Atoka County

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Atoka County Courthouse
Atoka County Courthouse
administration
US state : Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters : Atoka
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
200 E Court Street
Atoka, OK 74525-2056
Foundation : July 16, 1907
Made up from: Choctaw Land
Area code : 001 580
Demographics
Residents : 14,182  (2010)
Population density : 5.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2564 km²
Water surface : 30 km²
map
Map of Atoka County within Oklahoma

The Atoka County is a county in the US state of Oklahoma . At the 2010 census , the county had 14,182 people and a population density of 5.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Atoka .

geography

The county is located in southeast Oklahoma, about 50 km from Texas in the south and has an area of ​​2,564 square kilometers, of which 30 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Coal County Pittsburg County
Johnston County Compass card (de) .svg Pushmataha County
Bryan County Choctaw County

history

Atoka County was formed on July 16, 1907 as the original county from former Choctaw country. It was named after a Choctaw chief .

First white colonization began in the mid-19th century, and in 1857 the first postal service was established between Missouri and San Francisco . Boggy Depot , in the west of the county, was an important trading post in the early years and is now located in Historic Boggy Depot State Park . The county's first post office was also set up in Boggy Depot on November 5, 1849.

15 buildings 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 13,808 -
1920 20,862 51.1%
1930 14,533 -30.3%
1940 18,702 28.7%
1950 14,269 -23.7%
1960 10,352 -27.5%
1970 10,972 6%
1980 12,748 16.2%
1990 12,778 0.2%
2000 13,879 8.6%
2010 14,182 2.2%
1900–1990 2000 2010
Atoka County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Atoka County had 13,879 people in 4,964 households and 3,504 families. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 75.86 percent white, 5.86 percent African American, 11.37 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.58 percent from others ethnic groups and 6.09 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.41 percent of the population.

Of the 4,964 households, 31.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.9 percent were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers. 29.4 percent were not families, 27.1 percent were single households and 13.9 percent of the households had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.01.

23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24, 29.1 percent between 25 and 44, 24.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.8 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 38 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 117.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 119.9 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 24,752 , and the median income for a family is $ 29,409. Males had a median income of $ 26,193 versus women of $ 18,861. The per capita income was $ 12,919. 15.7 percent of families and 19.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Atoka County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved August 11, 2011
  6. ↑ Atoka County, Oklahoma Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Atoka County, Oklahoma  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 34 ° 23 ′  N , 96 ° 3 ′  W