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Poteau, OK Urban Area

8,070 Population
6.4 square miles 1,260.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$21,986 ±$2,023 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$48,766 ±$6,380 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.2% ±4.8% (1,560  ±376) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.3 minutes ±2.5 (62,410  ±10,770) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,874 ±182 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0.2 (7,749  ±321) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.9% ±2.5% (80  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

3,269 ±189 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$136,800 ±$17,726 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

13.1% ±4.2% (1,044  ±337.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

80.4% ±6.5% (3,960  ±380.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
14.5% ±3.5% (712  ±176) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of 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

9.5% ±2% (763  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.9% ±1.9% (457  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
457 Total veterans ±111 407 Male ±100 50 Female ±63

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