What is the population of Ada, Oklahoma?

Ada has a population of approximately 16,575 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Ada, Oklahoma located?

Ada is located in Oklahoma, United States, at approximate coordinates 34.7679°, -96.6691°.

What is the median household income in Ada?

The median household income in Ada is approximately $53,507 based on the most recent open data.

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Ada

Total population

16,575

Median home value

$169,300

30.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$53,507

Ada$54k

National$74k

Founded

1889

Air quality index

54Moderate

Elevation308 m

Land area51.22 km²

Weather68°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates34.77°, -96.67°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Founded

1889

Elevation

308 m

Area

51.22 km²

Official website

www.adaok.com

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 16,481 at the 2020 United States census. The city was named for Ada Reed, the daughter of an early settler, and was incorporated in 1901. Ada is home to East Central University, and is the capital of the Chickasaw Nation. Ada is an Oklahoma Main Street City, an Oklahoma Certified City, and a Tree City USA member.

History & geography

History

In the late 1880s, the Daggs family (by way of Texas) became the first white family to settle what is now known as Ada, which was formerly known as Daggs Prairie. In April 1889, Jeff Reed (a Texan and relative of the Daggs family) was appointed to carry the mail from Stonewall to Center (which was later combined with Pickett), two small communities in then Indian Territory. With his family and his stock, he sought a place for a home on a prairie midway between the two points, where he constructed a log house and started Reed's Store. Other settlers soon built homes nearby. In 1891, a post office was established and named after Reed's oldest daughter, Ada. Ada incorporated as a city in 1901 and grew rapidly with the arrival of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway line. Within a decade the Santa Fe Railroad and the Oklahoma Central Railway also served the town. Ada was originally a sundown town, where African Americans were not allowed to live. In the 1900s, the town was opened up to African Americans so that black witnesses could stay while testifying in district court. Ada began allowing Black people to open restaurants, barber shops, stores, and hotels by court order as to offer places where "negro witnesses might stay during the [court] session". Unnamed individuals threatened them, writing that "unless they left the town immediately they must suffer the consequences." In 1909, the women of Ada organized an effort to build a normal school in their city. It resulted in the founding of East Central College (now East Central University). The town had a population of about 5,000 at the time, and 38 murders a year at the time of the lynching. The first manufacturing company in Ada, the Portland Cement Company, installed the first cement clinker in Oklahoma in 1910.…