Carter County, Oklahoma

administration
The Carter County Courthouse in Ardmore, listed on the NRHP with number 85000678
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Ardmore
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Carter County Courthouse 20 B Street SW Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
Foundation :	July 16, 1907
Made up from:	Chickasaw country
Area code :	001 580
Demographics
Residents :	47,557 (2010)
Population density :	22.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2159 km²
Water surface :	26 km²
map

Website : www.brightok.net/cartercounty

The Carter County is a county in the US state of Oklahoma . At the 2010 census , the county had 47,557 people and a population density of 22.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Ardmore .

geography

The county is located in southern Oklahoma, about 25 km from Texas and has an area of 2,159 square kilometers, of which 26 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Stephens County	Garvin County	Murray County
		Johnston County
Jefferson County	Love County	Marshall County

history

Carter County was formed as the original county from Chickasaw Land on July 16, 1907 . It was named after Ben W. Carter , a Cherokee and captain in the United States Army .

23 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 27, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	25,358	-
1920	40,247	58.7%
1930	41,419	2.9%
1940	43,292	4.5%
1950	36,455	-15.8%
1960	39,044	7.1%
1970	37,349	-4.3%
1980	43,610	16.8%
1990	42,919	-1.6%
2000	45,621	6.3%
2010	47,557	4.2%
1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Carter County had 47,557 people in 18,579 households. The population density was 22.3 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 74.4 percent white, 6.7 percent African American, 8.9 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 6.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.3 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.48 people lived in the 18,579 households.

25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 19 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household in the 37,352 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,184. 16.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.