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McAlester, OK

18,111 Population
17.8 square miles 1,017.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 40.6 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,708 ±$1,896 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: $29,974 ±$1,129
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,930 ±$3,657 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: $55,310 ±$2,668
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.7% ±2.8% (3,164  ±455) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 17.7% 7,328 (±1.6% / ±671)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.3 minutes ±1.8 (106,015  ±13,212) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 21.3 336,775 (±1 / ±19,440)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,200 ±195 Number of households
  • the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 17,851 ±240
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (16,077  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 2.3 41,361 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±2.2% (280  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 6.2% † 542 (±1.3% / ±115)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,188 ±206 Number of housing units
  • the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 22,252 ±66
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,600 ±$10,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: $156,900 ±$5,805
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.8% ±3% (3,368  ±530.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 13.3% † 5,731 (±1.4% / ±603.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.9% ±4.6% (10,420  ±591.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 87.8% 26,671 (±2.5% / ±769.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21% ±2.6% (2,579  ±316.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 20.2% 6,140 (±1.4% / ±414.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±0.7% (360  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 1.3% 583
  • about one-third of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±1.8% (1,135  ±253) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 10.1% 3,395 (±0.9% / ±286)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,135 Total veterans ±253 1,017 Male ±235 118 Female ±64

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