Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

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

Geography

The County is located in the central south-east of Oklahoma and has an area of ​​3569 square kilometers, of which 186 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: McIntosh County, Haskell County, Latimer County, Pushmataha County, Atoka County, Coal County and Hughes County.

History

Pittsburg County was formed on 16 July 1907 as the original County of Choctaw country. It was named after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the place of origin of some of the first settlers.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Pittsburg County 43 953 people in 17,157 households and 11,941 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 77.20 percent White, 4.02 percent African Americans, 12.50 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.78 percent from other races groups; 5.20 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.14 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 17,157 households, 29.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.9 percent were married couples living together, 11.2 percent were single mothers. 30.4 percent were non-families, 27.7 percent of all households and 13.3 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.90 persons.

23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.8 percent between 18 to 24, 26.9 percent between 25 and 44, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 28,679, and the median income for a family was $ 35,190. Males had a median income of $ 28,470 versus $ 19,886 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,494. 13.6 percent of families and 17.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.