1. Set the geographic boundary before spending
Your firm may serve Sallisaw city, other parts of Sequoyah County, or a broader Oklahoma area. Those are different geographic decisions. Bosseo’s public Local Service Ads page describes category and geography targeting, including practice-area categories and service areas. That makes the first question operational: which locations can the firm serve, and which locations should be excluded? The Sallisaw population estimate establishes the city’s recorded size, but it does not establish how many people search for a lawyer, how many firms compete for those searches, or how many inquiries an advertisement would produce.
Recommended approach
Write down the locations the firm can responsibly serve, the locations that require travel or separate handling, and the locations it does not want to target. Review whether Sallisaw-only coverage, Sequoyah County coverage, or a wider Oklahoma service area fits staffing and matter capacity. Treat any geographic recommendation as a decision to test and measure, not as a forecast.
