Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 25.4% | | Whole state: | 14.7% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 7.5% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
Picher compared to Oklahoma state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age 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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Banks with branches in Picher (2007 data):
- First State Bank: at 301 South Connell Avenue, branch established on 1918-06-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $6.3 mil, Deposits: $5.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 1 total offices, Holding Company: First Picher Bancshares, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Ottawa County Oklahoma:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2004)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $999 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $3,824 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $3,764 | $22,584 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,107 |
| Water Supply |
3 | $6,111 | $24,444 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
5 | $9,874 | $23,698 | 7 | $5,929 |
Picher government finances in 2002:
- Construction - Regular Highways: $134,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $205,000
Police Protection: $90,000
Central Staff Services: $50,000
Solid Waste Management: $47,000
Health Services - Other: $37,000
Fire Protection: $33,000
Regular Highways: $30,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $8,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $917,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $29,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $925,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $21,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $2,364,000
Interest Earnings: $16,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $159,000
Water Utilities: $24,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,262,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $300,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $16,000
General Support: $5,000
Water Utilities: $5,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $152,000
Public Utilities: $36,000
NEC: $1,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $117,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $43,000
7.62% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,250 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.62% | | 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:
7.13% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,794 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.13% | | 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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Picher:
- KVIS (910 AM; 1 kW; MIAMI, OK; Owner: EAGLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WMBH (1560 AM; 10 kW; JOPLIN, MO)
- KKOW (860 AM; 10 kW; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: AMERICAN MEDIA INVESTMENTS)
- KOCR (1310 AM; 5 kW; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: OZARK CHRISTIAN COLLEGE)
- KGGF (690 AM; 10 kW; COFFEYVILLE, KS; Owner: KGGF-KUSN, INC.)
- KFAQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- KBTN (1420 AM; 10 kW; NEOSHO, MO; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KKLL (1100 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WEBB CITY, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
- WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KTBZ (1430 AM; 25 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KWAS (1230 AM; 1 kW; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
- KFAY (1030 AM; 10 kW; FARMINGTON, AR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Picher:
- KGLC (100.9 FM; MIAMI, OK; Owner: EAGLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KSYN (92.5 FM; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: BIG MACK BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KIXQ (102.5 FM; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: BIG MACK BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KRPS (89.9 FM; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KKOW-FM (96.9 FM; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: AMERICAN MEDIA INVESTMENTS, INC.)
- KCAR-FM (104.3 FM; GALENA, KS; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KGND (107.5 FM; KETCHUM, OK; Owner: NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BROADCAST NETWORK)
- KMOQ (107.1 FM; BAXTER SPRINGS, KS; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KJML (105.3 FM; COLUMBUS, KS; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KJMK (93.9 FM; WEBB CITY, MO; Owner: BIG MACK BROADCASTING, INC)
- K255AH (98.9 FM; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KBTN-FM (99.7 FM; NEOSHO, MO; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KITO-FM (96.1 FM; VINITA, OK; Owner: DLB BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KOBC (90.7 FM; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: OZARK CHRISTIAN COLLEGE)
- KGVE (99.3 FM; GROVE, OK; Owner: CALEB CORPORATION)
- KWXD (103.5 FM; ASBURY, MO; Owner: INNOVATIVE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- K220CZ (91.9 FM; MIAMI, ETC., OK; Owner: CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CORP. INC)
TV broadcast stations around Picher:
- KOAM-TV (Channel 7; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: SAGA QUAD STATES COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- KODE-TV (Channel 12; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: MISSION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KOZJ (Channel 26; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: BD. OF GOVERNORS OF SW MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KJPX-LP (Channel 47; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: GARY M./DEBORAH R. KENNY)
- KSNF (Channel 16; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- K05KD (Channel 5; CARTHAGE, MO; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
- K20GA (Channel 20; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KCLJ-CA (Channel 46; JOPLIN/CARTHAGE, MO; Owner: GARY M./DEBORAH R. KENNY)
- K52FC (Channel 52; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- K55HU (Channel 55; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
Picher fatal accident list for 1986:
Aug 11, 1986 08:00 AM, 69 Connell, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
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