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74501

28,616 Population
550.7 square miles 52 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 40.6 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$29,738 ±$1,481 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: $29,974 ±$1,129
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
$57,922 ±$3,697 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: $55,310 ±$2,668
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439

17.6% ±2.3% (4,671  ±613) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 17.7% 7,328 (±1.6% / ±671)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)

19.4 minutes ±1.3 (204,625  ±16,663) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 21.3 336,775 (±1 / ±19,440)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)

Families

11,473 ±255 Number of households
  • the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 17,851 ±240
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
2.3 ±0.1 (26,579  ±491) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 2.3 41,361 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308

5.8% ±1.6% (347  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 6.2% † 542 (±1.3% / ±115)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)

Housing

13,294 ±244 Number of housing units
  • the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 22,252 ±66
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745

$164,000 ±$6,853 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: $156,900 ±$5,805
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121

14.4% ±2% (4,075  ±569.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 13.3% † 5,731 (±1.4% / ±603.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)

Social

87.5% ±3% (17,256  ±675.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 87.8% 26,671 (±2.5% / ±769.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
21.4% ±1.8% (4,222  ±354.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 20.2% 6,140 (±1.4% / ±414.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)

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

1.5% ±0.4% (428  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 1.3% 583
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215

9.7% ±1.3% (2,118  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the McAlester, OK Micro Area: 10.1% 3,395 (±0.9% / ±286)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
2,118 Total veterans ±276 1,915 Male ±259 203 Female ±72

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