Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Okmulgee County
40-55150
Okmulgee is a place in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma in the United States of America. The population in 2000 was 13,022. The small town is the administrative seat of the county, and since the Civil War, the nation's capital of Muskogee, a Native American people. The word " Okmulgee " comes from the language of the Muskogee and means boiling or bubbling water. The place for the settlement was chosen because the Muskogee believed that he was safe from tornadoes.
Geography
Okmulgee is located at the coordinates N 35 ° 37 " 28 ' W and 95 ° 57 ' 48'35 .624558-95.963254209. According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of the city covers 33.2 square miles, of which are all areas on land.
Demography
According to the census of 2000, there were 13,022 people in 5,135 households and 3,291 families. The population density is 392.2 inhabitants per km ². Racial, the population is composed of 58.85 % White, 13.61 % Native Americans, 21.29 % African American, 0.29 % Asian, 5.41% are from two or more races. 1.83% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 5,135 households, 30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.7 % were married couples living together, 17.6 were single mothers and 35.9 % were non-families. 32.1 % of all households are made up and in 14 % living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.00.
25.4% of the population were under 18 years old. 12.7 % from 18 to 24 years, 24.3% between 25 and 44 years 21.1% between 45 and 64, and 16.5 % were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.
The median income for a household was $ 24,344, and the median income for a family was $ 31,015. Males had a median income of $ 26,105 versus $ 19,722 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,633. 24.1 % of the population and 19.6 % of families are below the poverty line. 33.0 % of them are children and adolescents under age 18 and 14.1% are 65 years or older.
Personalities
- Samuel Checote, burial place of the first elected chief of the Muskogee Nation after the Civil War, according to him is named the town of Checotah, Oklahoma.
- Joyce Cobb, jazz and R & B singer
- David Obey, member of Congress
- Oscar Pettiford, Jazz Musicians
- Will Sampson, actor