Caddo County

administration
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Anadarko
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 1427 Anadarko, OK 73005-1427
Foundation :	1901
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 405
Demographics
Residents :	29,600 (2010)
Population density :	8.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3342 km²
Water surface :	31 km²
map

The Caddo County is a county in the US state of Oklahoma . At the 2010 census , the county had 29,600 people and a population density of 8.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Anadarko , which was named after an Indian tribe.

geography

The county is located in west central Oklahoma and has an area of 3,342 square kilometers, of which 31 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Custer County	Blaine County	Canadian County
Washita County		Grady County
Kiowa County	Comanche County

history

Caddo County was formed in 1901 as the original Free Territory County. It was named after Caddo , a confederation of Indian peoples. The Indian word caddo means something like chief or chief . The county was settled by white settlers according to an official land lottery from August 1 to 6, 1901, after this was proclaimed by US Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock on June 24, 1901. The first post office in this area was opened in 1873.

Fort Cobb was a Union Forces post until March 5, 1861 . After their departure, the Confederates occupied the post and a year later built Camp McIntosh near the Washita River , between Anadarko and Verden.

The Provine Service Station (2016) is one of eleven entries for the county in the NRHP.

Eleven structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 21, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	35,685	-
1920	34.207	-4.1%
1930	50,779	48.4%
1940	41,567	-18.1%
1950	34,913	-16%
1960	28,621	-18%
1970	28,931	1.1%
1980	30,905	6.8%
1990	29,550	-4.4%
2000	30,150	2%
2010	29,600	-1.8%
1900–1990 2000 2010

Caddo County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Caddo County had 30,150 people. 1,421 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 10,957 households and 7,965 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 65.55 percent white, 2.92 percent African American, 24.28 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 2.70 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 4.36 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 6.28 percent of the population.

Of the 10,957 households, 33.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.2 percent were married couples living together, 13.0 percent were single mothers. 27.3 percent were not families, 24.8 percent were single households, and 12.5 percent of the households had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.13.

28.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44, 22.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.9 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years or over, there were 96.0 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,347 , and the median income for a family is $ 32,118. Males had a median income of $ 26,373 versus $ 18,658 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,298. 16.7 percent of families and 21.7 percent of the population are below the poverty line.