Ottawa County (Oklahoma)
Ottawa County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Miami.
Geography
The County is located in the extreme northeast of Oklahoma, bordered to the north by Kansas, on the east by Missouri and has an area of 1255 square kilometers, of which 35 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Cherokee County ( Kansas), Newton County ( Missouri), McDonald County ( Missouri), Delaware County and Craig County.
History
Ottawa County was formed on 16 July 1907 as original county of Cherokee country. It was named after the North American Indian people of Ottawa.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Ottawa County 33 194 people in 12,984 households and 9,114 families. The population density was 27 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 74.15 percent White, 0.58 percent African Americans, 16.53 percent Native American, 0.29 percent Asian, 0.14 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.54 percent from other races groups; 6.78 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.20 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 12,984 households, 30.9 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.7 percent were single mothers. 29.8 percent were non-families, 26.6 percent of all households and 13.6 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.98.
25.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.7 percent between 18 and 24, 24.8 percent between 25 and 44, 22.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.9 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,507, and the median income for a family was $ 32,368. Males had a median income of $ 25,725 versus $ 18,879 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,478. 13.0 percent of families and 16.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.