Mayes County

administration
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Pryor
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 95 Pryor, OK 74362-0095
Foundation :	July 16, 1907
Made up from:	Cherokee country
Area code :	001 918
Demographics
Residents :	41,259 (2010)
Population density :	24.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1770 km²
Water surface :	71 km²
map

Mayes County is a county in the state of Oklahoma in the United States . The county seat is Pryor .

geography

The county is located in northeast Oklahoma, about 60 km north of Kansas and has an area of 1770 square kilometers, of which 71 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Craig County , Delaware County , Cherokee County , Wagoner County, and Rogers County .

history

Mayes County was formed on July 16, 1907 as the original county from Cherokee Country. It was named after either Samuel H. Mayes , a Cherokee leader from 1891 to 1895, or his predecessor Joel B. Mayes .

The Pensacola Dam is one of five entries for the county in the NRHP.

Six buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of June 4, 2018).

economy

One of the world's largest data centers owned by Google is located in Mayes County .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	13,596	-
1920	16,829	23.8%
1930	17,883	6.3%
1940	21,668	21.2%
1950	19,743	-8.9%
1960	20,073	1.7%
1970	23,302	16.1%
1980	32,261	38.4%
1990	33,366	3.4%
2000	38,369	15%
2010	41,259	7.5%
1900-1990 2000

Age pyramid of the Mayes County

As of the 2000 census , Mayes County had 38,369 people in 14,823 households and 10,820 families. The population density was 23 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 72.14 percent white, 0.30 percent African American, 19.10 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.62 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 7.55 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.87 percent of the population.

Of the 14,823 households, 32.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.2 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers. 27.0 percent were not families, 23.8 percent were single households and 11.1 percent of the households had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.02 people.

26.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.6 percent between 18 and 24, 26.2 percent between 25 and 44, 23.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.9 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 95.4 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,125 , and the median income for a family is $ 37,542. Males had a median income of $ 31,668 versus $ 20,573 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,350. 11.2 percent of families and 14.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

↑ Mayes County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 198 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 4, 2018.
^ Rich Miller: Google Data Center FAQ. May 15, 2015, accessed October 11, 2016 .
↑ Mayes County, Oklahoma. Google Inc. , accessed October 11, 2016 .
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Mayes County, Oklahoma , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Mayes County, Oklahoma - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

36.3 -95.24Coordinates: 36 ° 18 ′ N , 95 ° 14 ′ W

[1] Mayes County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011

[2] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 198 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 4, 2018.

[4] Rich Miller: Google Data Center FAQ. May 15, 2015, accessed October 11, 2016 .

[5] Mayes County, Oklahoma. Google Inc. , accessed October 11, 2016 .

[6] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[7] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

[8] Mayes County, Oklahoma , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .