Cimarron County, Oklahoma
The Cimarron County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. In the census in 2010, the County had 2,475 inhabitants and a population density of 0.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Boise City.
Geography
The county is sparsely populated and is located at the extreme western end of the Oklahoma Panhandle, a 60 -kilometer-wide strip on the south by Texas, on the west by New Mexico, and on the north by Kansas and Colorado.
It is drained by the upper reaches of the springing in New Mexico Cimarron River.
The Cimarron County has an area of 4,769 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
The Cimarron County was founded on July 16, 1907 from parts of Beaver County and former Indian land, also known as No Man 's Land, formed. It was named for the Cimarron River, which flows through the county.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 living in Cimarron County 2,475 people in 1,167 households. The population density was 0.5 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 84.7 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 20.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 1,167 households lived statistically 2.27 per person.
25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 32,186. The per capita income was $ 18,364. 18.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
City
- Boise City
Town
- Keyes
Unincorporated communities
- Burton
- Castaneda
- Conrad
- Felt
- Griggs
- Hopkins
- Mexhoma
- Kenton
- Regnier
- Sturgis
- Wheeless