Greer County, Oklahoma

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

Geography

The County is located almost in the extreme southwest of Oklahoma and has an area of 1667 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Kiowa County, Jackson County, Harmon County and Beckham County.

History

Greer County was formed in 1890 from parts of the northern state of Texas. It was named for John Alexander Greer, a deputy governor of Texas.

1860, the area in the southwest corner of Oklahoma, between the Red River, the northern arm of the Red River and the 100th meridian was incorrectly assigned to Texas. It was not until 1889, by the Supreme Court of the United States (U.S. Supreme Court ) decided that this area is again returned to Oklahoma.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Greer County 6,061 people in 2,237 households and 1,442 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 81.46 percent White, 8.78 percent African American, 2.47 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.99 percent from other races groups; 3.02 percent were descended from two or more races. 7.44 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,237 households, 25.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.0 percent were married couples living together, 9.6 percent were single mothers. 35.5 percent were non-families, 33.4 percent of all households and 19.8 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.87 persons.

20.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.1 percent between 18 to 24, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 20.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 123.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 129.6 males.

The median income for a household was $ 25,793, and the median income for a family was $ 30,702. Males had a median income of $ 24,318 versus $ 18,641 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,053. 15.0 percent of families and 19.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.