Custer County, Oklahoma
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US state : | Oklahoma |
Administrative headquarters : | Arapaho |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
Custer County Courthouse 7th St & B St Arapaho, OK 73620 |
Foundation : | April 19, 1892 |
Made up from: | Cheyenne country |
Area code : | 001 580 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 27,469 (2010) |
Population density : | 10.8 inhabitants / km 2 |
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Total area : | 2595 km² |
Water surface : | 40 km² |
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Custer County is a county in the state of Oklahoma in the United States . The county seat is Arapaho .
geography
The county is located in western Oklahoma, about 60 km from Texas and has an area of 2595 square kilometers, of which 40 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Dewey County , Blaine County , Caddo County , Washita County , Beckham County, and Roger Mills Counties .
history
Custer County was formed on April 19, 1892 as the original county from Cheyenne country as G County . On November 6, 1896, it was renamed Custer County, after US General George Armstrong Custer , who was killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn . The county was settled by white settlers during the third official land occupation ( Oklahoma Land Run ) on April 19, 1892. On this day, the first newspaper in the county, Arapaho Arrow , which was printed in Arapaho until 1892, appeared.
14 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 | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1900 | 12,264 | - | |
1910 | 23,231 | 89.4% | |
1920 | 18,736 | -19.3% | |
1930 | 27,517 | 46.9% | |
1940 | 23,068 | -16.2% | |
1950 | 21.097 | -8.5% | |
1960 | 21,040 | -0.3% | |
1970 | 22,665 | 7.7% | |
1980 | 25,995 | 14.7% | |
1990 | 26,897 | 3.5% | |
2000 | 26,142 | -2.8% | |
2010 | 27,469 | 5.1% | |
1900-1990
2000 |
As of the 2000 census , Custer County had 26,142 people in 10,136 households and 6,578 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 81.41 percent white, 2.87 percent African American, 5.81 percent Native American, 0.88 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 5.8 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.20 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 9.03 percent of the population.
Of the 10,136 households, 30.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.6 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers. 35.1 percent were not families, 27.8 percent were single households and people aged 65 years or over lived in 10.8 percent of the households. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.05 people.
24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 17.4 percent between 18 and 24, 24.5 percent between 25 and 44, 20.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 92.0 men.
The median income for a household in the city was $ 28,524 , and the median income for a family was $ 37,247. Males had a median income of $ 27,066 versus $ 19,479 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,584. 12.4 percent of families and 18.5 percent of the population were below the poverty line.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Custer County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 28, 2018.
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ 04000US40 | 05000US40037 & _street = & _ county = Custer + County & _cityTown = Custer + County & _STATE = 04000US40 & _zip = & _ lang = en & _sse = on & ActiveGeoDiv = geoSelect & _useEV = pCtxt = fph & PGsl = 050 & _submenuId = factsheet_1 & ds_name = DEC_2000_SAFF & _ci_nbr = null & qr_name = null & reg = null% 3Anull & _keyword = & _ industry = excerpt from factfinder.census .gov. Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ 04000US40 | 05000US40037 & _street = & _ county = Custer + County & _cityTown = Custer + County & _STATE = 04000US40 & _zip = & _ lang = en & _sse = on & ActiveGeoDiv = geoSelect & _useEV = pCtxt = fph & PGsl = 050 & _submenuId = factsheet_1 & ds_name = DEC_2000_SAFF & _ci_nbr = null & qr_name = null & reg = null% 3Anull & _keyword = & _ industry = Custer County, Oklahoma , Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .
Web links
Coordinates: 35 ° 38 ′ N , 99 ° 1 ′ W