Bryan County, Oklahoma

administration
Bryan County Courthouse
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Durant
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 402 W. Evergreen Street Durant, OK 74701-4703
Foundation :	July 16, 1907
Made up from:	Choctaw Land
Area code :	001 580
Demographics
Residents :	42,416 (2010)
Population density :	18 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2443 km²
Water surface :	90 km²
map

The Bryan County is a county in the US state of Oklahoma . At the 2010 census , the county had 42,416 people and a population density of 18 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Durant , which was named after Dickson Durant .

geography

The county is located in southern Oklahoma and borders Texas , from which it is separated by the Red River . Bryan County covers an area of 2,443 square kilometers, 90 square kilometers of which is water. It borders on the following counties:

Johnston County	Atoka County
Marshall County		Choctaw County
Grayson County, Texas	Fannin County, Texas	Lamar County, Texas

history

Bryan

Bryan County was formed on July 16, 1907 as the original county from Choctaw Land. It was named after William Jennings Bryan , an American lawyer, statesman and politician. Settlement began in 1843 with the construction of Fort Washita and the first post office opened on November 4, 1844. In 1872, the first Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad was built through the county.

Fort Washita (2009)

The county has a National Historic Landmark , Fort Washita . 15 buildings 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	29,854	-
1920	40,700	36.3%
1930	32,277	-20.7%
1940	38,138	18.2%
1950	28,999	-24%
1960	24,252	-16.4%
1970	25,552	5.4%
1980	30,535	19.5%
1990	32,089	5.1%
2000	36,534	13.9%
2010	42,416	16.1%
1900–1990 2000 2010

Bryan County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Bryan County had 36,534 people in 14,422 households and 9,936 families. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 80.02 percent white, 1.42 percent African American, 12.16 percent Native American, 0.44 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.08 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 4.84 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 2.65 percent of the population.

Of the 14,422 households, 30.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.0 percent were married couples living together, 10.8 percent were single mothers. 31.1 percent were not families, 26.6 percent were single households and 11.5 percent of the households had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.98.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 11.7 percent between 18 and 24, 25.7 percent between 25 and 44, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 95.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 92.4 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 27,888 , and the median income for a family was $ 33,984. Males had a median income of $ 26,831 versus $ 20,087 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,217. 14.0 percent of families and 18.4 percent of the population are below the poverty line.