Oklahoma County Distress Index
Financial distress scores for all 77 counties in Oklahoma, scored 0–100 across five domains. A county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than; the average Oklahoma county scores 66.7. 41 counties score high, very high, or extreme.
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Urban Institute, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts | Scores as of Aug 2026
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Seminole County is the most distressed of Oklahoma's 77 counties
County Distress Index score for Oklahoma's 77 counties, from green (least distressed, 0–29) to red (most distressed, 80–100). Data from 2024 to Aug 2026.
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County Distress Index score · data from 2024 to Aug 2026
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Score Distribution
How Oklahoma's 77 county scores are distributed across the 0–100 scale.
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77 counties ranked by distress score. Click column headers to sort.
| State Rank | Nat'l Rank | County | Score | Score Label | Primary Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93 | Seminole County | 97 | extreme county distress | Labor |
| 2 | — | Adair County | 95 | extreme county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 3 | — | Okmulgee County | 95 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 4 | — | Muskogee County | 94 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 5 | — | Tillman County | 93 | extreme county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 6 | — | McIntosh County | 93 | extreme county distress | Labor |
| 7 | — | Okfuskee County | 93 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 8 | — | Sequoyah County | 92 | extreme county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 9 | — | Carter County | 89 | very high county distress | Delinquency |
| 10 | — | Choctaw County | 89 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 11 | — | Le Flore County | 88 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 12 | — | Hughes County | 88 | very high county distress | Labor |
| 13 | — | Latimer County | 87 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 14 | — | Ottawa County | 86 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 15 | — | Greer County | 86 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 16 | — | Pottawatomie County | 85 | very high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 17 | — | McCurtain County | 85 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 18 | — | Delaware County | 84 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 19 | — | Haskell County | 84 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 20 | — | Johnston County | 83 | very high county distress | Labor |
| 21 | — | Pittsburg County | 83 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 22 | — | Comanche County | 83 | very high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 23 | — | Pushmataha County | 82 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 24 | — | Garvin County | 81 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 25 | — | Atoka County | 80 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 26 | — | Cherokee County | 79 | high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 27 | — | Osage County | 78 | high county distress | Delinquency |
| 28 | — | Oklahoma County | 78 | high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 29 | — | Pawnee County | 78 | high county distress | Labor |
| 30 | — | Harmon County | 77 | high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 31 | — | Creek County | 77 | high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 32 | — | Stephens County | 76 | high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 33 | — | Cotton County | 76 | high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 34 | — | Jefferson County | 75 | high county distress | Labor |
| 35 | — | Bryan County | 75 | high county distress | Delinquency |
| 36 | — | Blaine County | 74 | high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 37 | — | Beckham County | 74 | high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 38 | — | Kay County | 73 | high county distress | Delinquency |
| 39 | — | Kiowa County | 73 | high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 40 | — | Nowata County | 72 | high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 41 | — | Lincoln County | 71 | high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 42 | — | Craig County | 68 | moderate-high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 43 | — | Payne County | 68 | moderate-high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 44 | — | Love County | 68 | moderate-high county distress | Labor |
| 45 | — | Mayes County | 67 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 46 | — | Marshall County | 65 | moderate-high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 47 | — | Caddo County | 65 | moderate-high county distress | Delinquency |
| 48 | — | Coal County | 65 | moderate-high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 49 | — | Tulsa County | 65 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 50 | — | Murray County | 63 | moderate-high county distress | Delinquency |
| 51 | — | Washington County | 59 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 52 | — | Washita County | 55 | moderate county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 53 | — | Ellis County | 55 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 54 | — | Jackson County | 54 | moderate county distress | Delinquency |
| 55 | — | Noble County | 53 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 56 | — | Garfield County | 52 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 57 | — | Logan County | 49 | moderate-low county distress | Labor |
| 58 | — | Pontotoc County | 49 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 59 | — | Grady County | 48 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 60 | — | Grant County | 46 | moderate-low county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 61 | — | Cleveland County | 45 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 62 | — | Custer County | 44 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 63 | — | Woodward County | 41 | moderate-low county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 64 | — | Texas County | 40 | moderate-low county distress | Delinquency |
| 65 | — | McClain County | 40 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 66 | — | Canadian County | 40 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 67 | — | Cimarron County | 40 | moderate-low county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 68 | — | Alfalfa County | 40 | moderate-low county distress | Delinquency |
| 69 | — | Wagoner County | 38 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 70 | — | Woods County | 34 | low-moderate county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 71 | — | Rogers County | 34 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 72 | — | Dewey County | 29 | low county distress | Delinquency |
| 73 | — | Major County | 27 | low county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 74 | — | Harper County | 26 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 75 | — | Roger Mills County | 24 | low county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 76 | — | Kingfisher County | 23 | low county distress | Delinquency |
| 77 | — | Beaver County | 15 | very low county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
How County Scores Work
Each county is scored 0–100 using five equal-weighted domains. Each domain averages its member indicators' county ranks, the domains are averaged, and that average is ranked against every U.S. county. So a county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than. National ranks are shown only for the 100 most and 100 least distressed counties, because ranks in between move between updates. Counties with identical composite scores share a rank, marked T- for tied.
Urban Institute data: Breno Braga, Signe-Mary McKernan, Samantha Atherton, and Kassandra Martinchek, "Debt in America," last updated November 20, 2025, https://datacatalog.urban.org/dataset/debt-america-2025. Licensed under ODC-By 1.0. The County Distress Index is American Default Research's own calculation; the Urban Institute does not produce or endorse it.