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Okemah, OK

3,063 Population
3.1 square miles 987.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Okfuskee County: 40.5 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,795 ±$2,946 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Okfuskee County: $24,548 ±$1,723
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,386 ±$5,793 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Okfuskee County: $48,363 ±$4,637
  • about half the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

38.6% ±8.4% (1,123  ±244) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Okfuskee County: 25.8% † 2,622 (±2.9% / ±295)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.8 minutes ±2.4 (16,295  ±3,129) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Okfuskee County: 25.5 89,460 (±1.4 / ±7,157)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,150 ±93 Number of households
  • Okfuskee County: 4,009 ±102
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (2,877  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Okfuskee County: 2.5 9,893 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±3.5% (26  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Okfuskee County: 5.3% † 110 (±2% / ±41)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,372 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Okfuskee County: 4,798 ±30
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$79,300 ±$12,427 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Okfuskee County: $115,900 ±$9,353
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±5% (438  ±152.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Okfuskee County: 13.1% † 1,465 (±2.3% / ±260.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.9% ±8.4% (1,647  ±189.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Okfuskee County: 85.4% 6,742 (±4% / ±323.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.9% ±3.8% (234  ±74.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Okfuskee County: 14.3% † 1,129 (±1.7% / ±132)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about one-third 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

0.3% ±0.4% (8  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Okfuskee County: 2.4% 275
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±3.5% (202  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Okfuskee County: 8.3% † 727 (±1.4% / ±122)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
202 Total veterans ±78 183 Male ±79 19 Female ±22

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