Seminole County, Oklahoma

Seminole County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Wewoka
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 110 S Wewoka Avenue Wewoka, OK 74884-2645
Foundation :	July 16, 1907
Made up from:	Seminoles country
Area code :	001 405
Demographics
Residents :	25,482  (2010)
Population density :	15.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1659 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map

Seminole County is a county in the state of Oklahoma in the United States . The county seat is Wewoka .

geography

The county is located a little southeast of the geographic center of Oklahoma and has an area of ​​1,659 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Okfuskee County , Hughes County , Pontotoc County, and Pottawatomie County .

history

Seminole County was formed from Seminole Land on July 16, 1907 as the original county . It was named after the North American Indian people of the Seminoles.

The Strother Memorial Chapel is one of 16 entries for the county in the NRHP.

16 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of June 6, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1910	19,964		-
1920	23,808		19.3%
1930	79,621		234.4%
1940	61.201		-23.1%
1950	40,672		-33.5%
1960	28,066		-31%
1970	25,144		-10.4%
1980	27,473		9.3%
1990	25,412		-7.5%
2000	24,894		-2%
2010	25,482		2.4%
1900-1990 2000

Seminole County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Seminole County had 24,894 people in 9,575 households and 6,788 families. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 70.74 percent white, 5.59 percent African American, 17.39 percent Native American, 0.22 percent Asian, 0.05 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.74 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 5.28 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.22 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 9,575 households, 30.7 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.3 percent were married couples living together, 13.3 percent were single mothers. 29.1 percent were not families, 25.9 percent were single households and 13.1 percent of the households had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.05 people.

26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.0 percent between 18 and 24, 24.4 percent between 25 and 44, 23.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.2 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 90.0 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 25,568 , and the median income for a family was $ 30,791. Males had a median income of $ 25,954 versus women of $ 18,285. The per capita income was $ 13,956. 16.7 percent of families and 20.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line.

See also

• List of cities in Oklahoma

Web links

Commons : Seminole County (Oklahoma)  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Seminole County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 279 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 6, 2018.
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Seminole County, Oklahoma , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 35 ° 10 ′  N , 96 ° 37 ′  W