Grady County (Oklahoma)

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

Geography

The County is located southwest of the geographic center of Oklahoma and has an area of ​​2863 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Canadian County, McClain County, Garvin County, Stephens County, Comanche County and Caddo County.

History

Grady County was formed on July 16, 1907 from parts of Pontotoc County, Caddo County, Comanche County and the defunct Pickens County. It was named for Henry W. Grady, a lawyer and author of the Atlanta Constitution. He was also named lawyer of the new South.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Grady County 45,516 people in 17,341 households and 12,797 families. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 87.31 percent White, 3.06 percent African American, 4.85 percent Native American, 0.34 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.12 percent from other races groups; 3.28 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.89 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 17,341 households, 34.7 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.5 percent were married couples living together, 9.7 percent were single mothers. 26.2 percent were non-families, 22.9 percent of all households and 10.5 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.02 persons.

26.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.3 percent between 18 to 24, 27.7 percent between 25 and 44, 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.

The median income for a household was $ 32,625, and the median income for a family was $ 39,636. Males had a median income of $ 30,306 versus $ 21,108 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,846. 10.4 percent of families and 13.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.