Alfalfa County

administration
Alfalfa County Courthouse
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Cherokee
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 300 S. Grand Avenue Cherokee, OK 73728-2548
Foundation :	July 16, 1907
Made up from:	Woods County
Area code :	001 405
Demographics
Residents :	5642 (2010)
Population density :	2.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2283 km²
Water surface :	38 km²
map

The Alfalfa County is a county in the US state of Oklahoma . At the 2010 census , the county had 5,642 people and a population density of 2.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Cherokee , named after the North American Indian people of the same name.

geography

The county is located in northwest Oklahoma, borders Kansas to the north and has an area of 2283 square kilometers, of which 38 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Barber County, Kansas		Harper County, Kansas
Woods County		Grant County
	Major County	Garfield County

history

William H. Murray

Alfalfa County was formed on July 16, 1907 from parts of Woods County. It was named after William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (1869-1956), a President of the Constituent Assembly ("Constitutional Convention") and later governor of Oklahoma. On September 16, 1893, the area was released for settlement.

Twelve structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of May 20, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	18,138	-
1920	16,253	-10.4%
1930	15,228	-6.3%
1940	14,129	-7.2%
1950	10,699	-24.3%
1960	8445	-21.1%
1970	7224	-14.5%
1980	7077	-2%
1990	6416	-9.3%
2000	6105	-4.8%
2010	5642	-7.6%
1910-1990 2000 2010

Alfalfa County Age Pyramid (2000)

According to the 2000 census , Alfalfa County had 6,105 people in 2,199 households and 1,482 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 89.42 percent white, 4.19 percent African American, 2.74 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.38 percent from others ethnic groups and 2.11 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 2.9 percent of the population.

Of the 2,199 households, 26.9 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.3 percent were married couples living together, 5.7 percent were single mothers. 32.6 percent were not families, 31.0 percent were single households and 17.6 percent of the households had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.86 people.

19.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 6.4 percent between 18 and 24, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44, 25.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 20.4 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 131.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 142.0 men.

The median income for a household in the county was $ 30,259 , and the median income for a family was $ 35,000. Males had a median income of $ 24,067 versus $ 17,944 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,704. 11.8 percent of families and 13.7 percent of the population are below the poverty line.