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Muskogee County, Oklahoma
6,622 Black residents · 10.0% of the county · ranked 5 of 77 in Oklahoma by Black population
Muskogee County is a Oklahoma county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Muskogee County held 66,339 residents in all, of whom 6,622 — 10.0% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 66,339 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 6,622 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 10.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Oklahoma counties | 5 of 77 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The two-census record for Muskogee County: 8,030 Black residents in 2010 and 6,622 in 2020. The population declined by 17.5%, and the Black share in Muskogee County moved from 11.3% to 10.0%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Muskogee County is one of 77 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Oklahoma. Together they hold the state's 289,961 Black residents, and Muskogee County's 6,622 of them give it rank 5 of 77 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Muskogee County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Muskogee County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Muskogee County page holds the frame around them — 66,339 people in all, 6,622 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.