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Choctaw County

Population in July 2007: 685. Population change since 2000: -2.0%
 

Males: 322  (47.1%)
Females: 363  (52.9%)
Median resident age:  36.4 years
Oklahoma median age:  35.5 years

Zip codes: 74727.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $17,400 (it was $14,063 in 2000)
Boswell  $17,400
Oklahoma:  $41,567

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $60,700 (it was $43,300 in 2000)
Boswell  $60,700
Oklahoma:  $103,000

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Races in Boswell:

  • White Non-Hispanic (66.1%)
  • American Indian (23.3%)
  • Black (8.3%)
  • Two or more races (5.7%)
  • Hispanic (2.1%)
  • Other race (1.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Boswell: 77.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (14.5%), Irish (9.1%), Dutch (4.1%), German (3.8%), French (2.4%), English (2.0%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 597 feet

Land area: 0.69 square miles.

Population density: 998 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Boswell

  • High school or higher: 62.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.6%
  • Unemployed: 9.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Boswell town

  • Never married: 17.8%
  • Now married: 52.7%
  • Separated: 1.3%
  • Widowed: 13.6%
  • Divorced: 14.6%

4 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.6%
Oklahoma:  3.8%



According to our research there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Boswell, Oklahoma in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Boswell to the number of sex offenders is 98 to 1.

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

Boswell:  0.5% ($199)
Oklahoma:  0.7% ($523)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: East Grayson, TX (54.2 miles , pop. 81,381).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Plano, TX (90.5 miles , pop. 222,030).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (105.8 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: West Choctaw, OK (5.3 miles ), East Bryan, OK (9.8 miles ), Bennington, OK (11.7 miles ), Soper, OK (11.9 miles ), Bokchito, OK (18.7 miles ), Antlers, OK (22.1 miles ), Sumner, TX (22.5 miles ), Southeast Bryan, OK (22.7 miles ).

Latitude: 34.03 N, Longitude: 95.87 W


Area code: 580

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Population change in the 1990s: +51 (+7.8%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Public administration (11%)
  • Construction (10%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Food and beverage stores (9%)
  • Food (8%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Machinery (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (16%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Food and beverage stores (11%)
  • Social assistance (9%)
  • Food (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Personal and laundry services (6%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Carpenters (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)


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Boswell-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Oklahoma state average. It is 160% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/2/1982, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 21.8 miles away from the Boswell town center injured 29 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 5/4/1960, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 11.7 miles away from the town center injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Boswell:
  • PUSHMATAHA CTY-TN OF ANTLERS HOSP AUTH (about 23 miles; ANTLERS, OK)
  • MEDICAL CTR OF SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA (about 24 miles; DURANT, OK)
  • CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; HUGO, OK)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Boswell:
  • COX FLD (about 40 miles; PARIS, TX; ID: PRX)
  • DALLAS LOVE FIELD (about 107 miles; DALLAS, TX; ID: DAL)
  • DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL (about 113 miles; DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX; ID: DFW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Boswell:
  • ANTLERS MUNI (about 20 miles; ANTLERS, OK; ID: 80F)
  • STAN STAMPER MUNI (about 24 miles; HUGO, OK; ID: HHW)
  • ATOKA MUNI (about 31 miles; ATOKA, OK; ID: AQR)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Boswell:
  • SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; DURANT, OK; Full-time enrollment: 3,165)
  • GRAYSON COUNTY COLLEGE (about 53 miles; DENISON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,082)
  • TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE (about 55 miles; COMMERCE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,998)
  • EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; ADA, OK; FT enrollment: 3,429)
  • COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CENTRAL PARK (about 80 miles; MCKINNEY, TX; FT enrollment: 7,514)
  • UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS (about 89 miles; IRVING, TX; FT enrollment: 2,400)
  • NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 92 miles; GAINESVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 3,018)

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

CHOCTAW RWD # 6 (Population served: 850, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
BOSWELL PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY (Population served: 703, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In DEC-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-21-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-21-2004), St Public Notif received (FEB-02-2004)
Past monitoring violations:
  • Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-01-1994 and SEP-03-1997, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-03-1997)

Average household size:
This town:  2.4 people
Oklahoma:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  63.4%
Whole state:  68.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  2.7%
Whole state:  4.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  37.7%
Whole state:  14.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  14.2%
Whole state:  6.1%

Boswell compared to Oklahoma state average:
  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Boswell (2007 data):
  • First Texoma National Bank: 615 Hunter Branch at 615 Hunter, branch established on 1947-04-14. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $211.1 mil, Deposits: $188.0 mil, headquarters in Durant, OK, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 7 total offices, Holding Company: Fnb Financial Services, Inc.



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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
Water Supply 3$4,849$19,3960$0
Police Protection - Officers 0$0 2$2,730
Financial Administration 1$1,782$21,3840$0
Welfare 0$0 3$2,223
Totals for Government 4$6,631$19,8935$4,953



Boswell government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Solid Waste Management: $45,000
    All Other: $4,000
  • Construction - Water Utilities: $152,000
  • Current Operations - Water Utilities: $108,000
    Central Staff Services: $92,000
    Parks & Recreation: $64,000
    General - Other: $51,000
    Solid Waste Management: $47,000
    Regular Highways: $8,000
    Fire Protection: $7,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $6,000
    Police Protection: $6,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $2,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $91,000
    Water Utilities: $22,000
    Highways: $5,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $12,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $26,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $20,000
    Water Utilities: $6,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $6,000
    Water Utilities: $6,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $14,000
    Interest Earnings: $4,000
    Rents: $4,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $45,000
    Sewerage: $35,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $84,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $105,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Water Utilities: $132,000
    All Other: $5,000
    General Support: $5,000
    Highways: $3,000
  • Tax - Total General Sales: $94,000
    Public Utilities: $11,000
    NEC: $5,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $62,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,000

6.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($23,125 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.22%
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 Pushmataha County, OK  0.75% ($19,727 average AGI)
from McCurtain County, OK  0.66% ($23,552)
from Lamar County, TX  0.52% ($24,000)


6.27% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,880 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.27%
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 Lamar County, TX  0.84% ($32,811 average AGI)
to Bryan County, OK  0.75% ($24,303)
to McCurtain County, OK  0.55% ($29,792)


Strongest AM radio stations in Boswell:
  • KFXR (1190 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
  • KYNG (950 AM; 10 kW; DENISON-SHERMAN, TX; Owner: KRBE LICO, INC.)
  • KEOR (1110 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ATOKA, OK; Owner: DALLAS AM RADIO PARTNERS, L.P.)
  • WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
  • KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • KSKY (660 AM; 20 kW; BALCH SPRINGS, TX; Owner: BISON MEDIA, INC.)
  • KZMP (1540 AM; 50 kW; UNIVERSITY PARK, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KTBK (1700 AM; 10 kW; SHERMAN, TX; Owner: KRBE LICO, INC.)
  • KFAQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)

Strongest FM radio stations in Boswell:
  • KITX (95.5 FM; HUGO, OK; Owner: K95.5, INC.)
  • KOYN (93.9 FM; PARIS, TX; Owner: EAST TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Boswell:
  • K15AA (Channel 15; HUGO, OK; Owner: OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY)




Boswell fatal accident list for 2006:
Apr 6, 2006 04:10 AM, No Name, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 2


Boswell fatal accident list for 2005:
Jan 10, 2005 01:30 AM, Us-70, Lat: 34.027228, Lon: -95.868819, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1


Boswell fatal accident list for 1987:
Dec 14, 1987 12:50 AM, 70, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1


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