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Poteau, OK

8,903 Population
26.6 square miles 334.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Le Flore County: 38.8 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,433 ±$2,198 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Le Flore County: $24,847 ±$816
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$49,789 ±$5,835 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Le Flore County: $50,027 ±$2,377
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

20.3% ±4.5% (1,719  ±379) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Le Flore County: 20% 9,405 (±1.5% / ±685)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

23 minutes ±3.4 (73,485  ±13,384) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Le Flore County: 24.6 431,750 (±0.9 / ±21,769)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

3,140 ±167 Number of households
  • Le Flore County: 17,740 ±209
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.7 ±0.1 (8,475  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Le Flore County: 2.7 47,098 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

3.5% ±2.4% (74  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Le Flore County: 5% † 518 (±1.1% / ±109)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

3,625 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Le Flore County: 21,168 ±58
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$142,400 ±$18,088 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Le Flore County: $121,600 ±$5,201
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

12.7% ±3.9% (1,115  ±340.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Le Flore County: 10.2% † 4,921 (±1.2% / ±569.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

81.3% ±7% (4,499  ±413.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Le Flore County: 85.3% 27,928 (±2.3% / ±769.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
15.9% ±3.5% (877  ±195.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Le Flore County: 14.8% 4,853 (±1.2% / ±402)
  • about three-fifths 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

8.8% ±1.8% (786  ±158) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Le Flore County: 3.6% 1,757
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

8% ±1.9% (518  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Le Flore County: 8.3% 3,045 (±0.7% / ±260)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
518 Total veterans ±123 465 Male ±111 53 Female ±63

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