McClain County

administration
The The McClain County Courthouse in Purcell, listed on the NRHP since 1984
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Purcell
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 629 Purcell, OK 73080-0629
Foundation :	July 16, 1907
Made up from:	Chickasaw country
Area code :	001 405
Demographics
Residents :	34,506 (2010)
Population density :	23.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1503 km²
Water surface :	27 km²
map

McClain County map

McClain County is a county in the state of Oklahoma in the United States . The county seat is Purcell .

geography

The county is located just south of the geographic center of Oklahoma and has an area of 1,503 square kilometers, of which 27 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Cleveland County , Pottawatomie County , Pontotoc County , Garvin County, and Grady County .

history

McClain County was formed as the original county from Chickasaw Land on July 16, 1907 . It was named after Charles M. McClain , a member of the Constituent Assembly ("Constitutional Convention") of Oklahoma, which met in 1906 and 1907.

Hotel Love (2014) is one of three entries for the county in the NRHP.

Three buildings in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of June 5, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	15,659	-
1920	19,326	23.4%
1930	21,575	11.6%
1940	19.205	-11%
1950	14,681	-23.6%
1960	12,740	-13.2%
1970	14,157	11.1%
1980	20,291	43.3%
1990	22,795	12.3%
2000	27,740	21.7%
2010	34.506	24.4%
1900-1990 2000

Age pyramid of McClain County

According to the 2000 census , McClain County had 27,740 people in 10,331 households and 8,037 families. The population density was 19 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 87.26 percent white, 0.66 percent African American, 5.61 percent Native American, 0.22 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 2.24 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.98 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.86 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 10,331 households, 36.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 65.3 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers. 22.2 percent were not families, 19.4 percent were single households and 8.4 percent of the households had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.04 people.

26.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24, 29.0 percent between 25 and 44, 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.0 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 96.1 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 37,275 , and the median income for a family was $ 42,487. Males had a median income of $ 31,062 versus $ 21,506 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,158. 8.3 percent of families and 10.5 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Web links

Commons : McClain County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 84003347 Retrieved January 22, 2019
^ McClain 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 5, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
^ McClain County, Oklahoma , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

35 -97.44Coordinates: 35 ° 0 ′ N , 97 ° 26 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 84003347 Retrieved January 22, 2019

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

[3] 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 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 5, 2018.

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

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

[7] McClain County, Oklahoma , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .