Coal County

administration
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Coalgate
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 4 N Main Coalgate, OK 74538-2844
Foundation :	July 16, 1907
Made up from:	Choctaw Land
Area code :	001 580
Demographics
Residents :	5925 (2010)
Population density :	4.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1350 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

The Coal County is a county in the US state of Oklahoma . At the 2010 census , the county had 5,925 people and a population density of 4.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Coalgate .

geography

The county is located in southeastern Oklahoma, about 90 km south of Texas and has an area of 1,350 square kilometers, of which 8 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Hughes County	Pittsburg County
Pontotoc County
Johnston County		Atoka County

history

Grocery store in Lehigh (2012)

Coal County was formed on July 16, 1907 as the original county from Choctaw Land. It was named after the coal deposits mined here from the 19th century.

Five buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 28, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	15,817	-
1920	18.406	16.4%
1930	11,521	-37.4%
1940	12,811	11.2%
1950	8056	-37.1%
1960	5546	-31.2%
1970	5525	-0.4%
1980	6041	9.3%
1990	5780	-4.3%
2000	6031	4.3%
2010	5925	-1.8%
1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Coal County's 5,925 people were living in 2,344 households. The population density was 4.4 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 74.3 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 16.7 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 7.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

Statistically, 2.43 people lived in each of the 2,344 households.

25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 31,666 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,827. 21.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.