Woods County

administration
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Alva
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 386 Alva, OK 73717-0386
Foundation :	1893
Made up from:	Cherokee country
Area code :	001 580
Demographics
Residents :	8878 (2010)
Population density :	2.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3341 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

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

geography

The county is located in northwest Oklahoma, borders Kansas to the north and has an area of 3,341 square kilometers, of which 9 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Comanche County, Kansas, Barber County, Kansas, Alfalfa County , Major County , Woodward County , and Harper County .

history

Woods County was formed in 1893 as the original Cherokee County . It was named after Sam Wood , a Canadian businessman and politician. The county was settled by white settlers during the fourth official land occupation ( Oklahoma Land Run ) on September 16, 1893.

The Central National Bank is one of the county's 14 entries in the NRHP.

14 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	18,650	-
1920	22,433	20.3%
1930	24,390	8.7%
1940	20,754	-14.9%
1950	17,598	-15.2%
1960	14,654	-16.7%
1970	12,901	-12%
1980	12,398	-3.9%
1990	10,384	-16.2%
2000	9089	-12.5%
2010	8878	-2.3%
1900-1990 2000

Woods County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Woods County had 9,089 people in 3,684 households and 2,243 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.41 percent white, 2.38 percent African American, 1.61 percent Native American, 0.53 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.56 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.49 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.42 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,684 households, 24.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 50.9 percent were married couples living together, 7.3 percent were single mothers. 39.1 percent were not families, 33.4 percent were single households, and 16.4 percent of the households had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.81 people.

19.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 16.8 percent between 18 and 24, 23.2 percent between 25 and 44, 20.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 19.9 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 103.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 101.7 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 28,927 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,143. Males had a median income of $ 26,651 versus $ 18,968 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,487. 8.7 percent of families and 15.0 percent of the population were below the poverty line.