Beckham County

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Beckham County Courthouse
Beckham County Courthouse
administration
US state : Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters : Sayre
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Beckham County Courthouse
302 E. Main Street
Sayre, Oklahoma 73662
Foundation : July 16, 1907
Made up from: Roger Mills County
Greer Territory
Area code : 001 580
Demographics
Residents : 22,119  (2010)
Population density : 9.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2342 km²
Water surface : 6 km²
map
Map of Beckham County within Oklahoma

The Beckham County is a county in the US state of Oklahoma . At the 2010 census , the county had 22,119 people and a population density of 9.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Sayre , named after Robert H. Sayre , a promoter of the railroad.

geography

The county is located in western Oklahoma, bordering Texas, and has an area of ​​2,342 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Wheeler County,
Texas       		Roger Mills County Custer County
Collingsworth County,
Texas       		Compass card (de) .svg Washita County
            Harmon County Greer County Kiowa County

history

JCW Beckham

Beckham County was formed on July 16, 1907 from parts of Roger Mills County and Greer Territory. It was named after John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (1869-1940), a former governor (1900-1907) and US Senator from Kentucky (1015-1921).

14 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 19,699 -
1920 18,989 -3.6%
1930 28,991 52.7%
1940 22,169 -23.5%
1950 21,627 -2.4%
1960 17,782 -17.8%
1970 15,754 -11.4%
1980 19,243 22.1%
1990 18,812 -2.2%
2000 19,799 5.2%
2010 22,119 11.7%
until 1990 2000 2010
Beckham County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Beckham County had 19,799 people in 7,356 households and 5,002 families. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 87.05 percent white, 5.55 percent African American, 2.58 percent Native American, 0.41 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 2.24 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.16 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.45 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 7,356 households, 32.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.8 percent were married couples living together, 10.4 percent were single mothers. 32.0 percent were not families, 28.5 percent were single households and 13.5 percent of the households had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.8 percent between 18 and 24, 29.6 percent between 25 and 44, 21.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 109.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 111.8 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,402 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,315. Males had a median income of $ 26,387 versus $ 18,945 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,488. 14.3 percent of families and 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beckham 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 12, 2011
  6. ↑ Beckham County, Oklahoma Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Beckham County, Oklahoma  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 35 ° 16 ′  N , 99 ° 41 ′  W