Hughes County (Oklahoma)

Hughes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Holdenville.

Geography

The County is located just north-west of the geographic center of Oklahoma and has an area of ​​2110 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Okfuskee County, McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Coal County, Pontotoc County and Seminole County.

History

Hughes County was formed on 16 July 1907 as original county of Muskogee country. It was named after W. C. Hughes a member of the Constituent Assembly ( " Constitunional Convention " ) of Oklahoma.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Hughes County 14,154 people in 5,319 households and 3,675 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 72.77 percent White, 4.48 percent African Americans, 16.18 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.98 percent from other races groups; 5.36 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.49 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,319 households, 28.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.5 percent were married couples living together, 11.3 percent were single mothers. 30.9 percent were non-families, 28.6 percent of all households and 16.0 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.96.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24, 27.2 percent between 25 and 44, 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 18.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 105.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.5 males.

The median income for a household was $ 22,621, and the median income for a family was $ 29,153. Males had a median income of $ 22,337 versus $ 18,029 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,687. 16.7 percent of families and 21.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.