[ou_norman]

Census data for Oklahoma places has been released today. 6 of our top 10 cities showed double-digit growth. Four of our top 10 counties showed growth over 20%. Broken Arrow made it to 99,000, almost becoming our 4th city with 100k+. Also interesting, Oklahoma County and Cleveland County now account for 1 million of the metro's population.

10 Largest Cities in Oklahoma, 2010
Rank | City | Population | % change from 2000

1 Oklahoma City city……………………………………….. 579 999 | 14.6
2 Tulsa city……………………………………………………….. 391 906 | -0.3
3 Norman city………………………………………………… 110 925 | 15.9
4 Broken Arrow city…………………………………………… 98 850 | 32.0
5 Lawton city………………………………………………… 96 867 | 4.4
6 Edmond city…………………………………………………. 81 405 | 19.2
7 Moore city……………………………………………………. 55 081 | 33.9
8 Midwest City city……………………………………………… 54 371 | 0.5
9 Enid city……………………………………………………… 49 379 | 5.0
10 Stillwater city………………………………………………….. 45 688 | 17.0

10 Largest Counties in Oklahoma, 2010
Rank| County | Population | % Change from 2000

1 Oklahoma County…………………………………………… 718 633 | 8.8
2 Tulsa County…………………………………………….. 603 403 | 7.1
3 Cleveland County…………………………………………… 255 755 | 22.9
4 Comanche County………………………………………….. 124 098 | 7.9
5 Canadian County…………………………………………….. 115 541 | 31.8
6 Rogers County……………………………………………… 86 905 | 23.0
7 Payne County………………………………………………….. 77 350 | 13.4
8 Wagoner County……………………………………………… 73 085 | 27.1
9 Muskogee County………………………………………… 70 990 | 2.2
10 Creek County……………………………………………… 69 967 | 3.9

[StillwaterTownie]

Darn, neither Stillwater or Enid made it to 50,000.

[Darbro]

Wow. Lawton slid to #5. I remember when it was #3. Is Lawton still growing and what's been going on there.

[flintysooner]

We moved to Moore in 1951. I think the population then was just under 1,000. It is amazing to me that it would now be so large.

[JoninATX]

Wow OKC almost made it to 600,000, also with a metro of 1.3 million

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by flintysooner

We moved to Moore in 1951. I think the population then was just under 1,000. It is amazing to me that it would now be so large.

Wow, 1951. I wasn't born yet and my parents had just got electricity for the farm. Months later, they bought a Hoffman TV.

[flintysooner]

Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie

Wow, 1951. I wasn't born yet and my parents had just got electricity for the farm. Months later, they bought a Hoffman TV.

That's really early for TV. Your parents were pretty cutting edge.

We did not get a TV until 1956 which was the same year my parents got a 2nd car. Telephone came in 1962. Was a rather different time.

I looked up the 1950 Census. I don't exactly understand the difference between town and township but this is what it had for Moore:

Moore town: 942 (1950), 499 (1940), 538 (1930)
Moore township: 1595 (1950), 1347 (1940), 1391 (1930)

Here's the link I used:
http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decenni...80v2p36ch2.pdf

The reporting changed after 1950 but the results follow:
1960: 1760
1970: 18761
1980: 35063
1990: 40318
2000: 41138
2010: 55081

[JoninATX]

Just to let ya know that this census may be off, cause over on the Texas forum they have the population alot lower than expected, and could easily have Oklahoma miscounted to.

[StillwaterTownie]

If I'm right, if a city wants a recount of their 2010 census, then it can do it, but it has to pay for the expense of doing it.

[ou_norman]

HAHA, the whole Census is off because the Census overestimated Texas population growth in between censuses? The adjustments to Oklahoma between 09 estimates and 10 census pretty much show that we were probably underestimated slightly throughout the decade in Oklahoma