State food-access profile · 77 counties

Food access in Oklahoma

How far Oklahoma residents live from a supermarket, where the food deserts are, and the SNAP, poverty, and vehicle-access context, from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and the Census ACS (2024).

Compiled by Plainfoodaccess, Food Access Editorial Process · June 23, 2026

25.2%
low-access pop.: 177
food-desert tracts: 14.0%
on SNAP: 77
counties

The statewide picture

About 946K Oklahoma residents - 25.2% - live in a low-access area, and 177 census tracts across the state are USDA-designated food deserts.

946K
low-access residents: 333K
food-desert residents: 5.6%
households, no vehicle: 15.4%
below poverty line

Shares are population-weighted across the state's tracts, not an average of county percentages. Low access = >1 mile (urban) / >10 miles (rural) from a supermarket.

Where Oklahoma stands nationally

Every state colored by its population-weighted low-access share, Oklahoma is ringed. Click any state to compare.

USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context

The USDA Food Access Research Atlas evaluates every census tract in Oklahoma against the same rule used nationwide: a tract is low-access when many residents live more than one mile from a supermarket in urban areas, or more than ten miles in rural areas. Across 77 counties and 4.0M residents, Oklahoma's population-weighted low-access share is 25.2%.

A tract becomes a food desert only when its low-access residents are also low-income. That applies to 177 tracts in Oklahoma, home to roughly 333K low-income, low-access residents. SNAP participation across the state averages 14.0% of households, and 5.6% of households have no vehicle, the transport gap that turns distance into a real barrier. The county table below is sorted with the highest low-access share first, so the top rows are where distance, income, and vehicle gaps most consistently overlap.

Counties

25.2%

Low-access (pop-weighted)

946K

Low-access residents

14.0%

Avg. SNAP

Grant

65.3
Dewey

64.1
Blaine

61.4
Alfalfa

58.5
Roger Mills

54.7
Logan

53.4
Harper

51.2
Washita

47.5

All counties in Oklahoma

County	Population	Low-access	SNAP	No vehicle	Poverty
Grant County	4K	65.3%	11.8%	3.9%	17.5%
Dewey County	4K	64.1%	9.1%	2.5%	14.1%
Blaine County	9K	61.4%	14.3%	3.3%	17.4%
Alfalfa County	6K	58.5%	9.4%	1.8%	16.5%
Roger Mills County	3K	54.7%	10.5%	1.7%	14.7%
Logan County	52K	53.4%	10.7%	3.4%	11.6%
Harper County	3K	51.2%	4.4%	1.4%	13.1%
Washita County	11K	47.5%	14.9%	3.0%	14.1%
Ellis County	4K	42.7%	11.5%	3.9%	13.0%
Custer County	28K	42.1%	11.8%	4.8%	16.4%
Kiowa County	8K	41.8%	20.8%	4.8%	22.9%
Tillman County	7K	40.7%	19.4%	9.6%	21.0%
Cimarron County	2K	40.4%	5.5%	3.7%	7.4%
Wagoner County	87K	40.4%	8.6%	2.7%	9.2%
Beaver County	5K	38.2%	4.2%	1.3%	13.3%
Haskell County	12K	38.2%	22.2%	5.5%	20.8%
Kay County	44K	38.2%	17.2%	6.0%	16.0%
Osage County	46K	37.6%	13.9%	5.7%	13.1%
Choctaw County	14K	37.2%	24.9%	8.0%	23.2%
Pittsburg County	44K	36.0%	18.2%	7.1%	17.7%
Atoka County	14K	34.7%	14.9%	7.5%	17.3%
Canadian County	169K	34.2%	8.4%	3.3%	8.0%
Johnston County	10K	33.7%	19.4%	5.7%	22.9%
Washington County	53K	33.5%	15.5%	5.3%	16.1%
Noble County	11K	31.8%	10.9%	2.3%	12.9%
Jackson County	25K	31.7%	15.3%	6.4%	16.2%
Woodward County	20K	30.1%	9.2%	4.0%	14.0%
Marshall County	16K	29.1%	12.1%	3.1%	16.1%
Texas County	21K	28.8%	6.7%	5.1%	15.7%
Pontotoc County	38K	28.6%	15.4%	6.4%	12.6%
McCurtain County	31K	28.4%	21.3%	7.2%	21.2%
Cherokee County	48K	27.9%	16.5%	6.9%	18.2%
Comanche County	122K	27.9%	16.1%	8.2%	18.1%
Grady County	57K	27.9%	12.2%	4.4%	12.2%
Coal County	5K	27.4%	17.6%	6.5%	20.8%
Stephens County	44K	27.4%	17.6%	5.7%	18.0%
Lincoln County	34K	27.3%	15.0%	3.4%	17.3%
Okmulgee County	37K	27.0%	21.4%	6.6%	18.0%
Craig County	14K	26.8%	14.5%	5.5%	19.0%
Woods County	9K	26.6%	9.2%	7.9%	19.9%
Beckham County	22K	26.5%	18.6%	5.2%	21.7%
Bryan County	48K	26.4%	13.5%	5.6%	16.6%
Jefferson County	5K	26.1%	22.5%	9.1%	23.1%
Tulsa County	681K	25.5%	12.8%	6.3%	14.7%
Payne County	83K	25.3%	10.1%	5.9%	22.6%
Nowata County	9K	24.9%	17.6%	4.0%	17.2%
Pushmataha County	11K	24.5%	17.7%	6.7%	20.7%
Cotton County	5K	23.5%	17.8%	6.2%	20.5%
Seminole County	23K	23.2%	22.9%	7.0%	21.7%
Caddo County	26K	22.9%	15.4%	6.9%	18.3%
Cleveland County	300K	22.5%	9.9%	4.3%	12.9%
Oklahoma County	806K	21.9%	14.8%	6.7%	16.0%
Rogers County	99K	21.9%	10.7%	2.8%	8.9%
Delaware County	41K	21.1%	15.6%	4.0%	19.0%
Sequoyah County	40K	20.3%	21.2%	5.2%	20.2%
Latimer County	10K	19.5%	18.7%	3.7%	20.7%
Love County	10K	19.4%	13.8%	3.2%	15.0%
Garfield County	62K	19.1%	15.6%	4.9%	12.5%
Kingfisher County	15K	18.9%	8.2%	4.1%	12.8%
Hughes County	13K	18.8%	15.8%	3.2%	20.2%
Carter County	49K	18.1%	16.2%	4.8%	16.2%
Le Flore County	49K	18.0%	20.9%	6.3%	19.4%
Pottawatomie County	73K	17.3%	18.6%	4.3%	15.9%
Greer County	5K	17.0%	25.4%	5.1%	16.9%
Creek County	73K	15.9%	14.8%	4.9%	14.5%
Murray County	14K	15.9%	12.2%	4.1%	12.7%
Ottawa County	30K	15.9%	17.6%	6.1%	20.9%
Okfuskee County	11K	14.8%	19.0%	8.4%	25.8%
Muskogee County	66K	14.6%	19.7%	7.5%	19.1%
McIntosh County	19K	14.2%	20.4%	5.0%	21.1%
Garvin County	26K	12.9%	14.2%	4.9%	17.0%
Mayes County	40K	12.6%	14.1%	4.5%	16.2%
Major County	8K	10.8%	12.7%	2.8%	11.0%
Adair County	20K	9.7%	25.3%	9.0%	21.5%
McClain County	45K	9.3%	7.8%	1.6%	8.5%
Harmon County	2K	8.3%	22.3%	9.8%	22.7%
Pawnee County	16K	5.6%	15.5%	3.9%	18.2%

Source: USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + U.S. Census Bureau ACS (2024 5-year). Sorted by low-access share, highest first. USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + U.S. Census Bureau ACS (2024 5-year). Sorted by low-access share, highest first.

What this means for the state

25.2% of Oklahoma residents, about 946K people, live in a low-access area.
177 census tracts are USDA food deserts, home to roughly 333K low-income, low-access residents.
14.0% of households receive SNAP, and 5.6% have no vehicle.
Grant County has the state's highest low-access share at 65.3%.

USDA low-access figures reflect the 2019 Atlas (2010 tract populations); SNAP, poverty, and vehicle context is the Census ACS 2024 5-year estimates.

Frequently Asked Questions

What share of Oklahoma has low food access?▼

25.2% of Oklahoma residents live in low-access areas (population-weighted across the state's tracts), per the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019).

How many food deserts are in Oklahoma?▼

177 census tracts in Oklahoma are USDA-designated food deserts, both low-access and low-income, home to roughly 333K low-income residents.

What is the SNAP participation rate in Oklahoma?▼

Across Oklahoma counties, an average of 14.0% of households receive SNAP (Census ACS 2024), though rates vary between urban and rural areas.

Which county in Oklahoma has the worst food access?▼

Grant County has the highest low-access share in Oklahoma at 65.3%, with 11.8% SNAP participation.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service Food Access Research Atlas (2019 edition), 9,228 of roughly 71,700 U.S. census tracts meet the low-income, low-access food-desert threshold. The state and county figures on this page are aggregated from that tract-level data and joined to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates, released in December 2025. See our methodology for how the population-weighted shares are computed.

Data current as of 2026-06-23 (most recent source-data vintage).

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