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McAlester, OK Urban Area

20,187 Population
15.5 square miles 1,304.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,212 ±$1,640 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,656 ±$3,880 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.2% ±3.4% (3,840  ±614) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.1 minutes ±1.6 (114,695  ±13,094) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,098 ±253 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (18,153  ±419) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±2.1% (308  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,218 ±246 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,400 ±$10,312 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.4% ±2.6% (3,677  ±531.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.5% ±4.2% (11,622  ±636.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±2.3% (2,643  ±315.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

2% ±0.6% (398  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±1.7% (1,298  ±254) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,298 Total veterans ±254 1,162 Male ±239 136 Female ±65

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