Tulsa County, Oklahoma

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

Geography

The County is located in the central northeastern Oklahoma and has an area of 1520 square kilometers, of which 43 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Washington County, Rogers County, Wagoner County, Okmulgee County, Creek County and Pawnee County.

History

Tulsa County was formed in 1905 as an original county of Muskogee country. It was named after the city of Tulsa.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Tulsa County 563 299 people in 226 892 households and 147 252 families. The population density was 381 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 75.02 percent White, 10.95 percent Black or African American, 5.20 percent Native American, 1.62 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.77 percent from other races groups; 4.40 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.97 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 226 892 households 32.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 49.1 percent were married couples living together, 12.1 percent were single mothers. 35.1 percent were non-families, 29.6 percent of all households and 8.9 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.03 persons.

26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 10.0 percent between 18 to 24, 30.4 percent between 25 and 44, 21.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 38,213, and the median income for a family was $ 47,489. Males had a median income of $ 35,495 versus $ 25,680 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,115. 8.7 percent of families and 11.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.