Elevation of Norman
1,174ft
above sea level · 358 m
Norman is a city in Oklahoma with 130,943 people, the 3rd most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 46th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 35.22° N · 97.44° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 35° 13′ 21″ N · 97° 26′ 22″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 14S · 642,020 E · 3,898,841 N
- Zone 14 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Central Time
- UTC−6 · UTC−5 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 130,943 people
- 179 sq mi of land · 733 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from June 2019: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Norman had 130,943 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 2.3% more than in April 2020, when it had 127,973. Its 179 sq mi of land work out to 733 people/sq mi; the state average is 60 people/sq mi.
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 846 places the Census counts in Oklahoma (cities, towns and CDPs), after Oklahoma City (719,849), and holds 3.2% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Cleveland County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 5.5 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Norman sits at 1,174 ft (358 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Norman is 312 ft above it.
The state capital, Oklahoma City, is 17 mi away in a straight line and 22 ft higher than Norman.
Of the 5 cities in Oklahoma with a page, Norman is the 3rd highest. The others are Edmond (1,204 ft), Oklahoma City (1,196 ft), Broken Arrow (756 ft), and Tulsa (722 ft).
The highest point in Oklahoma is Black Mesa, at 4,973 ft according to the USGS: 3,799 ft above Norman.
- 46 Norman 1,174 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Norman.
What is the elevation of Norman?
Norman is 1,174 feet (358 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Norman?
Latitude 35.22257 and longitude -97.43948, in decimal degrees (35° 13′ 21″ N · 97° 26′ 22″ W). In UTM, zone 14: 642,020 E and 3,898,841 N, on NAD83.
How does Norman rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 46th highest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Norman in?
Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
Which is higher, Norman or Oklahoma City?
Oklahoma City. Norman sits at 1,174 ft and Oklahoma City at 1,196 ft: a difference of 22 ft, 17 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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