Demographics of Custer County, Oklahoma

Custer County, Oklahoma had 28,175 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −273 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Custer County, in four figures

28,175
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.0%
Change since July 2020: −273 people.; 32.8 ±0.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $59,738 ±$3,033
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Custer County, Oklahoma's population shrank 1.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Custer County, Oklahoma's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Custer County, Oklahoma's population shrank 1.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Custer County, Oklahoma's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	28,448	100.0	100.0
2021	28,174	99.0	100.2
2022	28,060	98.6	100.7
2023	28,308	99.5	101.6
2024	28,201	99.1	102.5
2025	28,175	99.0	103.1

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Population of Custer County, Oklahoma on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	28,448	−69	+13	0	−77
2021	28,174	−274	−62	+7	−226
2022	28,060	−114	+25	+22	−162
2023	28,308	+248	+36	+39	+178
2024	28,201	−107	+15	+45	−165
2025	28,175	−26	+9	−3	−30

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 32.8 ±0.5: for men 32.3 ±0.9 and for women 33.2 ±0.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Custer County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Oklahoma	United States
Under 5	1,779 ±71	6.3% ±0.3	6.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,271 ±293	18.7% ±1.0	17.8% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,501 ±480	15.9% ±1.7	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,079 ±390	25.1% ±1.4	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,515 ±320	19.5% ±1.1	23.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,114 ±362	14.6% ±1.3	16.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $59,738 ±$3,033, and income per person $31,773 ±$2,073, in 2024 dollars. The median is $65,039 ±$439 in Oklahoma and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Custer County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Oklahoma	United States
Under $25,000	2,205 ±335	20.0% ±3.0	17.5% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,368 ±358	21.4% ±3.2	20.9% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,155 ±301	19.5% ±2.7	18.0% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,640 ±300	14.8% ±2.7	13.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,279 ±209	11.6% ±1.9	16.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	635 ±147	5.7% ±1.3	7.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	762 ±187	6.9% ±1.7	7.2% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Custer County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Oklahoma	United States
All ages	4,412 ±623	16.4% ±2.3	15.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,043 ±230	15.1% ±3.2	20.1% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,826 ±374	19.3% ±2.5	14.8% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	543 ±139	10.2% ±2.5	11.5% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Custer County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Custer County	Oklahoma	United States
Housing units	12,971 ±32	1,775,127 ±745	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	85.1% ±2.4	88.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	14.9% ±2.4	12.0% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	60.2% ±2.4	65.8% ±0.2	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	39.8% ±3.0	34.2% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$181,500 ±$11,974	$199,800 ±$1,121	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$824 ±$50	$1,014 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±2	1980 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Custer County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Oklahoma	United States
Hispanic or Latino	5,623 ±0	19.9% ±<0.1	12.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	18,594 ±78	65.8% ±0.3	62.1% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	723 ±141	2.6% ±0.5	6.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	268 ±81	0.9% ±0.3	2.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	1,231 ±224	4.4% ±0.8	6.6% ±0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 48	0% to 0.2%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.1%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,799 ±291	6.4% ±1.0	8.9% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Custer County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Oklahoma	United States
Born in the state	18,577 ±613	65.7% ±2.2	59.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,072 ±624	28.6% ±2.2	32.9% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	92 to 288	0.3% to 1.0%	1.2% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,420 ±264	5.0% ±0.9	6.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	531 ±169	1.9% ±0.6	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	889 ±237	3.1% ±0.8	3.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Custer County among the counties of Oklahoma

33rd of 77 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Oklahoma page.

Counties of Oklahoma near Custer County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Pontotoc County	38,528	+1.1%
Okmulgee County	37,241	+1.5%
Lincoln County	35,278	+5.3%
McCurtain County	30,744	−0.3%
Ottawa County	30,438	+0.7%
Custer County	28,175	−1.0%
Garvin County	26,377	+2.8%
Caddo County	26,130	−2.9%
Jackson County	24,764	+0.1%
Seminole County	23,441	−0.3%
Beckham County	22,159	−0.7%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026