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Tulsa County, Oklahoma
67,414 Black residents · 10.1% of the county · ranked 2 of 77 in Oklahoma by Black population
Tulsa County is a Oklahoma county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Tulsa County held 669,279 residents in all, of whom 67,414 — 10.1% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 669,279 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 67,414 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 10.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Oklahoma counties | 2 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 Tulsa County: 64,779 Black residents in 2010 and 67,414 in 2020. The population grew by 4.1%, and the Black share in Tulsa County moved from 10.7% to 10.1%.
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
Tulsa 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 Tulsa County's 67,414 of them give it rank 2 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 Tulsa County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Tulsa County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Tulsa County page holds the frame around them — 669,279 people in all, 67,414 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.