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McAlester Public Schools, OK

17,792 Population
30.7 square miles 579.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pittsburg County: 40.6 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,271 ±$1,759 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pittsburg County: $29,974 ±$1,129
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,752 ±$4,537 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pittsburg County: $55,310 ±$2,668
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22% ±3.7% (3,469  ±592) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pittsburg County: 17.7% 7,328 (±1.6% / ±671)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.4 minutes ±1.8 (104,135  ±13,159) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pittsburg County: 21.3 336,775 (±1 / ±19,440)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,058 ±196 Number of households
  • Pittsburg County: 17,851 ±240
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (15,832  ±353) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pittsburg County: 2.3 41,361 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±2.2% (272  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pittsburg County: 6.2% † 542 (±1.3% / ±115)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,089 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Pittsburg County: 22,252 ±66
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$142,600 ±$10,966 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pittsburg County: $156,900 ±$5,805
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.4% ±3% (3,234  ±526.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pittsburg County: 13.3% † 5,731 (±1.4% / ±603.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.7% ±4.6% (10,081  ±592.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pittsburg County: 87.8% 26,671 (±2.5% / ±769.3)
  • 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)
19.9% ±2.6% (2,369  ±311.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pittsburg County: 20.2% 6,140 (±1.4% / ±414.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about three-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

2% ±0.7% (348  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pittsburg County: 1.3% 583
  • about one-third of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±1.9% (1,092  ±250) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pittsburg County: 10.1% 3,395 (±0.9% / ±286)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,092 Total veterans ±250 994 Male ±240 98 Female ±58

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