County · Oklahoma

Mayes County, Oklahoma

Mayes County, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 23 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,412 of 3,143 US counties. Within Oklahoma it ranks #38 of 77 counties. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), job growth (high) and days with unhealthy air (low). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), distance to an Amtrak station (high) and suicide rate (high).

23Low
Quality-of-life score
#2,412 of 3,143 counties
Oklahoma
#38 of 77 in OK
Population
40,416 (2025)
Land area
655 mi²
Density
61.7 /mi²
FIPS code
40097

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Location of Mayes County, Oklahoma

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

  • Safety14#2,672/3,096
  • Economy47#1,655/3,143
  • Housing63#1,177/3,140
  • Health9#2,853/3,144
  • Healthcare35#2,051/3,143
  • Environment15#2,647/3,108
  • Education28#2,259/3,144
  • Infrastructure41#1,842/3,144
  • Community29#2,221/3,144
  • Leisure & amenities45#1,741/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mayes County, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Counties like Mayes County, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mayes County, Oklahoma in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cities and towns in Mayes County

Places whose residents live mostly in Mayes County, largest first.

  1. Pryor Creek9,569
  2. Chouteau2,129
  3. Locust Grove1,453
  4. Salina1,148
  5. Wickliffe745
  6. Adair650
  7. Langley616
  8. Sportsmen Acres499
  9. Little Rock399
  10. Spavinaw359
  11. Pin Oak Acres330
  12. Snake Creek273
  13. Grand Lake Towne271
  14. Rose225
  15. Cedar Crest204
  16. Disney182
  17. Murphy176
  18. Sportmans Shores168
  19. Ballou161
  20. Pump Back158
  21. Pensacola107
  22. Sams Corner94
  23. Mazie81
  24. Iron Post58

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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