Washita County, Oklahoma

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

Geography

The County is located in west-central Oklahoma, is about 60 km from Texas and has an area of ​​2613 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Custer County, Caddo County, Kiowa County and Beckham County.

History

Washita County was formed in 1900 as an original county of Cheyenne country. It was named after the Washita River. The County ( Oklahoma Land Run ) was settled by white settlers during the third official land ownership acquisition of 19 April 1892.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Washita County 11,508 people in 4,506 households and 3,266 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 92.31 percent White, 0.43 percent African American, 2.97 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.18 percent from other races groups; 1.82 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.48 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,506 households, 33.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.0 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers. 27.5 percent were non-families, 25.3 percent of all households and 13.4 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.00.

26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.6 percent between 18 to 24, 25.2 percent between 25 and 44, 22.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males.

The median income for a household was $ 29,563, and the median income for a family was $ 35,598. Males had a median income of $ 25,668 versus $ 17,741 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,528. 13.1 percent of families and 15.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.