Lone Grove, Oklahoma

Carter County

40-43750

Lone Grove is a city in Carter County, Oklahoma in the United States. In 2000, the city had 4631 inhabitants.

The city, which is located approximately 11 km west of Ardmore, is essentially a residential area and many of the inhabitants are employed in the business in Ardmore.

Geography

Lone Grove geographical coordinates loud 34 ° 11 ' N, 97 ° 15' W34.1775 - 97.248611111111 ( 34.177474, -97.248666 ).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 72.8 km ², of which 72.7 km ² of land and 0.1 km ² omitted ( = 0.11 %) to water.

History

On February 4, 1885 a post office was opened in Lone Grove. In a geographical study of the area, the population for 1905 indicate 215 people.

A tornado killed on 10 February 2009 at 19:30 clock local time ( 01:30 UTC) eight people and injured many.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were Lone Grove 4631 people. The population density was 63.7 people per km ². There were 1873 housing units at an average 25.8 per km ². The population consisted of Lone Grove 84.50 % White, 1.86 % African American, 7.90% Native American, 0.15 % Asian, 0.11 % Pacific Islander, 0.52 % reported other to belong to races and 4.97 % from two or more races. 1.97 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Lone Groves distributed to 1673 households out of which 43.8 % were living in children under 18 years. 65.2% married couples living together, 11.6 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.6 % were non-families. 17.0 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 6.0 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size is 3.11.

The population was spread out with 30.9 % under the, 8.4 % 18 -24- year-old, 30.2 % 25 -44- year-old, 21.6% 45-64 year olds and 8.9 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 100.5 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 93.6 males.

The median household income in Lone Grove was 31 486 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 38,800 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 30,365 U.S. dollars, compared to 17,598 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 13,125 U.S. dollars. 15.0 % of the population and 14.0 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 18.0 % of minors and 18.8 % of those age 65 or over.