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McAlester, OK

18,098 Population
17.8 square miles 1,016.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,243 ±$1,718 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: $29,823 ±$1,041
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$48,044 ±$3,586 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: $54,787 ±$2,675
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

22.2% ±3.1% (3,569  ±492) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 18.2% 7,553 (±1.7% / ±710)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

15.6 minutes ±1.4 (98,670  ±10,598) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 21.1 328,625 (±0.8 / ±16,055)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

7,173 ±199 Number of households
  • the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 17,649 ±271
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.2 ±0.1 (16,082  ±61) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 2.4 41,390 (±0 / ±40)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

6.6% ±2.9% (254  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 6.2% † 541 (±1.5% / ±131)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

8,162 ±188 Number of housing units
  • the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 22,204 ±62
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$137,500 ±$20,816 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: $146,300 ±$8,439
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

19.7% ±3.2% (3,523  ±571.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 13.9% † 6,004 (±1.5% / ±643)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

84.1% ±4.5% (10,378  ±600.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 87.3% 26,529 (±2.6% / ±793.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
20.5% ±2.6% (2,527  ±323.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 19.7% 5,991 (±1.4% / ±422.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 27.8% 733,793 (±0.2% / ±5,259.6)

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

2.3% ±0.7% (407  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 1.3% 585
  • about one-third of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

9.5% ±1.8% (1,324  ±247) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 11% 3,696 (±0.8% / ±284)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
1,324 Total veterans ±247 1,174 Male ±223 150 Female ±79

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