Wagoner County, Oklahoma

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

Geography

The County is located in the central northeastern Oklahoma and has an area of ​​1531 square kilometers, of which 73 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Rogers County, Mayes County, Cherokee County, Muskogee County and Tulsa County.

History

Wagoner County was formed in 1908 as an original county of Muskogee country. It was named, as well as the district capital, according to Bailey P. Waggoner, an attorney for the Missouri Pacific Railway Company.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Wagoner County 57 491 people in 21,010 households and 16,702 families. The population density was 39 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 80.07 percent White, 3.75 percent Black or African American, 9.38 percent Native American, 0.51 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.85 percent from other races groups; 5.41 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.50 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 21,010 households, 37.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 65.9 percent were married couples living together, 9.8 percent were single mothers. 20.5 percent were non-families, 17.7 percent of all households and 6.7 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.08 persons.

28.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.9 percent between 18 and 24, 28.5 percent between 25 and 44, 25.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 41,744, and the median income for a family was $ 47,062. Males had a median income of $ 36,419 versus $ 23,546 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,272. 6.7 percent of families and 8.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.