Custer County, Oklahoma

administration
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
geography
Total area :	2595 km²
Water surface :	40 km²
map

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

George A. Custer

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.

Crawford House (2015) is one of 14 entries for the county in the NRHP.

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
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

Custer County Age Pyramid

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.