Shawnee, Oklahoma demographics

Shawnee, OK demographics: median age 34.6; 24.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Shawnee city, Oklahoma · Incorporated city · GEOID 4066800. The survey estimates a population of 31,671 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Shawnee is 34.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.1 years. There are 11,744 households (±278). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	34.6 ±1.1	37.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 31,671
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oklahoma	U.S.
Under 18	7,641 ±430	24.1% ±1.4 pp	24.0%	22.0%
18–34	8,374 ±452	26.4% ±1.4 pp	23.3%	22.8%
35–64	10,665 ±498	33.7% ±1.6 pp	36.4%	38.0%
65 and older	4,991 ±430	15.8% ±1.4 pp	16.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 31,671
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oklahoma	U.S.
Male	15,180 ±388	47.9% ±1.2 pp	49.8%	49.5%
Female	16,491 ±405	52.1% ±1.3 pp	50.2%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 31,671
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oklahoma	U.S.
White alone	22,135 ±539	69.9% ±1.7 pp	65.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,276 ±195	4.0% ±0.6 pp	7.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	3,875 ±460	12.2% ±1.5 pp	7.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	413 ±165	1.3% ±0.5 pp	2.4%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	90 ±29	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race alone	291 ±115	0.9% ±0.4 pp	3.7%	7.1%
Two or more races	3,591 ±385	11.3% ±1.2 pp	14.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 31,671
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oklahoma	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,518 ±297	93.2% ±0.9 pp	87.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2,153 ±295	6.8% ±0.9 pp	12.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 11,744
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oklahoma	U.S.
Married-couple family	4,824 ±284	41.1% ±2.2 pp	46.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	791 ±148	6.7% ±1.3 pp	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,676 ±203	14.3% ±1.7 pp	12.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	3,723 ±255	31.7% ±2.0 pp	29.6%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	730 ±141	6.2% ±1.2 pp	6.1%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 11,744
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oklahoma	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,581 ±205	30.5% ±1.6 pp	31.3%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	8,163 ±311	69.5% ±2.1 pp	68.7%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 11,744
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oklahoma	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	3,723 ±255	31.7% ±2.0 pp	29.6%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,884 ±304	33.1% ±2.5 pp	33.8%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,641 ±223	14.0% ±1.9 pp	15.0%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,366 ±181	11.6% ±1.5 pp	12.0%	12.6%
Five-person households	618 ±144	5.3% ±1.2 pp	6.0%	5.9%
Six-person households	248 ±98	2.1% ±0.8 pp	2.4%	2.2%
Seven or more people	264 ±78	2.2% ±0.7 pp	1.3%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 31,671
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oklahoma	U.S.
Native	30,879 ±141	97.5% ±0.4 pp	93.6%	85.9%
Foreign born	792 ±124	2.5% ±0.4 pp	6.4%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 29,570
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oklahoma	U.S.
English only	28,320 ±278	95.8% ±0.7 pp	88.5%	77.7%
Spanish	745 ±135	2.5% ±0.5 pp	8.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±22 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	116 ±75 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	9 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	66 ±58 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±22 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	26 ±34 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	1.1%
Vietnamese	88 ±81 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	16 ±26 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	116 ±82 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Arabic	13 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	55 ±32 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 19,934
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oklahoma	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,967 ±294	9.9% ±1.5 pp	10.6%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	6,480 ±421	32.5% ±2.0 pp	30.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	4,761 ±393	23.9% ±1.9 pp	22.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,816 ±274	9.1% ±1.4 pp	8.3%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,286 ±364	16.5% ±1.8 pp	18.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,624 ±276	8.1% ±1.4 pp	9.9%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 31,324
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oklahoma	U.S.
Same house	26,323 ±559	84.0% ±1.8 pp	85.6%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,239 ±375	7.1% ±1.2 pp	7.3%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,446 ±277	4.6% ±0.9 pp	4.0%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,193 ±397	3.8% ±1.3 pp	2.7%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	123 ±86 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

12.6% of Shawnee residents (±1.3 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 12.9% in Oklahoma and 8.4% nationally. 90.2% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Shawnee	Oklahoma	U.S.	Compared with Oklahoma
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	12.6% ±1.3 pp	12.9%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	90.2% ±1.2 pp	88.9%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	7.1% ±1.1 pp	7.9%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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