Lincoln County (Oklahoma)

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

Geography

The County is located just north-east of the geographic center of Oklahoma and has an area of ​​2501 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Payne County, Creek County, Okfuskee County, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma County, and Logan County.

History

Lincoln County was formed in 1891 as an original county. The County ( Oklahoma Land Run ) was settled by white settlers during the second official land ownership acquisition Named September 22, 1891. Was after Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States.

Historical buildings

In Stroud is the historic South Western Bell Telephone Building (also known as Stroud Public Library ). The building is located at number 301 West 7th Street. Built in 1929 the building was taken as a historical monument with the number 86,001,093 on 14 October 1986 by the National Register of Historic Places.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Lincoln County 32 080 people in 12,178 households and 9,121 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 86.43 percent White, 2.46 percent African American, 6.57 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.45 percent from other races groups; 3.82 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.51 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 12,178 households, 34.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.5 percent were married couples living together, 9.2 percent were single mothers. 25.1 percent were non-families, 22.4 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 2.59 and the average family size was 3.03 persons.

27.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.8 percent between 18 and 24, 26.7 percent between 25 and 44, 24.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.9 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.5 males.

The median income for a household was $ 31,187, and the median income for a family was $ 36,310. Males had a median income of $ 28,647 versus $ 20,099 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,890. 11.1 percent of families and 14.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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