Woodward County, Oklahoma
Woodward County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Woodward.
Geography
The County is located in northwestern Oklahoma, is in the north about 30 miles from Kansas, and to the west about 35 miles from Texas and has an area of 3227 square kilometers, of which 10 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Woods County, Major County, Dewey County, Ellis County and Harper County. In Woodward County is the Alabaster Caverns State Park.
History
Woodward County was formed in 1893 as an original county of Cherokee country. It was named after a station on the Santa Fe Railway Company, after one of their directors, BW Woodward was named. The County ( Oklahoma Land Run ) was settled by white settlers during the fourth official land ownership acquisition of 16 September 1893.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Woodward County 18,486 people in 7,141 households and 5,077 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 92.23 percent White, 1.10 percent African American, 2.07 percent Native American, 0.48 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.5 percent were from other ethnic groups, and 1.60 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.85 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 7,141 households, 33.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.1 percent were married couples living together, 8.4 percent were single mothers. 28.9 percent were non-families, 25.4 percent of all households and 11.2 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.96.
25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.3 percent between 18 to 24, 27.6 percent between 25 and 44, 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.5 males.
The median income for a household was $ 33,581, and the median income for a family was $ 39,916. Males had a median income of $ 28,750 versus $ 19,756 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,734. 8.7 percent of families and 12.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.