Okmulgee
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Location in Oklahoma
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1868 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Oklahoma | ||
| County : | Okmulgee County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 37 ′ N , 95 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 13,022 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 392.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 33.2 km 2 (approx. 13 mi 2 ) of which 33.2 km 2 (approx. 13 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 209 m | ||
| Postal code : | 74447 | ||
| Area code : | +1 918 | ||
| FIPS : | 40-55150 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1096218 | ||
Okmulgee is a place in Okmulgee County in the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America . The population in 2000 was 13,022. The small town is the administrative seat of the county and since the Civil War the capital of the nation of the Muskogee , an Indian people. The word " Okmulgee " comes from the Muskogee language and means boiling or bubbling water . The location for the settlement was chosen because the Muskogee believed it was safe from tornadoes .
geography
Okmulgee is located at the coordinates N 35 ° 37 ″ 28 ′ and W 95 ° 57 ″ 48 ′ . According to the United States Census Bureau , the area of the city covers 33.2 square kilometers, all of which is on land.
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, 13,022 people lived here in 5,135 households and 3,291 families. The population density is 392.2 inhabitants per km². Ethnically, the population is composed of 58.85% white population, 13.61% Indians , 21.29% African American , 0.29% Asian , 5.41% come from two or more ethnic groups. 1.83% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race .
Of the 5,135 households, 30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.7% of whom were married couples living together, 17.6 were single mothers, and 35.9% were non-families. 32.1% consisted of single households and 14% had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.00 people.
25.4% of the population were under 18 years old. 12.7% between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.3% between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.1% between 45 and 64, and 16.5% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 87.5 men.
The median income for a household in the city is $ 24,344, and the median income for a family is $ 31,015. Males had a median income of $ 26,105 versus females of $ 19,722. The per capita income was $ 13,633. 24.1% of the population and 19.6% of families are below the poverty line. 33.0% of them are children and adolescents under 18 years and 14.1% are 65 years or older.
Personalities
- Samuel Checote , burial site of the Muskogee Nation's first elected chief after the Civil War; the community of Checotah in Oklahoma is named after him.
- Oscar Pettiford (1922–1960), jazz musician
- Wright King (1923-2018), actor
- Will Sampson (1933–1987), actor
- David Obey (* 1938), member of Congress
- Joyce Cobb (* 1945), jazz and R&B singer
- Bill Self (* 1962), basketball coach
Web links
- Library of Congress: Memoirs of Jeremiah Curtin in the Indian Territory , ethnographer's records from 1883.
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Census 2000
- ↑ a b Oklahoma Almanac (PDF; 323 kB), pages 468–469. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
- ^ Oklahoma University: Chronicles of Oklahoma.Retrieved July 15, 2007