Altus (Oklahoma)
Jackson County
40-01700
Altus is a city in Jackson County ( Oklahoma) in the USA. Altus has 21 447 inhabitants (2000) and is the capital of Jackson County.
In Altus, the Altus Air Force Base, the United States Air Force is the training base for crews of the McDonnell Douglas C- 17, and Boeing KC- 135th It is also the site of the Western Oklahoma State College and Southwest Technology Center.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 44.1 km ², of which more 43.6 km ² on land and 0.5 km ² water surface.
Population
According to the U.S. census of 2000, there were 21 447 people in Altus in 7,896 households and 5,629 families. The population density was 492.0 / km ². There were 9,264 buildings with a density of 212.5 / km ². The composition according to race comprised 72.62 % White, 10.41% African American, 1.48% Native American ( Native Americans ), 1.38 % Asian, 0.20 % Pacific Islander (Pacific Islanders ), 10.32% people of other races and 3.59% descendants of two or more races. 17.25% were Hispanics or Latinos regardless of their race.
There were 7,896 households, 38.9 % of which were living in children under 18 years, 55.6 % were married couples living together, 11.7 % were headed by single women and 28.7 % were non-families. 25.1 % of all single adults and 9.5 % were living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size 3.14.
The composition by age comprised 29.8 % under 18, 11.0 % from 18 to 24, 29.8 % 25-44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.5 % were 65 or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females were 98.9 men per 100 women aged 18 years were 94.1 males.
The median income for a household in the 30 217 U.S. dollars, a family is $ 38,400. Males have a median income of $ 28,041 compared with $ 18,856 for women. The per capita income was $ 15,378. 14.6 % of families and 17.2 % of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.7 % of those under 18 and 12.8 % of those age 65 or over.
Famous people
- Jake Colhouer, American football player (Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants )
- Mark Cotney, professional football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers )
- Larry Mike Garmon, writer, teacher and photojournalist
- Jason Gildon, professional football player ( Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers )
- Paul Gregg, singer and songwriter
- John Sterling, professional football player ( Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos )
- Rodney Yee, Yoga Instructor