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Amber, OK map Population (year 2000): 490. Estimated population in July 2006: 530 (+8.2% change)
 

Males: 241  (49.2%)
Females: 249  (50.8%)

Grady County

Median resident age:  29.1 years
Oklahoma median age:  35.5 years

Zip codes: 73004.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,900 (it was $32,083 in 2000)
Amber  $35,900
Oklahoma:  $37,063

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $54,900 (it was $45,900 in 2000)
Amber  $54,900
Oklahoma:  $89,100

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Races in Amber:

  • White Non-Hispanic (87.8%)
  • American Indian (8.8%)
  • Two or more races (4.3%)
  • Hispanic (2.0%)
  • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1.2%)

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Ancestries: United States (10.4%), English (5.1%), German (4.7%), Italian (2.9%), Irish (2.2%), Norwegian (1.0%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1250 feet

Land area: 3.95 square miles.

Population density: 132 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Amber

  • High school or higher: 82.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.4%
  • Unemployed: 6.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 33.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Amber town

  • Never married: 16.4%
  • Now married: 70.1%
  • Separated: 1.7%
  • Widowed: 3.1%
  • Divorced: 8.8%

0 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.0%
Oklahoma:  3.8%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Amber:  0.6% ($271)
Oklahoma:  0.7% ($523)
Amber satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: East Canadian, OK (24.4 miles , pop. 61,645).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Oklahoma City, OK (32.5 miles , pop. 506,132).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (179.6 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Pocasset, OK (5.7 miles) , Chickasha, OK (9.6 miles ), Tuttle, OK (11.3 miles ), Minco, OK (11.7 miles ), Norge, OK (14.3 miles) , Ninnekah, OK (14.5 miles ), Verden, OK (15.4 miles ), Blanchard, OK (15.7 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 2002: 1 building, cost: $65,000
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings
  • 2005: 1 building, cost: $66,200
  • 2006: 1 building, cost: $75,000
  • 2007: 1 building, cost: $43,000

Number of permits per 10,000 residents
Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 35.16 N, Longitude: 97.88 W


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Population change in the 1990s: +86 (+21.3%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (22%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (15%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Metal and metal products (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Cashiers (7%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)


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Amber-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Oklahoma state average. It is 314% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/3/1999, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 2.8 miles away from the Amber town center killed 36 people and injured 583 people and caused $1000 million in damages.

On 5/24/1973, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 12.3 miles away from the town center killed 2 people and injured 4 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Amber topographic map
Hospitals/medical centers near Amber:
  • GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; CHICKASHA, OK)
  • INTEGRIS CANADIAN VALLEY (about 26 miles; YUKON, OK)
  • PARK VIEW HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; EL RENO, OK)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Amber:
  • WILL ROGERS WORLD (about 25 miles; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; ID: OKC)
  • TINKER AFB (about 39 miles; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; ID: TIK)
  • HENRY POST AAF (about 52 miles; FORT SILL, OK; ID: FSI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Amber:
  • CHICKASHA MUNI (about 8 miles; CHICKASHA, OK; ID: CHK)
  • CLARENCE E PAGE MUNI (about 23 miles; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; ID: F29)
  • EL RENO MUNI AIR PARK (about 23 miles; EL RENO, OK; ID: F28)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Amber:
  • OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Full-time enrollment: 5,220)
  • UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA NORMAN CAMPUS (about 31 miles; NORMAN, OK; FT enrollment: 20,154)
  • OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY-OKLAHOMA CITY (about 31 miles; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; FT enrollment: 2,164)
  • OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; FT enrollment: 3,234)
  • UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER (about 34 miles; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; FT enrollment: 2,447)
  • SOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; BETHANY, OK; FT enrollment: 2,002)
  • ROSE STATE COLLEGE (about 40 miles; MIDWEST CITY, OK; FT enrollment: 4,067)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Amber and their reported violations in the past:

GRADY CO RWD #6 (Population served: 1300, Purch_surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-1998, Contaminant: Coliform
GRADY CO RWD #2 (Population served: 500, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-02-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-02-2004)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-06-2001), St Public Notif received (JUN-19-2002)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In FEB-1997, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-01-2005 and MAY-25-2005, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (APR-19-2005), St Public Notif requested (APR-19-2005), St Public Notif received (MAY-04-2005), St Compliance achieved (MAY-25-2005)
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-07-2005), St Formal NOV issued (SEP-07-2005), St Public Notif received (SEP-28-2005), St Compliance achieved (DEC-14-2005)
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-07-2005), St Formal NOV issued (SEP-07-2005), St Public Notif received (SEP-28-2005), St Compliance achieved (DEC-14-2005)
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JUL-2001 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUL-30-2001)
  • Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUL-2001, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-06-2001), St Public Notif received (JUN-19-2002)
  • 5 routine major monitoring violations
  • 6 regular monitoring violations
  • 3 other older monitoring violations

Average household size:
This town:  3.1 people
Oklahoma:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  83.1%
Whole state:  68.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  2.5%
Whole state:  4.0%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  10.8%
Whole state:  14.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  5.3%
Whole state:  6.1%

Amber compared to Oklahoma state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Police Protection - Officers 1$1,800$21,6002$700
Financial Administration 0$0 1$1,300
Totals for Government 1$1,800$21,6003$2,000


Amber government finances in 2002:
  • Construction - General: $108,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $85,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $10,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $1,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $40,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $10,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $10,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $88,000
    Interest Earnings: $1,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $30,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $147,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $4,000
    General Support: $2,000
  • Tax - Total General Sales: $46,000
    Public Utilities: $4,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $48,000

8.90% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,133 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.90%
Oklahoma average:  8.21%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Oklahoma County, OK  1.85% ($37,014 average AGI)
from Cleveland County, OK  1.15% ($48,039)
from Canadian County, OK  0.88% ($48,963)


7.68% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,599 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.68%
Oklahoma average:  7.91%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Oklahoma County, OK  1.62% ($28,452 average AGI)
to Cleveland County, OK  1.10% ($35,827)
to Canadian County, OK  0.62% ($41,589)


Strongest AM radio stations in Amber:
  • KOMA (1520 AM; 50 kW; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
  • WWLS (640 AM; 5 kW; MOORE, OK; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KJON (850 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ANADARKO, OK; Owner: CARROLLTON BROADCASTING OF TEXAS, LP)
  • KQCV (800 AM; 3 kW; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KTOK (1000 AM; 5 kW; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WKY (930 AM; 5 kW; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
  • KFAQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
  • KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
  • KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • KFXR (1190 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Amber:
  • KKNG-FM (93.3 FM; NEWCASTLE, OK; Owner: TYLER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KWCO-FM (105.5 FM; CHICKASHA, OK; Owner: TYLER ENTERPRISES, L.L.C.)
  • KHBZ-FM (94.7 FM; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KTST (101.9 FM; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KMSI (88.1 FM; MOORE, OK; Owner: CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CORPORATION, INC.)
  • KMGL (104.1 FM; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
  • KTUZ-FM (106.7 FM; OKARCHE, OK; Owner: TYLER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KRMP (103.5 FM; ANADARKO, OK; Owner: PERRY BROADCASTING OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA, INC.)
  • KSYY (105.3 FM; KINGFISHER, OK; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KJYO (102.7 FM; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KXXY-FM (96.1 FM; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KATT-FM (100.5 FM; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KYIS (98.9 FM; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KOMA-FM (92.5 FM; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF NV)
  • KRXO (107.7 FM; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF NV)
  • K209DJ (89.7 FM; CHICKASHA, OK; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K219KL (91.7 FM; NINNEKAH, OK; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KFXI (92.1 FM; MARLOW, OK; Owner: DFWU, INC.)
  • KBLP (105.1 FM; LINDSAY, OK; Owner: SO. CENTRAL OKLA. B/C & ADVERTISING)
  • K246AF (97.1 FM; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: MICHAEL A. BROOKS / DBA JIME'NEZ COM)

TV broadcast stations around Amber:
  • KWTV (Channel 9; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: GRIFFIN ENTITIES, L.L.C.)
  • KOCO-TV (Channel 5; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: OHIO/OKLAHOMA HEARST- ARGYLE TELEVISION)
  • KOKH-TV (Channel 25; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: KOKH LICENSEE, LLC)
  • KETA-TV (Channel 13; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY)
  • KOPX (Channel 62; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: PAXSON OKLAHOMA CITY LICENSE, INC.)
  • KOCB (Channel 34; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: KOCB LICENSEE, LLC)
  • KFOR-TV (Channel 4; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
  • KSBI (Channel 52; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: LOCKE SUPPLY CO.)
  • KKCC-LP (Channel 19; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: EICB-TV, LLC)
  • KDSA-LP (Channel 11; NORMAN, OK; Owner: DAY STAR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KTBO-TV (Channel 14; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING OF OKLAHOMA CITY, INC.)
  • KTOU-LP (Channel 21; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: MAKO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • KXOC-LP (Channel 54; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: LOCKE SUPPLY CO.)
  • KQOK (Channel 30; SHAWNEE, OK; Owner: SHAWNEE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • K69EK (Channel 69; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: ARKANSAS MEDIA, L.L.C.)
  • K30EC (Channel 30; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)

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