Logan County (Oklahoma)
The Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Guthrie.
Geography
The County is located north of the geographic center of Oklahoma and has an area of 1940 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Garfield County, Payne County, Lincoln County, Oklahoma County and Kingfisher County.
History
Logan County was formed in 1890 as an original county of free territory. The County by white settlers during the first official land ownership acquisition (Oklahoma Land Run ) was settled Named April 22, 1889. Was by John Alexander Logan, a U.S. general in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War, and later U.S. Senator and candidate for the office of Vice - President of the United States.
Historical buildings
In Guthrie, the historic Logan County Courthouse (also known as Old State Capitol ). The courthouse is located at number 301 in the East Harrison Avenue and was accepted as a historical monument with the number 84,003,141 on 26 October 1984 of the National Register of Historic Places.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Logan County 33,924 people in 12,389 households and 8,994 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 81.58 percent White, 11.02 percent Black or African American, 2.90 percent Native American, 0.34 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.2 percent were from other ethnic groups, and 2.91 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.91 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 12,389 households, 33.7 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.2 percent were married couples living together, 9.8 percent were single mothers. 27.4 percent were non-families, 23.7 percent of all households and 9.7 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.04 persons.
25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 12.0 percent between 18 to 24, 26.5 percent between 25 and 44, 23.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.3 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 36,784, and the median income for a family was $ 44,340. Males had a median income of $ 31,345 versus $ 22,677 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,872. 8.7 percent of families and 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.