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McAlester, OK Urban Area

19,611 Population
15.5 square miles 1,265.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,554 ±$1,612 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$47,227 ±$3,532 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

23% ±3.4% (4,162  ±623) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

15.5 minutes ±1.2 (107,255  ±10,344) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,053 ±257 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (18,122  ±425) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.3% ±2.6% (274  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,221 ±226 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$123,400 ±$10,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

18.5% ±3% (3,571  ±583) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.3% ±4.3% (11,243  ±627.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
19.4% ±2.5% (2,550  ±330.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.2% ±0.7% (426  ±136) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10.1% ±1.6% (1,503  ±234) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,503 Total veterans ±234 1,337 Male ±219 166 Female ±75

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