, reflecting a workforce pool that skews older—median age 41.0—and leans toward vocational rather than degree credentials, with only 19.5% holding a bachelor's degree or higher. Housing costs are low, with a median home value of $135,100 and median gross rent of $865/month, and a homeownership rate of 74.5% points to a stable, settled population. The county has seen a modest population decline of 1.5% over five years, a poverty rate of 17.5%, and median worker earnings of $38,143, while GDP per capita of $54,850 sits noticeably above per capita income of $34,244, suggesting output concentrated in capital- or resource-
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-1.5% since 2018
Stephens County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone34,862 (80.0%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races3,890 (8.9%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race1,679 (3.9%)
- American Indian & Alaska Native Alone1,434 (3.3%)
- Some Other Race Alone765 (1.8%)
- Black or African American Alone644 (1.5%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish1,736
- 2.Other Indo-European110
- 3.Vietnamese62
- 4.German or other West Germanic46
- 5.Other Asian and Pacific Island43
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance4,033
- 2.Retail Trade (Group)2,286
- 3.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining2,021
- 4.Manufacturing (Group)1,581
- 5.Construction (Group)1,327
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations6,120
- 2.Sales & Office Occupations3,457
- 3.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations3,127
- 4.Service Occupations2,812
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations2,418
Housing
Education
Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.