Sawyer, Oklahoma

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Population in July 2007: 269. Population change since 2000: -1.5%

Males: 132	(49.3%)
Females: 137	(50.7%)

Median resident age:	39.0 years
Oklahoma median age:	35.5 years

Zip codes: 74756.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $32,182 (it was $24,375 in 2000)

Sawyer:	$32,182
Oklahoma:	$41,567

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $83,795 (it was $50,000 in 2000)

Sawyer:	$83,795
Oklahoma:	$103,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $74,579; Detached houses: $87,044; Mobile homes: $11,750

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Races in Sawyer:

White Non-Hispanic (75.5%)
American Indian (21.5%)
Two or more races (5.5%)
Hispanic (1.5%)
Other race (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Sawyer: 76.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Irish (13.9%), United States (12.0%), German (6.9%), Scotch-Irish (2.2%), Dutch (1.8%), West Indian (1.8%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 4.64 square miles.

Population density: 58 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Sawyer

High school or higher: 69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.7%
Unemployed: 4.9%
Mean travel time to work: 24.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sawyer town

Never married: 18.0%
Now married: 63.5%
Separated: 3.2%
Widowed: 4.5%
Divorced: 10.8%

4 residents are foreign born

This town:	1.5%
Oklahoma:	3.8%

According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Sawyer, Oklahoma in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Sawyer to the number of sex offenders is 135 to 1.

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

Sawyer:	0.4% ($199)
Oklahoma:	0.8% ($523)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: East Grayson, TX (72.6 miles , pop. 81,381).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Plano, TX (103.5 miles , pop. 222,030).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (117.1 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Fort Towson, OK (2.3 miles ), Hugo, OK (2.9 miles ), Swink, OK (3.1 miles) , Rattan, OK (3.6 miles ), Valliant, OK (4.0 miles ), Powderly, TX (4.1 miles ), Manchester, TX (4.3 miles ), Soper, OK (4.3 miles ).

Latitude: 34.01 N, Longitude: 95.37 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 580

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Population change in the 1990s: +54 (+24.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (18%)
Repair and maintenance (15%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
Food (8%)
Utilities (8%)
Truck transportation (6%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (24%)
Educational services (16%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (11%)
Public administration (11%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
Food and beverage stores (7%)
Utilities (7%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (18%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Electricians (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Farmers and farm managers (6%)
Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
Health technologists and technicians (11%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
Architects, surveyors, and cartographers (7%)
Secondary school teachers (7%)

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Average climate in Sawyer, Oklahoma

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Sawyer-area historical tornado activity is near Oklahoma state average. It is 173% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/2/1982, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 13.9 miles away from the Sawyer 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 18.8 miles away from the town center injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Sawyer:

CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; HUGO, OK)
PUSHMATAHA CTY-TN OF ANTLERS HOSP AUTH (about 21 miles; ANTLERS, OK)
CHRISTUS ST JOSEPHS HEALTH SYSTEM (about 27 miles; PARIS, TX)

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Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sawyer:

SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; DURANT, OK; Full-time enrollment: 3,165)
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE (about 62 miles; COMMERCE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,998)
GRAYSON COUNTY COLLEGE (about 72 miles; DENISON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,082)
EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (about 91 miles; ADA, OK; FT enrollment: 3,429)
COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CENTRAL PARK (about 94 miles; MCKINNEY, TX; FT enrollment: 7,514)
UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS (about 101 miles; IRVING, TX; FT enrollment: 2,400)
TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 102 miles; TYLER, TX; FT enrollment: 5,872)

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The only resturant in Sawyer, oklahoma is Mom's Taste of Home serves Breakfast, Steaks, and Seafood

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

CHOCTAW COUNTY RWSG&SWMD # 3 (Population served: 250, Purch_surface_water):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-25-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-25-2003), St Public Notif received (OCT-10-2003)

Past monitoring violations:

2 routine major monitoring violations

Average household size:

This town:	2.4 people
Oklahoma:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	70.4%
Whole state:	68.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	1.7%
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: 0.9% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	24.9%
Whole state:	14.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	4.5%
Whole state:	6.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sawyer, OK

Sawyer compared to Oklahoma state average:

Median house value below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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2004 Presidential Election results in Choctaw County Oklahoma:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%) Electricity (46%) Utility gas (5%)

Religon statistics for Sawyer

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Churches of Christ	Assemblies of God	Catholic Church
Adherents	70.0%	9.3%	4.7%	4.5%	2.3%
Congregations	37.3%	11.9%	13.6%	6.8%	3.4%

Name	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Presbyterian Church (USA)	National Association of Free Will Baptists	Other religions
Adherents	1.8%	1.3%	1.2%	1.2%	3.8%
Congregations	3.4%	1.7%	5.1%	1.7%	15.3%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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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	0	$0		1	$240
Other Government Administration	0	$0		4	$636
Judicial and Legal	2	$3,964	$23,784	2	$275
Totals for Government	2	$3,964	$23,784	7	$1,151

Sawyer government finances in 2002:

Current Operations - General - Other: $14,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,000

Financial Administration: $1,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $3,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $14,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $75,000
Highways: $1,000
Tax - Total General Sales: $13,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $9,000

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 Sawyer:

KIHN (1340 AM; 1 kW; HUGO, OK; Owner: LITTLE DIXIE BROADCASTING CO.)
KFXR (1190 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
KWKH (1130 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
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.)
KYNG (950 AM; 10 kW; DENISON-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 Sawyer:

KITX (95.5 FM; HUGO, OK; Owner: K95.5, INC.)
KOYN (93.9 FM; PARIS, TX; Owner: EAST TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
KPLT-FM (107.7 FM; PARIS, TX; Owner: EAST TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
KHCP (89.3 FM; PARIS, TX; Owner: HOUSTON CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS, INC.)
KBUS (101.9 FM; PARIS, TX; Owner: EAST TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
KKBI (106.1 FM; BROKEN BOW, OK; Owner: J.D.C. RADIO, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Sawyer:

K15AA (Channel 15; HUGO, OK; Owner: OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY)
K42DA (Channel 42; PARIS, TX; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2

Dane F Ershen, 3507 Us 70 Highway, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.7 m, Overall height: 92.9 m
Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive, Ms:a-3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7422, Email:
Brent Kennel, 3424 E 2060 Rd, Type: Tower, Structure height: 54.8 m, Overall height: 57.9 m
Registrant: Holland & Knight, LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave Nw, Ste 100, Washington, DC 20006-1816, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Email:

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1

Lat: 34.009444 Lon: -95.368917, Call Sign: WQJA996
Assigned Frequencies : 456.400 MHz
Grant Date: 07/11/2008, Expiration Date: 07/11/2018, Certifier: David Rawls
Registrant: Cara Enterprises, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1

Call Sign: KB5MNA, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 04/24/1990, Expiration Date: 04/24/2000, Cancelation Date: 04/25/2002
Registrant: Dallas R Cripin, Sawyer, OK 74756

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1

Aircraft: CESSNA 175 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES (175 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 7343M , Serial Number: 55643, Year manufactured: 1958, Airworthiness Date: 08/22/1958
Registrant (Individual): Howard C Kidd, Po Box 37, Sawyer, OK 74756

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 4

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