Muskogee County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 20.8%
(24.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 20.3% for American Indian residents, 7.5% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.4 people | | Oklahoma: |  2.5 people |
| This town: | 60.7% | | Whole state: | 69.0% |
| This town: | 4.3% | | Whole state: | 4.0% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Porum, OK
Porum compared to Oklahoma state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below 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 significantly 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 (81%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (3%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Muskogee County Oklahoma:
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Religion statistics for Porum (based on Muskogee County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 62.88%
| Here | | 62.9% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God | Churches of Christ | Catholic Church |
|---|
| Adherents | 47.5% | 18.1% | 7.2% | 4.7% | 4.6% |
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| Congregations | 29.2% | 10.0% | 11.5% | 12.3% | 1.5% |
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| Name | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Baptist Missionary Association of America | LDS (Mormon) Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Other |
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| Adherents | 3.8% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 8.6% |
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| Congregations | 3.8% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 3.1% | 26.2% |
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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: 16 | Muskogee County: | 2.25 / 10,000 pop. | | Oklahoma: | 1.97 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 6 | Muskogee County: | 0.84 / 10,000 pop. | | Oklahoma: | 0.76 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 32 | Muskogee County: | 4.51 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.35 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 46 | Here: | 6.48 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.89 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 12.8% | | Oklahoma: | 10.3% |
Adult obesity rate: | Muskogee County: | 31.9% | | Oklahoma: | 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 |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $1,980 | $23,760 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $1,628 | $19,536 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $4,994 | $29,964 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $400 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $2,678 | $32,136 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $126 |
| Parks and Recreation |
1 | $2,444 | $29,328 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
3 | $10,464 | $41,856 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
9 | $24,188 | $32,251 | 2 | $526 |
Porum government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $89,000 ($122.09)
Solid Waste Management: $31,000 ($42.52)
Sewerage: $14,000 ($19.20)
- Construction - Water Utilities: $505,000 ($692.73)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $385,000 ($528.12)
Police Protection: $72,000 ($98.77)
Solid Waste Management: $31,000 ($42.52)
Central Staff Services: $21,000 ($28.81)
General - Other: $16,000 ($21.95)
Fire Protection: $15,000 ($20.58)
Sewerage: $10,000 ($13.72)
Regular Highways: $9,000 ($12.35)
Judicial and Legal Services: $4,000 ($5.49)
Parks & Recreation: $2,000 ($2.74)
Financial Administration: $1,000 ($1.37)
- Local Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $28,000 ($38.41)
Highways: $6,000 ($8.23)
General Support: $2,000 ($2.74)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $776,000 ($1064.47)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $739,000 ($1013.72)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $37,000 ($50.75)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $33,000 ($45.27)
Interest Earnings: $8,000 ($10.97)
- Other Capital Outlay - Parks & Recreation: $22,000 ($30.18)
Fire Protection: $22,000 ($30.18)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $504,000 ($691.36)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $496,000 ($680.38)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0 ($0.00)
- State Intergovernmental - Water Utilities: $250,000 ($342.94)
Highways: $1,000 ($1.37)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $94,000 ($128.94)
Public Utilities: $17,000 ($23.32)
NEC: $1,000 ($1.37)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $245,000 ($336.08)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $22,000 ($30.18)
6.58% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,247 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.58% | | Oklahoma average: | 8.21% |
0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($125 average AGI)| Muskogee County: | 0.04% | | Oklahoma average: | 0.15% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.50% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,522 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.50% | | 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 Porum:
- KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KFAQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- KTBZ (1430 AM; 25 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KYHN (1320 AM; 10 kW; FORT SMITH, AR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KMUS (1380 AM; 20 kW; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- KWHN (1650 AM; 10 kW; FT. SMITH, AR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KOMA (1520 AM; 50 kW; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
- KGHT (880 AM; 50 kW; SHERIDAN, AR; Owner: METROPOLITAN RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- KXTD (1530 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WAGONER, OK; Owner: GAYTAN-GALVAN LIMITED LIABILITY COMP)
- KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KFAY (1030 AM; 10 kW; FARMINGTON, AR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP)
- KAAY (1090 AM; 50 kW; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Porum:
- KMMY (97.1 FM; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: KMMY, Inc.)
- KTKL (88.5 FM; STIGLER, OK; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- KZBB (97.9 FM; POTEAU, OK; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KMAG (99.1 FM; FORT SMITH, AR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KTCS-FM (99.9 FM; FORT SMITH, AR; Owner: BIG CHIEF BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- K204EW (88.7 FM; POTEAU, OK; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- K219CN (91.7 FM; POTEAU, OK; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- KARG (91.7 FM; POTEAU, OK; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- KNYD (90.5 FM; BROKEN ARROW, OK; Owner: CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CORP. INC)
- KOMS (107.3 FM; POTEAU, OK; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KTNT (102.5 FM; EUFAULA, OK; Owner: K95.5, INC.)
- KHTT (106.9 FM; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
- KKBD (95.9 FM; SALLISAW, OK; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
TV broadcast stations around Porum:
- KOET (Channel 3; EUFAULA, OK; Owner: OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY)
- KTUL (Channel 8; TULSA, OK; Owner: KTUL, LLC)
- KJRH (Channel 2; TULSA, OK; Owner: SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KOED-TV (Channel 11; TULSA, OK; Owner: OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY)
- KOTV (Channel 6; TULSA, OK; Owner: GRIFFIN LICENSING, L.L.C.)
- KWHB (Channel 47; TULSA, OK; Owner: LESEA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KTFO (Channel 41; TULSA, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- K31DY (Channel 31; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: LOCKE SUPPLY CO.)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 16 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Porum)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4 - Porum Landing Rd 1 Mi W Of Hwy 2 (Lat: 35.358972 Lon: -95.265528), Call Sign: KXB600, Licensee ID: L00471043
Assigned Frequencies: 155.100 MHz
Grant Date: 06/29/2002, Expiration Date: 09/09/2012
Registrant: County Of Muskogee, Muskogee, OK 74401, Phone: (918) 484-5404 - 2 Mi W And .4 Mi N (Lat: 35.354278 Lon: -95.284972), Call Sign: KAT654, Licensee ID: L00002489
Assigned Frequencies: 44.7000 MHz
Grant Date: 01/08/2002, Expiration Date: 04/06/2012
Registrant: State Of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK 73136, Phone: (405) 425-2182 - City Hall (Lat: 35.357861 Lon: -95.265528), Call Sign: KIG700, Licensee ID: L00067794
Assigned Frequencies: 154.725 MHz, 155.250 MHz
Grant Date: 04/10/2002, Expiration Date: 05/27/2012
Registrant: City Of Porum, City Hall, Porum, OK 74455, Phone: (918) 484-5588 - 2 Mi W And .4 Mi N (Lat: 35.354278 Lon: -95.284972), Call Sign: WFR392, Licensee ID: L00002489
Assigned Frequencies: 467.275 MHz
Grant Date: 01/08/2002, Expiration Date: 04/06/2012
Registrant: State Of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK 73136, Phone: (405) 424-4011
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 4 - PORUM, Route 2 (Lat: 35.343444 Lon: -95.297972), Type: Tower, Structure height: 36.5 m, Overall height: 39.6 m, Call Sign: WQDT612
Assigned Frequencies: 6745.00 MHz
Grant Date: 10/27/2005, Expiration Date: 10/27/2015, Certifier: John E Rooney
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite #100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
- PORUM, Lat: 35.364806 Lon: -95.302444, Type: Mast, Structure height: 85.3 m, Overall height: 91.4 m, Call Sign: WQKD614
Assigned Frequencies: 3650.00 MHz
Grant Date: 04/10/2009, Expiration Date: 04/10/2019, Certifier: David Miller Ii
Registrant: Cross Wireless LLC, Warner, OK 74469, Phone: (918) 463-2921, Email:
- PORUM, Lat: 35.364806 Lon: -95.302444, Type: Mast, Structure height: 85.3 m, Overall height: 91.4 m, Call Sign: WQKD614
Assigned Frequencies: 3650.00 MHz
Grant Date: 04/10/2009, Expiration Date: 04/10/2019, Certifier: David Miller Ii
Registrant: Cross Wireless LLC, Warner, OK 74469, Phone: (918) 463-2921, Email:
- PORUM, Lat: 35.364806 Lon: -95.302444, Type: Mast, Structure height: 85.3 m, Overall height: 91.4 m, Call Sign: WQKD614
Assigned Frequencies: 3650.00 MHz
Grant Date: 04/10/2009, Expiration Date: 04/10/2019, Certifier: David Miller Ii
Registrant: Cross Wireless LLC, Warner, OK 74469, Phone: (918) 463-2921, Email:
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 3 - 2.5 Kilometers West Of (Lat: 35.353417 Lon: -95.292444), Overall height: 61 m, Call Sign: KOR565
Assigned Frequencies: 152.840 MHz
Grant Date: 04/25/2000, Expiration Date: 07/01/2008, Cancellation Date: 08/16/2008
Registrant: Blooston, Mordkofsky, Jackson & Dickens, 2120 L St., Nw, Washington, DC 20037, Phone: (202) 659-0830, Fax: (202) 828-5568 - Hensley Mountain, 2 Miles West Of (Lat: 35.364806 Lon: -95.301889), Call Sign: KLB685, Licensee ID: L00000287
Assigned Frequencies: 454.425 MHz, 152.690 MHz
Grant Date: 05/28/2008, Expiration Date: 07/01/2018
Registrant: Cross Telephone Company, Inc., 7th St And Third Ave, Warner, OK 74469, Phone: (918) 463-2921 - Hilltop 1.25 Miles Wsw Of Porum (Lat: 35.353417 Lon: -95.292444), Call Sign: KLB685, Licensee ID: L00000287
Assigned Frequencies: 152.540 MHz
Grant Date: 05/28/2008, Expiration Date: 07/01/2018
Registrant: Cross Telephone Company, Inc., 7th St And Third Ave, Warner, OK 74469, Phone: (918) 463-2921
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 5 - Call Sign: K5MUP
Grant Date: 08/01/1995, Expiration Date: 08/01/2005, Cancellation Date: 08/02/2007
Registrant: Clem Brown, Rt 2 Box 740, Porum, OK 74455 - Call Sign: K5OEM
Grant Date: 08/01/1995, Expiration Date: 08/01/2005, Cancellation Date: 08/02/2007
Registrant: Hazel Brown, Rt 2 Box 740, Porum, OK 74455 - Call Sign: KC5CKK
Grant Date: 08/31/1993, Expiration Date: 08/31/2003, Cancellation Date: 09/01/2005
Registrant: Michael W Weathers, Rt 2 Box 8030, Porum, OK 74455 - Call Sign: KE5UIU, Licensee ID: L01395458
Grant Date: 04/30/2008, Expiration Date: 04/30/2018, Certifier: James C Hines
Registrant: James C Hines, Rr 1 Box 26000, Porum, OK 74455 - Call Sign: KE5WQJ, Licensee ID: L01438530
Grant Date: 10/17/2008, Expiration Date: 10/17/2018, Certifier: Derrick B Bush
Registrant: Derrick B Bush, Rt 1 Box 26000, Porum, OK 74455
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Porum, OK
| Most common first names in Porum, OK among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| William | 24 | 76.3 years |
| John | 22 | 72.4 years |
| James | 21 | 67.9 years |
| Robert | 13 | 70.1 years |
| Mary | 12 | 77.3 years |
| Charles | 12 | 73.4 years |
| Richard | 10 | 70.4 years |
| George | 9 | 73.6 years |
| Jessie | 9 | 85.7 years |
| Walter | 9 | 75.9 years |
| Most common last names in Porum, OK among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| Moore | 20 | 70.1 years |
| Smith | 19 | 73.5 years |
| Jones | 14 | 74.1 years |
| Scott | 13 | 66.8 years |
| Stout | 11 | 80.5 years |
| Taylor | 11 | 78.1 years |
| Barnes | 10 | 77.1 years |
| Stewart | 10 | 80.3 years |
| Parsons | 9 | 66.7 years |
| Shoemake | 9 | 77.5 years |
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