Payne County, Oklahoma
Payne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Stillwater.
Geography
The County is located in north-central Oklahoma, is about 90 km from Kansas and has an area of 1806 square kilometers, of which 28 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Noble County, Pawnee County, Creek County, Lincoln County and Logan County.
History
Payne County was formed in 1890 as an original county of free territory. It was named after David L. Payne, who is also regarded as the father of Oklahoma and was the colonization of the country freely. The County was settled by white settlers during the first official land ownership acquisition (Oklahoma Land Run ) on April 22, 1889.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Payne County 68,190 people in 26,680 households and 15,314 families. The population density was 38 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 84.33 percent White, 3.63 percent African American, 4.58 percent Native American, 3.00 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.77 percent from other races groups; 3.64 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.15 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 26,680 households, 25.9 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 45.6 percent were married couples living together, 8.3 percent were single mothers. 42.6 percent were non-families, 30.1 percent of all households and 8.1 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.90 persons.
19.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 25.9 percent between 18 to 24, 26.2 percent between 25 and 44, 17.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 103.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.6 males.
The median income for a household was $ 28,733, and the median income for a family was $ 40,823. Males had a median income of $ 31,132 versus $ 21,113 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,983. 10.8 percent of families and 20.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.