McIntosh County (Oklahoma)

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

Geography

The County is located in east-central Oklahoma and has an area of 1845 square kilometers, of which 240 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Muskogee County, Haskell County, Pittsburg County, Hughes County, Okfuskee County and Okmulgee County.

History

McIntosh County was formed in 1898 as an original county of Muskogee country. It was named from the people of the Creek to the family McIntosh.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in McIntosh County 19,456 people in 8,085 households and 5,683 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 72.59 percent White, 4.06 percent African Americans, 16.20 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.35 percent from other races groups; 6.63 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.27 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,085 households, 25.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.4 percent were single mothers. 29.7 percent were non-families, 26.7 percent of all households and 14.5 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.84 persons.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 6.4 percent between 18 to 24, 22.3 percent between 25 and 44, 26.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 21.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males.

The median income for a household was $ 25,964, and the median income for a family was $ 31,990. Males had a median income of $ 27,998 versus $ 19,030 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,410. 13.5 percent of families and 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.