When it comes to population growth in the Tulsa metropolitan area in the last several years, the south suburbs — including Broken Arrow — are leading the way, while the city of Tulsa is adding residents at a much slower rate.
That’s according to the latest population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau released recently, which show what’s happening in Tulsa resembles national trends.
Since 2020, city centers of many major U.S. metro areas have had sluggish population gains, with some places even declining. But where growth did occur, it was mostly on the outer edges of metro areas.
TULSA METRO POPULATION GROWTH, 2020-25
With a population of nearly 125,000, Broken Arrow has grown by 9.7% since 2020, the year of the pandemic, and BA is the fourth-largest city in Oklahoma — behind only Norman, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Broken Arrow is growing at 1-2% per year, which is a healthy rate…