Ottawa County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 30.1. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 23.7. This is about average. There were 20 monitors within city limits.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 8.97. This is about average. Closest monitor was 4.2 miles away from the city center.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2005 was 0.0317. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 4.2 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2005 was 0.546. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 4.2 miles away from the city center.
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2005 was 6.56. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 4.2 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 29.2%
(31.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 26.7% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 20.7% for American Indian residents, 100.0% for other race residents, 14.8% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.6 people | | Oklahoma: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 67.3% | | Whole state: | 68.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 4.5% | | 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: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Picher, OK
36 people in nursing homes
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 significantly 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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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Ottawa County Oklahoma:
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Religion statistics for Picher:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 76.96%
| Here |  | 77.0% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Assemblies of God | Catholic Church |
| Adherents | 60.1% | 11.6% | 8.5% | 5.8% | 2.7% |
| Congregations | 34.9% | 9.3% | 11.6% | 16.3% | 1.2% |
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| Name | Friends (Quakers) | Lutheran Church | Churches of Christ | Church of the Nazarene | Other |
| Adherents | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 5.2% |
| Congregations | 5.8% | 2.3% | 4.7% | 2.3% | 11.6% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 3 | Ottawa County: | 0.93 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 1.97 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Here: | 0.31 / 10,000 pop. | | Oklahoma: | 0.20 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 6 | This county: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. | | Oklahoma: | 0.76 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 13 | Ottawa County: | 4.02 / 10,000 pop. | | Oklahoma: | 4.35 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 21 | This county: | 6.50 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.89 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Ottawa County: | 13.9% | | Oklahoma: | 10.3% |
Adult obesity rate: | Ottawa County: | 31.2% | | State: | 29.2% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
7 | $11,450 | $19,629 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $1,000 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $7,760 | $46,560 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
20 | $31,436 | $18,862 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
6 | $24,024 | $48,048 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
35 | $74,670 | $25,601 | 3 | $1,000 |
Picher government finances in 2002:
- Construction - Regular Highways: $134,000 ($86.62)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $205,000 ($132.51)
Police Protection: $90,000 ($58.18)
Central Staff Services: $50,000 ($32.32)
Solid Waste Management: $47,000 ($30.38)
Health Services - Other: $37,000 ($23.92)
Fire Protection: $33,000 ($21.33)
Regular Highways: $30,000 ($19.39)
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $8,000 ($5.17)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $917,000 ($592.76)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $29,000 ($18.75)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $925,000 ($597.93)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $21,000 ($13.57)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $2,364,000 ($1528.12)
Interest Earnings: $16,000 ($10.34)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $159,000 ($102.78)
Water Utilities: $24,000 ($15.51)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,262,000 ($1462.18)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $300,000 ($193.92)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0 ($0.00)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $16,000 ($10.34)
General Support: $5,000 ($3.23)
Water Utilities: $5,000 ($3.23)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $152,000 ($98.25)
Public Utilities: $36,000 ($23.27)
NEC: $1,000 ($0.65)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $117,000 ($75.63)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $43,000 ($27.80)
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:
- WMBH (1560 AM; 10 kW; JOPLIN, MO)
- KVIS (910 AM; 1 kW; MIAMI, OK; Owner: EAGLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KOCR (1310 AM; 5 kW; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: OZARK CHRISTIAN COLLEGE)
- KKOW (860 AM; 10 kW; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: AMERICAN MEDIA INVESTMENTS)
- KGGF (690 AM; 10 kW; COFFEYVILLE, KS; Owner: KGGF-KUSN, INC.)
- KBTN (1420 AM; 10 kW; NEOSHO, MO; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KFAQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- 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.)
- KWAS (1230 AM; 1 kW; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
- KTBZ (1430 AM; 25 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KQYX (1450 AM; 1 kW; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Picher:
- KSYN (92.5 FM; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: BIG MACK BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KIXQ (102.5 FM; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: BIG MACK BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KGLC (100.9 FM; MIAMI, OK; Owner: EAGLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KCAR-FM (104.3 FM; GALENA, KS; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KRPS (89.9 FM; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KKOW-FM (96.9 FM; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: AMERICAN MEDIA INVESTMENTS, INC.)
- 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.)
- K255AH (98.9 FM; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KJMK (93.9 FM; WEBB CITY, MO; Owner: BIG MACK BROADCASTING, INC)
- KBTN-FM (99.7 FM; NEOSHO, MO; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KOBC (90.7 FM; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: OZARK CHRISTIAN COLLEGE)
- KJML (105.3 FM; COLUMBUS, KS; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KXDG (97.9 FM; WEBB CITY, MO; Owner: BIG MACK BROADCASTING, INC)
- KWXD (103.5 FM; ASBURY, MO; Owner: INNOVATIVE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KITO-FM (96.1 FM; VINITA, OK; Owner: DLB BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KMXL (95.1 FM; CARTHAGE, MO; Owner: CARTHAGE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KGVE (99.3 FM; GROVE, OK; Owner: CALEB CORPORATION)
- KNEO (91.7 FM; NEOSHO, MO; Owner: SKY HIGH 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)
- K64FW (Channel 64; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
- K04OV (Channel 4; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
Picher fatal accident list:
Aug 11, 1986 08:00 AM, 69 Connell, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
Oct 1, 1977 10:20 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 3 - William S Schilling, East 12th Street (Lat: 36.974500 Lon: -94.815500), Type: Tower, Structure height: 65.2 m, Overall height: 65.2 m
Registrant: Mediacom Communications Corporation, 100 Crystal Run Road, Middletown, NY 10941, Phone: (914) 695-2735, Email:
- William S Schilling, East 12th Street (Lat: 36.974500 Lon: -94.815500), Type: Tower, Structure height: 65.2 m, Overall height: 65.2 m
Registrant: Mediacom Communications Corporation, 100 Crystal Run Road, Middletown, NY 10941, Phone: (914) 695-2735, Email:
- William S Schilling, East 12th Street (Lat: 36.974500 Lon: -94.815500), Type: Tower, Structure height: 65.2 m, Overall height: 65.2 m
Registrant: Mediacom Communications Corporation, 100 Crystal Run Road, Middletown, NY 10941, Phone: (914) 695-2735, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - PICHER WATER TOWER, 120 S. Francis (Lat: 36.983889 Lon: -94.831111), Type: Tank, Structure height: 42.7 m, Overall height: 49 m, Call Sign: WPXS893
Assigned Frequencies: 155.835 MHz Grant Date: 06/04/2003, Expiration Date: 06/04/2013, Certifier: Jeff Reeves
Registrant: Northeast Rural Services, Vinita, OK 74031, Phone: (918) 256-9309, Fax: (918) 256-9379, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2 - Call Sign: KD5GAM, Licensee ID: L00232331
Grant Date: 03/23/1999, Expiration Date: 01/12/2009
Registrant: John R Kester, 120 N Connell Ave, Picher, OK 74360-0307 - Call Sign: WB5SBM
Grant Date: 04/15/1996, Expiration Date: 04/15/2006, Cancellation Date: 04/16/2008
Registrant: Janice J Gibbs, 318 E 12th St, Picher, OK 74360
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Picher, OK among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 26 | 67.3 years |
| Charles | 25 | 68.3 years |
| John | 22 | 68.0 years |
| William | 19 | 74.0 years |
| George | 16 | 66.8 years |
| Mary | 16 | 80.8 years |
| Helen | 13 | 73.4 years |
| Carl | 11 | 71.5 years |
| Roy | 10 | 68.4 years |
| Jessie | 10 | 79.0 years |
| Most common last names in Picher, OK among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Smith | 17 | 68.9 years |
| Jones | 14 | 79.2 years |
| Miller | 13 | 75.2 years |
| Williams | 12 | 71.6 years |
| Turner | 11 | 73.1 years |
| Moore | 9 | 64.1 years |
| Cox | 9 | 71.1 years |
| Taylor | 8 | 70.6 years |
| Johnson | 7 | 61.7 years |
| Wilson | 7 | 60.7 years |
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