Signature · 4 LILA tracts (36.4% of tracts)
Osage County, OK
Osage County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 4 LILA tracts (36.4% of the book) alongside 37.6% low-access.
- 37.6%
- low-access pop.
- 4
- food-desert tracts
- 13.9%
- on SNAP
- 46K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Osage County, OK
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 37.6% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +15.5 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 4 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 13.9% SNAP
- VEH-OK 5.7% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 36% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Choctaw County ( -0.4 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Osage County sits in the upper national band (37.6%, #499 of 3,079) with 4 LILA tracts.
- #499
- national by low-access %
- #18
- in OK
- 8
- low-access tracts
- 8K
- food-desert residents
Upper-band counties often pair elevated low-access with clustered LILA tracts. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural.
Signature read: 4 LILA tracts (36.4% of tracts) .
How Osage County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Osage County's 37.6% low-access share is elevated, higher than 84% of them and ranked #500 most-affected nationwide.
Osage County's elevated USDA tier split
11 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 4 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Osage County has 3 urban and 8 rural census tracts. The 1-mile (urban) vs 10-mile (rural) distance threshold above applies per tract, so a county's access rate reflects this mix.
Osage County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Oklahoma, not a full county-board reprint
- Grant
Grant 65.3%
65.3 % low-access
- Beaver
Beaver 38.2%
38.2 % low-access
- Haskell
Haskell 38.2%
38.2 % low-access
- Kay
Kay 38.2%
38.2 % low-access
- Osage
Osage 37.6%
37.6 % low-access
- Choctaw
Choctaw 37.2%
37.2 % low-access
- Pawnee 5.6
Pawnee 5.6%
5.6 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 11 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 47,472 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 8 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 4 |
| Low-Access Population | 17,828 |
| Low-Access Share | 37.6%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 7,600 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 45,997 |
| Median Household Income | $62,847 |
| Poverty Rate | 13.1%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 2,418 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.9%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.7%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 3.7% |
Thick SNAP store book in Osage County
Osage County has 39 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 6 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 18 locations (46% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 18
- big al's, sand springs
- casey's 3456, skiatook
- casey's general store 3691, pawhuska
- everyday food mart, tulsa
- fastrack, barnsdall
- handy grocery, pawhuska
- kum & go 864, skiatook
- mister bass, skiatook
- murphy usa 7229, skiatook
- pfg of pawhuska, pawhuska
- riegel's market, sperry
- stop n save 4, sand springs
- the dam place general store, pawhuska
- triple t #1 osage, ponca city
- wehunt country store, shidler
- wynona stop buy, wynona
- wynona stop buy 1, wynona
- z mart enterprises llc, hominy
Combination Grocery/Other · 15
- dollar general 6633, hominy
- dollar general 7821, fairfax
- dollar general 13421, barnsdall
- dollar general 13788, ponca city
- dollar general 20081, skiatook
- dollar general 20868, prue
- dollar general 4474, pawhuska
- dollar tree 5326, sand springs
- dollar tree 7353, skiatook
- family dollar 13869, fairfax
- family dollar store 6386, tulsa
- family dollar store 7400, pawhuska
- sausage brothers meat market and deli, skiatook
- walgreens 15772, tulsa
- walgreens 15809, sand springs
Farmers' Market · 3
- clark-asberry homestead ranch, tulsa
- farm hippie farmers market - pawhuska 9183163117, pawhuska
- harvest land farmers market nafmnp, pawhuska
Large Grocery Store · 1
- fairfax venture foods, fairfax
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- cattleman's fine meats, tulsa
Super Store · 1
- harps food store 507, pawhuska
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Oklahoma
One of 76 counties in Oklahoma, 6 are shown here.
Compare Osage County vs Adair County → · All Oklahoma counties →
Counties near Osage County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Osage County, both outside Oklahoma so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside OK (37.6% here).
- Platte County, MO · 37.6% low-access
- Platte County, MO · 37.6% low-access
- Douglas County, MO · 37.6% low-access
- Douglas County, MO · 37.6% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside OK (13.9% here).
- Berks County, PA · 13.9% SNAP
- Berks County, PA · 13.9% SNAP
- Fulton County, PA · 13.9% SNAP
- Fulton County, PA · 13.9% SNAP
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Peers floor at 10,000 residents so stub counties cannot own the match.
Osage County inside a higher low-access state context
Osage County sits inside Oklahoma (ringed). Each state is colored by population-weighted low-access; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
Read with this county
Sources: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019) · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates · methodology · compiled .
PlainFoodAccess renders this county profile directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Figures for Osage County, OK are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 40113. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
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