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Notable location: Dixie Ranch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in North Okeechobee: Brethren Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Evergreen Cemetery (1), Basinger Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and swamps: Twelvemile Slough (A), Wet Rock Marsh (B), Pumpkin Bay (C), Joe Gore Slough (D), Arch Island Bay (E), Jernigans Pond (F), Wolf Sawgrass Pond (G), Parker Bay (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Boggy Branch (A), Turkey Slough (B), Ash Slough (C), Oak Creek (D), Duck Slough (E), Fish Slough (F), Parker Slough (G), Cypress Slough (H), Starvation Slough (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in North Okeechobee: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
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Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This place: | 12.0% | | Whole state: | 12.5% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This place: | 6.9% | | Whole state: | 5.7% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in North Okeechobee, FL
People in group quarters in North Okeechobee
- 1269 people in state prisons
- 240 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 48 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 30 people in unknown juvenile institutions
North Okeechobee compared to Florida state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Okeechobee County Florida:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (90%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- No fuel used (3%)
- Wood (1%)
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Religion statistics for North Okeechobee
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Lutheran Church |
| Adherents | 45.1% | 21.9% | 5.3% | 4.8% | 3.5% |
| Congregations | 20.6% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 11.8% | 2.9% |
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| Name | Assemblies of God | Episcopal Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | American Baptist Association | Other religions |
| Adherents | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 1.7% | 7.7% |
| Congregations | 8.8% | 2.9% | 8.8% | 2.9% | 35.3% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
8.89% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,437 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.89% | | Florida average: | 8.71% |
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:
8.04% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,666 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.04% | | Florida average: | 7.73% |
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in North Okeechobee:
- WJNA (640 AM; 38 kW; ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: SOUTH FLORIDA RADIO, INC.)
- WFLF (540 AM; 50 kW; PINE HILLS, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WFTL (850 AM; 50 kW; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL ENTERPRISES II, L.L.C.)
- WQTM (740 AM; 50 kW; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WHOO (1080 AM; daytime; 35 kW; KISSIMMEE, FL; Owner: GENESIS COMMUNICATIONS I, INC.)
- WDYZ (990 AM; 50 kW; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WIXC (1060 AM; 50 kW; TITUSVILLE, FL; Owner: GENESIS COMMUNICATIONS I, INC.)
- WQYK (1010 AM; 50 kW; SEFFNER, FL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF TAMPA)
- WONQ (1030 AM; 45 kW; OVIEDO, FL; Owner: FLORIDA BROADCASTERS)
- WAQI (710 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: LICENSE CORPORATION #1)
- WJCM (1050 AM; 5 kW; SEBRING, FL; Owner: COHAN RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WWFE (670 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: FENIX BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WMGG (820 AM; 50 kW; LARGO, FL; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF ST. PETERSBURG LICENSEE)
Strongest FM radio stations in North Okeechobee:
- WWFR (91.7 FM; STUART, FL; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
- WLDI (95.5 FM; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- W218BB (91.5 FM; OKEECHOBEE, FL; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
TV broadcast stations around North Okeechobee:
- WPBF (Channel 25; TEQUESTA, FL; Owner: WPBF-TV COMPANY)
- WTVX (Channel 34; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: C-34 FCC LICENSEE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
- WOPX (Channel 56; MELBOURNE, FL; Owner: PAXSON ORLANDO LICENSE, INC.)
- WTCE (Channel 21; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: JACKSONVILLE EDUCATORS B/CNG, INC.)
- WRDQ (Channel 27; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: WFTV-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W27AE (Channel 27; SEBRING, FL; Owner: VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1- b b carter, 42450 N Hwy 441, Type: Tower, Structure height: 86.8 m, Overall height: 93.6 m
Registrant: American Towers, Inc., 1898 Leland Drive, Suite A, Marietta, GA 30067, Phone: (678) 265-6770
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