Kay County, Oklahoma

Kay County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Newkirk.

Geography

The County is located in northern Oklahoma, bordering Kansas and has an area of ​​2448 square kilometers, of which 68 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Cowley County ( Kansas), Osage County, Noble County, Garfield County and Grant County.

History

Kay County was formed in 1895 as an original county from parts of Oklahoma Territory. It was named after the old name, the K County. The County ( Oklahoma Land Run ) was settled by white settlers during the fourth official land ownership acquisition of 16 September 1893.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Kay County 48 080 people in 19,157 households and 13,141 families. The population density was 20 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 84.16 percent White, 1.79 percent African American, 7.53 percent Native American, 0.53 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.98 percent from other races groups; 4.00 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.25 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 19,157 households, 31.9 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.7 percent were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers. 31.4 percent were non-families, 27.9 percent of all households and 13.1 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.99 persons.

26.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.8 percent between 18 to 24, 25.0 percent between 25 and 44, 22.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 30,762, and the median income for a family was $ 38,144. Males had a median income of $ 30,431 versus $ 19,617 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,643. 12.4 percent of families and 16.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.