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Tahlequah, OK

16,513 Population
12.8 square miles 1,293.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 37.3 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,597 ±$5,073 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: $30,080 ±$2,217
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$48,515 ±$5,840 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: $53,668 ±$3,481
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

20.3% ±3.4% (3,039  ±508) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 19.3% 8,887 (±1.8% / ±826)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

18.7 minutes ±2.6 (137,110  ±20,420) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 24.9 474,845 (±1.5 / ±33,100)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

6,611 ±257 Number of households
  • the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 18,403 ±265
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.3 ±0.1 (14,941  ±61) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 2.5 45,752 (±0 / ±49)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

5.2% ±2.5% (248  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 6.4% † 742 (±1.3% / ±152)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

7,503 ±269 Number of housing units
  • the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 22,273 ±43
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$182,800 ±$8,698 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: $160,300 ±$7,896
  • about the same as the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

26.3% ±3.8% (4,298  ±623.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 15.6% † 7,357 (±1.6% / ±741.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

90.4% ±5.9% (8,625  ±634.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 89.9% 27,542 (±3.2% / ±987.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
34.9% ±4% (3,329  ±395.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 29.4% 9,011 (±2% / ±615.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 27.8% 733,793 (±0.2% / ±5,259.6)

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

3.4% ±0.9% (555  ±156) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 3.2% 1,525
  • about half the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

5.5% ±1.3% (728  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Tahlequah, OK Micro Area: 7.3% 2,720 (±0.7% / ±261)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
728 Total veterans ±168 651 Male ±156 77 Female ±49

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