Demographics of Shawnee city, Oklahoma

Shawnee city, Oklahoma had 32,474 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,175 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Shawnee city, in four figures

32,474
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 31,671 ±56.; +3.8%
Change since July 2020: +1,175 people.; 34.6 ±1.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $55,815 ±$2,005
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Shawnee city, Oklahoma's population grew 3.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Shawnee city, 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).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Shawnee city, Oklahoma's population grew 3.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Shawnee city, 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	31,299	100.0	100.0
2021	31,548	100.8	100.2
2022	31,649	101.1	100.7
2023	31,828	101.7	101.6
2024	32,126	102.6	102.5
2025	32,474	103.8	103.1

Population of Shawnee city, Oklahoma on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	31,299	—
2021	31,548	+249
2022	31,649	+101
2023	31,828	+179
2024	32,126	+298
2025	32,474	+348

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 34.6 ±1.1: for men 33.9 ±2.1 and for women 34.9 ±1.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Shawnee city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Oklahoma	United States
Under 5	2,101 ±196	6.6% ±0.6	6.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,540 ±383	17.5% ±1.2	17.8% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,096 ±346	12.9% ±1.1	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	8,024 ±436	25.3% ±1.4	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	6,919 ±378	21.8% ±1.2	23.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,991 ±430	15.8% ±1.4	16.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $55,815 ±$2,005, and income per person $27,750 ±$1,246, 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 Shawnee city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Oklahoma	United States
Under $25,000	2,530 ±256	21.5% ±2.1	17.5% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,702 ±297	23.0% ±2.5	20.9% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,354 ±283	20.0% ±2.4	18.0% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,585 ±236	13.5% ±2.0	13.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,577 ±225	13.4% ±1.9	16.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	576 ±114	4.9% ±1.0	7.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	420 ±110	3.6% ±0.9	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 Shawnee city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Oklahoma	United States
All ages	6,150 ±598	20.8% ±2.0	15.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,257 ±291	30.1% ±3.4	20.1% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,859 ±283	18.4% ±1.7	14.8% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,034 ±239	15.9% ±3.5	11.5% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Shawnee city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Shawnee city	Oklahoma	United States
Housing units	13,652 ±223	1,775,127 ±745	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	86.0% ±1.5	88.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	14.0% ±1.4	12.0% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	58.3% ±3.0	65.8% ±0.2	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	41.7% ±2.5	34.2% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$160,100 ±$7,976	$199,800 ±$1,121	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$936 ±$36	$1,014 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1973 ±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 Shawnee city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Oklahoma	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,153 ±295	6.8% ±0.9	12.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	21,476 ±527	67.8% ±1.7	62.1% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,230 ±184	3.9% ±0.6	6.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	378 ±145	1.2% ±0.5	2.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	3,603 ±433	11.4% ±1.4	6.6% ±0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	90 ±29	0.3% ±0.1	0.2% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 112	0% to 0.4%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,692 ±387	8.5% ±1.2	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 Shawnee city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Oklahoma	United States
Born in the state	21,686 ±633	68.5% ±2.0	59.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,823 ±623	27.9% ±2.0	32.9% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	370 ±119	1.2% ±0.4	1.2% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	792 ±124	2.5% ±0.4	6.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	316 ±103	1.0% ±0.3	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	476 ±112	1.5% ±0.4	3.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Shawnee city among the places of Oklahoma

14th of 75 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Oklahoma page.

Places of Oklahoma near Shawnee city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Enid city	50,653 ±77
Stillwater city	49,269 ±34
Owasso city	40,151 ±41
Bartlesville city	37,878 ±46
Muskogee city	36,758 ±68
Shawnee city	31,671 ±56
Bixby city	30,155 ±164
Jenks city	27,102 ±36
Yukon city	25,529 ±32
Ardmore city	24,877 ±43
Ponca City city	24,326 ±66

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Shawnee city, Oklahoma

Rankings this appears in

No. 6 Places in Oklahoma by poverty rate
No. 18 Places in Oklahoma by median age
No. 24 Places in Oklahoma by median rent
No. 28 Places in Oklahoma by homeownership rate
No. 30 Places in Oklahoma by median household income
No. 34 Places in Oklahoma by median home value

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — 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

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026