Carter County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2005 was 9.59. This is about average. Closest monitor was 8.8 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 13.0%
(14.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.6 people | | Oklahoma: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 73.0% | | Whole state: | 69.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 3.0% | | Whole state: | 4.0% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Springer, OK
Springer compared to Oklahoma state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly 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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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (53%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Carter County Oklahoma:
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Religion statistics for Springer (based on Carter County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 79.23%
| Here |  | 79.2% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | Assemblies of God | Catholic Church |
| Adherents | 54.2% | 17.1% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 4.2% |
| Congregations | 28.1% | 8.3% | 13.5% | 8.3% | 2.1% |
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| Name | National Association of Free Will Baptists | Pentecostal Church of God | Baptist Missionary Association of America | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Other |
| Adherents | 2.3% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 8.1% |
| Congregations | 7.3% | 7.3% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 20.8% |
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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: 9 | Carter County: | 1.90 / 10,000 pop. | | Oklahoma: | 1.97 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.21 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.20 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 7 | Carter County: | 1.47 / 10,000 pop. | | Oklahoma: | 0.76 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 31 | Carter County: | 6.53 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.35 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 28 | Here: | 5.90 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.89 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 10.1% | | Oklahoma: | 10.3% |
Adult obesity rate: | Carter County: | 28.4% | | 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 |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,505 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $148 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $300 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $938 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 8 | $2,891 |
Springer government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $20,000 ($28.53)
All Other: $2,000 ($2.85)
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $76,000 ($108.42)
Sewerage: $20,000 ($28.53)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $9,000 ($12.84)
Highways: $5,000 ($7.13)
General Support: $2,000 ($2.85)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $2,000 ($2.85)
Rents: $2,000 ($2.85)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $87,000 ($124.11)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,000 ($1.43)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $42,000 ($59.91)
Public Utilities: $17,000 ($24.25)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $30,000 ($42.80)
6.91% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,475 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.91% | | 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:
6.40% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,158 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.40% | | Oklahoma average: | 7.91% |
0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($340 average AGI)| Carter County: | 0.06% | | Oklahoma average: | 0.09% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Springer:
- KVSO (1240 AM; 1 kW; ARDMORE, OK; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- KVLH (1470 AM; 1 kW; PAULS VALLEY, OK; Owner: DFWU, INC.)
- KOMA (1520 AM; 50 kW; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
- 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.)
- KFXR (1190 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KYNG (950 AM; 10 kW; DENISON-SHERMAN, TX; Owner: KRBE LICO, INC.)
- KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
- KZMP (1540 AM; 50 kW; UNIVERSITY PARK, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KSKY (660 AM; 20 kW; BALCH SPRINGS, TX; Owner: BISON MEDIA, INC.)
- KBIS (1150 AM; 25 kW; HIGHLAND PARK, TX; Owner: DALLAS AM RADIO PARTNERS, L.P.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Springer:
- KYNZ (107.1 FM; LONE GROVE, OK; Owner: CHUCKIE BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KLCU (90.3 FM; ARDMORE, OK; Owner: CAMERON UNIVERSITY)
- KACO (98.5 FM; ARDMORE, OK; Owner: A.M. & P.M. COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
- KKAJ-FM (95.7 FM; ARDMORE, OK; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- KTCY (104.9 FM; PILOT POINT, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KESN (103.3 FM; ALLEN, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
- KSOC (94.5 FM; GAINESVILLE, TX; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- KQPD (91.1 FM; ARDMORE, OK; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- KMAD-FM (102.5 FM; WHITESBORO, TX; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- KTRX (92.7 FM; DICKSON, OK; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- KAZC (88.3 FM; TISHOMINGO, OK; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KTPW (89.7 FM; SANGER, TX; Owner: RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC)
- KWRD-FM (100.7 FM; HIGHLAND VILLAGE, TX; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA OF TEXAS, L.L.C.)
- KNOR (93.7 FM; HEALDTON, OK; Owner: AM & PM BROADCASTERS, LLC)
- KICM (97.7 FM; HEALDTON, OK; Owner: ON THE AIR, INC.)
- KMEO (96.7 FM; FLOWER MOUND, TX; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- KKDL (106.7 FM; MUENSTER, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KZMP-FM (101.7 FM; AZLE, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KIXO (106.1 FM; SULPHUR, OK; Owner: DFWU, INC.)
- KESS-FM (107.9 FM; LEWISVILLE, TX; Owner: KECS-FM LICENSE CORPORATION)
TV broadcast stations around Springer:
- K32EK (Channel 32; ARDMORE, OK; Owner: LOCKE SUPPLY COMPANY)
- KOKT-LP (Channel 20; SULPHUR, OK; Owner: EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KXII (Channel 12; SHERMAN, TX; Owner: KXII LICENSEE CORP.)
- K44BQ (Channel 44; ARDMORE, OK; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- KTEN (Channel 10; ADA, OK; Owner: CHANNEL 49 ACQUISITION CORPORATION)
- K08GD (Channel 8; ARDMORE, OK; Owner: CHANNEL 49 ACQUISITION CORPORATION)
Springer fatal accident list:
Aug 31, 2008 11:33 AM, I-35, Lat: 34.329092, Lon: -97.153692, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 6, Fatalities: 1
Nov 24, 2006 11:17 PM, I-35, Lat: 34.325408, Lon: -97.154728, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 2, Drunken drivers: 2
Sep 17, 2002 07:38 AM, I-35, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Feb 22, 1991 06:39 PM, 77, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 3
Aug 19, 1988 04:15 AM, 35, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Mar 1, 1986 01:30 AM, 53, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 4, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 43 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Springer)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4 - Us Hwy 77 N (Lat: 34.374806 Lon: -97.140028), Call Sign: WDQ390, Licensee ID: L00087080
Assigned Frequencies: 452.125 MHz Grant Date: 08/20/2003, Expiration Date: 08/17/2013
Registrant: Memorial Hospital Of Southern Oklahoma, 1011 14th St Nw, Ardmore, OK 73401, Phone: (405) 221-6588 - Us 77 6 Km N (Lat: 34.368139 Lon: -97.135028), Type: Tower, Overall height: 46 m, Call Sign: WPIH803
Assigned Frequencies: 151.040 MHz, 151.032 MHz, 156.112 MHz, 151.115 MHz, 151.107 MHz, 156.127 MHz, 151.130 MHz, 151.122 MHz, 156.142 MHz Grant Date: 07/22/2003, Expiration Date: 10/13/2013, Certifier: Richard T Smith
Registrant: Odot, Communications, 200 Ne 21st Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, Phone: (405) 521-2619, Fax: (405) 522-0458, Email:
- 3.7 Mi N Springer On Us177 (Lat: 34.347222 Lon: -97.134722), Type: Tower, Structure height: 40 m, Overall height: 46.2 m, Call Sign: WPUW209
Assigned Frequencies: 151.115 MHz, 151.025 MHz, 151.040 MHz, 151.100 MHz, 151.130 MHz Grant Date: 05/14/2002, Expiration Date: 05/14/2012, Certifier: Mike Woods
Registrant: Odot, Communications, 200 Ne 21st Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, Phone: (405) 521-2619, Fax: (405) 522-0458, Email:
- Lat: 34.362250 Lon: -97.184694, Call Sign: WQAZ738
Assigned Frequencies: 461.837 MHz, 466.837 MHz Grant Date: 09/01/2004, Expiration Date: 09/01/2014, Certifier: Victor Garrett
Registrant: Two Way Radio Of Carolina, Inc., 2016 West Morehead Street, Charlotte, NC 28208, Phone: (704) 372-3444, Fax: (704) 372-7059
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 6 - SPRINGER, East Of Hwy 35 On Herford Rd (Telephone Rd) (Lat: 34.314528 Lon: -97.150556), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 97.5 m, Call Sign: WPOM441, Licensee ID: L00127162
Assigned Frequencies: 6585.62 MHz Grant Date: 03/09/2010, Expiration Date: 02/22/2020, Certifier: Steven T Campbell
Registrant: Uscoc Of Greater Oklahoma, LLC - STATION, 4.5 Miles North Of Of (Lat: 34.376472 Lon: -97.136389), Overall height: 48.8 m, Call Sign: KDY88
Assigned Frequencies: 6815.00 MHz Grant Date: 07/08/1991, Expiration Date: 07/08/1996, Cancellation Date: 05/13/1996
Registrant: Phone: (316) 331-1300 - 3.6 Mi N Of (Lat: 34.374806 Lon: -97.140000), Structure height: 8.5 m, Call Sign: KLN85
Assigned Frequencies: 6950.00 MHz Grant Date: 12/06/1966, Expiration Date: 06/01/1983, Cancellation Date: 06/11/2000
Registrant: Texoma Broadcasters Inc, Waco, TX 76710 - Springer, Cr E1820 - 4.5mi N Of (Lat: 34.375639 Lon: -97.135556), Type: Mast, Structure height: 18.3 m, Overall height: 24.4 m, Call Sign: KMM96
Assigned Frequencies: 6795.00 MHz, 6825.00 MHz Grant Date: 11/19/2001, Expiration Date: 12/10/2011
Registrant: Bnsf Railway Co., 4515 Kansas Ave, Kansas City, KS 66106, Phone: (913) 551-4958, Fax: (913) 551-4053, Email:
- STATION, On Hwy 77 4.5 Mi N Of (Lat: 34.376472 Lon: -97.136389), Overall height: 48.8 m, Call Sign: WEV40
Assigned Frequencies: 6625.00 MHz, 6705.00 MHz Grant Date: 10/13/1994, Expiration Date: 10/13/1999, Cancellation Date: 03/13/1997
Registrant: Phone: (213) 486-3085 - 4.5 Mi Nw Springer, Arbuckle Mtns (Lat: 34.355639 Lon: -97.200278), Structure height: 46.9 m, Overall height: 6.1 m, Call Sign: WHQ237
Assigned Frequencies: 6975.00 MHz Grant Date: 08/19/1982, Expiration Date: 10/01/1998, Cancellation Date: 06/11/2000
Registrant: Oklahoma Educational Tv Authority, 7403 North Kelley Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73113
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3 - Call Sign: KB5CDR, Licensee ID: L00256171
Grant Date: 06/09/2000, Expiration Date: 06/09/2010
Registrant: George W Cannon, Springer, OK 73458 - Call Sign: KC5SZG, Licensee ID: L01104122
Grant Date: 02/22/2006, Expiration Date: 02/23/2016
Registrant: Steven L Leverett, Springer, OK 73458-0147 - Call Sign: KZ5Z, Licensee ID: L00285585
Grant Date: 01/04/2003, Expiration Date: 03/16/2013, Certifier: Jonathan V Lofton
Registrant: Jonathan V Lofton, 1451 Ranch Road, Springer, OK 73458
FAA Registered Aircraft: 8 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Springer)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents: See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Springer, OK
| Most common first names in Springer, OK among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 11 | 70.5 years |
| John | 7 | 74.7 years |
| Jessie | 6 | 81.7 years |
| Mary | 6 | 82.1 years |
| Robert | 4 | 70.5 years |
| William | 4 | 78.8 years |
| Fred | 3 | 80.3 years |
| George | 3 | 76.7 years |
| Albert | 3 | 69.6 years |
| Don | 2 | 66.0 years |
| Most common last names in Springer, OK among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Walker | 6 | 73.2 years |
| Johnson | 6 | 67.7 years |
| Brown | 6 | 72.8 years |
| Patton | 5 | 70.2 years |
| Clay | 5 | 75.6 years |
| Wright | 5 | 69.2 years |
| Smith | 5 | 80.6 years |
| Bryant | 4 | 74.3 years |
| Pletcher | 4 | 66.8 years |
| Coffman | 4 | 77.2 years |
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