Oklahoma counties quiz
Find the hidden Oklahoma county out of all 77. Each guess shows how far, which way, and how big.
How the clues work
People compares your guess with the mystery county's 2023 population, from "Close" (within about 10%) to "Vastly more" (over 8 times as many). Growth says whether the mystery county grew faster or slower from 2020 to 2023, within one point counts as similar. Distance is in miles between the two counties' middles, with an arrow pointing the way to go; it turns striped within 40 miles.
A round, worked through
Say the mystery county is Oklahoma County, the state's largest, with 808,866 people. You open with Cimarron County, 2,191 people. The tiles read: People: Vastly more; Growth: Faster; Distance: 297 mi, arrow east.
So the mystery is 297 miles east and has more people. You pick Kiowa County, closer that way: People: Vastly more; Growth: Faster; Distance: 99 mi, arrow northeast. Now the mystery is 99 miles northeast and has more people. Only a few counties fit both clues.
Questions
How many counties are in Oklahoma?
Oklahoma has 77 counties in the Census Bureau's 2023 list. This quiz uses all of them.
What is the largest county in Oklahoma by population?
Oklahoma County, with 808,866 people in 2023, up 1.3% since 2020.
What is the largest county in Oklahoma by land area?
Osage County, with 2,247 square miles of land.
Which Oklahoma county has the fewest people?
Cimarron County, with 2,191 people in 2023.
Which Oklahoma county is growing fastest?
Among counties with 10,000 or more people, Canadian County grew fastest from 2020 to 2023, up 13.1%. Texas County shrank the most, down 4.3%.
Is the daily County Clues puzzle the same?
The daily puzzle hides one county from the whole country each day, from the counties with 50,000 or more people, and gives state, division and region clues instead of distance. This page is practice you can replay.
Populations are the US Census Bureau's 2023 estimates; growth is the change since 2020. Distances run between each place's middle point on the Census Bureau's 2023 county list. Both are public domain.