Wagoner County

Wagoner County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Wagoner
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 307 E Cherokee Wagoner, OK 74467
Foundation :	1908
Made up from:	Muskogee country
Area code :	001 918
Demographics
Residents :	73,085  (2010)
Population density :	50.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1531 km²
Water surface :	73 km²
map

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

geography

The county is located in northeastern Oklahoma and has an area of ​​1,531 square kilometers, of which 73 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Rogers County , Mayes County , Cherokee County , Muskogee County, and Tulsa County .

history

Wagoner County was formed on July 16, 1907 as the original county from Muskogee Land. It was named, like the district capital, after Bailey P. Wagoner , a dispatcher for the Missouri Pacific Railway Company . Wagoner was responsible for setting up a switch , around which Wagoner developed.

20 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of June 7, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1910	22,086		-
1920	21,371		-3.2%
1930	22,428		4.9%
1940	21,642		-3.5%
1950	16,741		-22.6%
1960	15,673		-6.4%
1970	22,163		41.4%
1980	41,801		88.6%
1990	47,883		14.5%
2000	57,491		20.1%
2010	73.085		27.1%
1900-1990 2000

Wagoner County's Pyramid of Age

According to the 2000 census , Wagoner County had 57,491 people in 21,010 households and 16,702 families. The population density was 39 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 80.07 percent white, 3.75 percent African American, 9.38 percent Native American, 0.51 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.85 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 5.41 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.50 percent of the population.

Of the 21,010 households, 37.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 65.9 percent were married couples living together, 9.8 percent were single mothers. 20.5 percent were not families, 17.7 percent were single households, and 6.7 percent of the households had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.08 people.

28.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.9 percent between 18 and 24, 28.5 percent between 25 and 44, 25.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.2 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years or over, there were 94.9 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 41,744 , and the median income for a family was $ 47,062. Males had a median income of $ 36,419 versus $ 23,546 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,272. 6.7 percent of families and 8.9 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

See also

• List of cities in Oklahoma

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wagoner 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. 314 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 7, 2018.
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Wagoner County, Oklahoma , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Wagoner County, Oklahoma  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Coordinates: 35 ° 58 ′  N , 95 ° 31 ′  W