Major County, Oklahoma

Major County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Fairview.

Geography

The County is located in northwestern Oklahoma, is located in the north about 60 miles from Kansas and has an area of 2481 square kilometers, of which 3 square miles is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Woods County, Alfalfa County, Garfield County, Kingfisher County, Blaine County, Dewey County and Woodward County.

History

Major County was formed on July 16, 1907 from parts of the Woods County. It was named after John C. Major, a member of the Constituent Assembly ( " Constitunional Convention " ) of Oklahoma.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Major County 7,545 people in 3,046 households and 2,208 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 94.96 percent White, 0.19 percent African American, 0.90 percent Native American, 0.09 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.4 percent were from other ethnic groups, and 1.44 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.02 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,046 households, 31.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 63.7 percent were married couples living together, 6.0 percent were single mothers. 27.5 percent were non-families, 25.2 percent of all households and 13.5 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.92.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 6.7 percent between 18 to 24, 24.4 percent between 25 and 44, 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 19.4 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.

The median income for a household was $ 30,949, and the median income for a family was $ 36,888. Males had a median income of $ 28,078 versus $ 17,658 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,272. 9.3 percent of families and 12.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.