# Love County, Oklahoma: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Marietta Love County is not a build-out site today. It feels the boom through the grid it shares, the utilities that serve it and the work nearby. Unemployment was 6.4% in August 2026, against 3.3% in 2019. Love County is home to Marietta. Employers here counted 5,162 jobs in 2025, down 13.1% from 2019. Its power plants have 3 MW of capacity, 100% of it solar. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co is the largest utility serving Love County, one of 2 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 11.78¢/kWh in 2024, below the 12.53¢ median for Oklahoma utilities. -13.1% total jobs since 2019, now 5,162 3 MW of operating power plants, mostly solar 11.78¢ per kWh for Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co residential customers, 2024 ## Cities and towns in Love County Love County is home to Marietta. Marietta2,982 residents Thackerville433 residents Leon82 residents Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Burneyville, Greenville. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Love County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Oklahoma | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 10,159 | 10,780 | ▲ 6.1% | 56th of 77 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 5,940 | 5,162 | ▼ 13.1% | 70th of 77 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $36,341 | $51,352 | ▲ 41.3% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 37 | 75 | ▲ 102.7% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.3% | 6.4% | ▲ 3.1pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | 10,780 people live here, up 6.1% since 2020. ## Who powers Love County ### Utilities with service territory in Love County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 710,123 | 11.78¢ | 44% | | Red River Valley Rrl Elec Assn | Cooperative | Bundled | 15,852 | 11.38¢ | 20% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Solar | 3 MW | 100% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Marietta | Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc | Solar | 3 MW | 2017 | ## The Love County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 5,162 | $51,352 | 1.00 | | Construction | 75 | $52,253 | 0.27 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Love County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Love County. Oklahoma has 15 local measures on record statewide. ## Love County and its neighbors Of the 6 counties that border Love County, Grayson County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Love County | 10,780 | ▼ 13.1% | 3 MW | — | — | — | | Carter County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oklahoma/carter-county) | 48,910 | ▲ 0.6% | — | — | — | — | | Cooke County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/cooke-county) TX | 44,461 | ▲ 9.7% | 638 MW | — | — | — | | Grayson County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/grayson-county) TX | 153,613 | ▲ 11.4% | 929 MW | — | — | — | | Jefferson County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oklahoma/jefferson-county) | 5,431 | ▼ 21.5% | — | — | — | — | | Marshall County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oklahoma/marshall-county) | 16,255 | ▲ 23.9% | — | — | — | — | | Montague County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/montague-county) TX | 21,966 | ▼ 1.8% | — | — | — | — | ## More of Oklahoma [All Oklahoma countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oklahoma)[Carter County48,910 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oklahoma/carter-county)[Marshall County16,255 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oklahoma/marshall-county)[Jefferson County5,431 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oklahoma/jefferson-county) ## Love County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Love County, Oklahoma? 2 utilities have service territory in Love County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co, Red River Valley Rrl Elec Assn. The largest, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co, charged residential customers 11.78¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Love County? 1 operating plant with 3 MW of capacity. The largest is Marietta (3 MW, solar). ### Are there data centers in Love County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Love County. ### Is Love County adding jobs? Employers counted 5,162 jobs in 2025 against 5,940 in 2019 (-13.1%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 37 to 75. ### Does Love County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Love County. Oklahoma has 15 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oklahoma/love-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).