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Poteau, OK

8,959 Population
26.6 square miles 336.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Le Flore County: 38.7 ±0.4
  • 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

$24,228 ±$2,286 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Le Flore County: $25,771 ±$733
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,511 ±$6,620 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Le Flore County: $51,565 ±$2,050
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.8% ±4.6% (1,673  ±391) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Le Flore County: 19.4% 9,154 (±1.4% / ±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)

21.4 minutes ±2.4 (66,370  ±9,454) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Le Flore County: 24.2 427,500 (±0.6 / ±17,021)
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,286 ±157 Number of households
  • Le Flore County: 17,997 ±209
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (8,487  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Le Flore County: 2.6 47,375 (±0 / ±33)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±2.7% (113  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Le Flore County: 5.7% † 586 (±0.9% / ±98)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,707 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Le Flore County: 21,249 ±59
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,400 ±$27,053 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Le Flore County: $135,700 ±$7,337
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.3% ±3.6% (1,270  ±323.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Le Flore County: 10.3% † 5,011 (±1.1% / ±544.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.4% ±6.6% (4,615  ±412.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Le Flore County: 85.5% 28,156 (±2.3% / ±755.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.4% ±3.3% (939  ±190.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Le Flore County: 15.4% 5,079 (±1.1% / ±352.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about half 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

8% ±2% (720  ±182) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Le Flore County: 3.6% 1,760
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2% (409  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Le Flore County: 7.6% 2,819 (±0.7% / ±244)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
409 Total veterans ±131 395 Male ±127 14 Female ±17

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