Johnston County (Oklahoma)
Johnston County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Tishomingo.
Geography
The County is located in southern Oklahoma, is about 30 km from Texas and has an area of 1705 square kilometers, of which 36 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Pontotoc County, Coal County, Atoka County, Bryan County, Marshall County, Carter County and Murray County.
History
Johnston County was formed on 16 July 1907 as original county of Chickasaw country. It was named after Douglas H. Johnston, a governor of the Chickasaw.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Johnston County 10,513 people in 4,057 households and 2,900 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 76.09 percent White, 1.66 percent African Americans, 15.32 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.24 percent from other races groups; 5.38 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.47 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,057 households, 31.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.7 percent were single mothers. 28.5 percent were non-families, 25.2 percent of all households and 12.2 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.02 persons.
25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.7 percent between 18 to 24, 25.0 percent between 25 and 44, 24.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.1 males.
The median income for a household was $ 24,592, and the median income for a family was $ 30,292. Males had a median income of $ 25,240 versus $ 19,868 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,747. 17.8 percent of families and 22.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.