Haskell County (Oklahoma)
Haskell County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Stigler.
Geography
The County is located in Eastern Oklahoma, is about 45 km from Arkansas and has an area of 1619 square kilometers, of which 125 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Muskogee County, Sequoyah County, Le Flore County, Latimer County, Pittsburg County and McIntosh County.
History
Haskell County was formed on 16 July 1907 as the original County of Choctaw country. It was named after Charles N. Haskell, the first governor of Oklahoma.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Haskell County 11,792 people in 4,624 households and 3,380 families. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 78.24 percent White, 0.61 percent African Americans, 14.60 percent Native American, 0.29 percent Asian, and 0.45 percent from other races; 5.81 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.50 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,624 households, 31.7 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.6 percent were married couples living together, 9.1 percent were single mothers. 26.9 percent were non-families, 24.7 percent of all households and 13.0 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.00.
26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.1 percent between 18 to 24, 24.5 percent between 25 and 44, 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.
The median income for a household was $ 24,553, and the median income for a family was $ 29,872. Males had a median income of $ 25,493 versus $ 17,462 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,775. 16.1 percent of families and 20.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.