Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Cherokee County
40-72100
Tahlequah is a city in Cherokee County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The place has 2000 14.458 inhabitants according to the census of the year and is the county seat of Cherokee County. The main building of Northeastern State University is located in the city. Tahlequah has the honor to be, the capital of both the total Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians.
Origin of the name
According to legend, the name is derived from the word Ta'ligwu the Cherokee, which means something like just two or two are enough. This refers to the two to a meeting of tribal elders, which shortly after the Trail of Tears ( Trail of Tears ), took place. Three tribal elders intended to meet, to specify the location for the capital of the Cherokee. Two came and waited for the others. At dusk, they decided that two were enough.
More likely, however, is the derivation of the name of an ancient city in the eastern city of Cherokee called Great Tellico, the English spelling of the Cherokee word Talikwa whose exact meaning has been lost by James Mooney. This suggests references to the word Tel -i - Quah, which can be regarded as plane.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 14,458 inhabitants in 5,703 households in the city, among which were 3,125 families. The population density was 464.4 inhabitants per km ² thereafter or 1,202.8 inhabitants per mi ². There were 6,425 housing units available, this results in a density of 200.6 units / km ² or 519.5 units / mi ². The population consisted of 59.01 % dependents European descent, 26.86 % Native American descent, 2.53% African descent, 0.53 % Asian, 0.03 % from islands of the Pacific, 4.1% were of other descent and 6, 93 % had parents of different origins. 7.26% belonged to the Spanish-speaking population.
There 5,703 households were counted, of which children lived in 26.8 % under the age of 18. In 37.6% of the households married couples living together, 13.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.2 % were non-families. 34.2 % of all households were inhabited by people living alone and in 11.6% of households were living household members with a higher age than 65 years. The average household size was 2.28 persons and the average family size is 3.0 persons.
22.2 % of the population are younger than 18, 25.2 % from 18 to 24 years old, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 16.1% between 45 and 64 and 13 % are 65 years or older. The average age was 26 years. For every 100 females accounted for 88.6 inhabitants male inhabitants. The 100 female residents over the age of 18 are 82.5 male population over 18 years.
The median household income in the city was $ 23,238, the median income for a family $ 34,811. Males have a median income of $ 25,066 compared with $ 21,327 for women. The per capita income was $ 13,371 in the city. About 18.5 % of families and 26.3 % of the population lived below the poverty line, including 28.2% under the age of 18 years and under and 12.6 % under the age of 65 years and above.
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- James Mooney: Myths of the Cherokee. 1900, repr. 1995 ( English)