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Poteau, OK Urban Area

7,852 Population
6.4 square miles 1,226.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,603 ±$1,615 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,077 ±$7,663 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.3% ±4.3% (1,364  ±324) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.6 minutes ±1.9 (53,535  ±7,347) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,893 ±173 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (7,485  ±382) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±3.2% (116  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,308 ±164 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$143,000 ±$22,310 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±4.2% (1,183  ±334.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.7% ±6.4% (3,931  ±390.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.6% ±3.4% (720  ±174.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of 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

8.8% ±2.3% (687  ±180) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±2.2% (341  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
341 Total veterans ±123 329 Male ±120 12 Female ±16

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