Wilson, Oklahoma
(Carter County)

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The last Census shows that Wilson had a population^<1> of 1,584 people in 2000. This represents 0.05% of the total population of Oklahoma, making it the state's 162nd most populous community.

The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
160	Westville	1,596	NE	205 mi [329.9 km]
161	Inola	1,589	NE	174 mi [280 km]
162	Wilson	1,584
163	Beaver	1,570	NW	252 mi [405.6 km]
164	Comanche	1,556	NW	33 mi [53.1 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Wilson. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Wilson had a population of 1,622 people. This is an increase of 2.4% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The city of Wilson had 785 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Wilson has a total area of 5.7 square miles [14.78 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.01 square miles [0.03 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Wilson had a 2000 population density of 278.3 people per square mile [720 people/km²].

Carter County

Wilson is located in Carter County.

The county had a population of 45,599 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,584 people, Wilson accounted for 3.47% of the Carter County total.

In addition, where the community of Wilson has a population density of 278.3 people per square mile [720 people/km²], Carter County averages 55.4 people per square mile [143.4 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Carter County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Wilson and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Wilson. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Wilson.

A Census Quickfact is available for Carter County (QF-40019).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Carter County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Garvin	QF-40049	N	27,141	27,258	-0.43%
Jefferson	QF-40067	W	6,273	6,769	-7.33%
Johnston	QF-40069	E	10,402	10,513	-1.06%
Love	QF-40085	S	9,112	8,827	3.23%
Marshall	QF-40095	SE	14,830	13,155	12.73%
Murray	QF-40099	NE	12,695	12,594	0.8%
Stephens	QF-40137	NW	43,322	43,073	0.58%

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Wilson:

Wilson is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Wilson.

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Wilson. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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