Taft, Oklahoma

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Population (year 2000): 349. Estimated population in July 2006: 566 (+62.2% change)

Males: 150	(43.0%)
Females: 199	(57.0%)

Muskogee County

Median resident age:	35.9 years
Oklahoma median age:	35.5 years

Zip codes: 74463.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $20,700 (it was $18,889 in 2000)

Taft	$20,700
Oklahoma:	$37,063

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $68,000 (it was $51,800 in 2000)

Taft	$68,000
Oklahoma:	$89,100

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Races in Taft:

Black (85.4%)
Two or more races (9.5%)
American Indian (9.2%)
White Non-Hispanic (3.7%)
Hispanic (0.6%)

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Ancestries: United States (2.9%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 580 feet

Land area: 1.53 square miles.

Population density: 369 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Taft

High school or higher: 78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 7.8%
Unemployed: 11.7%
Mean travel time to work: 26.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Taft town

Never married: 19.8%
Now married: 53.6%
Separated: 3.8%
Widowed: 11.8%
Divorced: 11.0%

0 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.0%
Oklahoma:	3.8%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

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

Taft:	0.4% ($199)
Oklahoma:	0.7% ($523)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Broken Arrow, OK (25.0 miles , pop. 74,859).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Tulsa, OK (37.1 miles , pop. 393,049).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (222.0 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: South Wagoner, OK (7.1 miles ), Porter, OK (7.4 miles ), Tullahassee, OK (9.0 miles) , Redbird, OK (9.2 miles) , Haskell, OK (9.8 miles ), Wainwright, OK (10.4 miles) , Summit, OK (10.7 miles ), Boynton, OK (10.8 miles ).

Latitude: 35.76 N, Longitude: 95.55 W

Population change in the 1990s: -52 (-13.0%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (25%)
Educational services (15%)
Food (11%)
Public administration (9%)
Gasoline stations (7%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Health care (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Public administration (34%)
Health care (16%)
Accommodation and food services (12%)
Educational services (10%)
Food (9%)
Personal and laundry services (5%)
Repair and maintenance (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (18%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
Postsecondary teachers (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Law enforcement workers including supervisors (16%)
Waiters and waitresses (12%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Food processing workers (9%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)

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Average climate in Taft, Oklahoma

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Taft-area historical tornado activity is near Oklahoma state average. It is 213% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/26/1973, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 21.4 miles away from the Taft town center killed 5 people and injured 25 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 5/5/1960, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 41.1 miles away from the town center killed 5 people and injured 81 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Taft:

MUSKOGEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles; MUSKOGEE, OK)
WAGONER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; WAGONER, OK)
SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AT BROKEN ARROW (about 27 miles; BROKEN ARROW, OK)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Taft:

TULSA INTL (about 38 miles; TULSA, OK; ID: TUL)
FORT SMITH REGIONAL (about 87 miles; FORT SMITH, AR; ID: FSM)
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS RGNL (about 93 miles; FAYETTEVILLE/SPRINGDALE/, AR; ID: XNA)

Other public-use airports nearest to Taft:

HASKELL (about 10 miles; HASKELL, OK; ID: 2K9)
HATBOX FIELD (about 11 miles; MUSKOGEE, OK; ID: HAX)
DAVIS FIELD (about 16 miles; MUSKOGEE, OK; ID: MKO)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Taft:

ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles; TULSA, OK; Full-time enrollment: 3,309)
TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 36 miles; TULSA, OK; FT enrollment: 8,727)
UNIVERSITY OF TULSA (about 39 miles; TULSA, OK; FT enrollment: 3,760)
NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; TAHLEQUAH, OK; FT enrollment: 6,610)
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MAIN CAMPUS (about 95 miles; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; FT enrollment: 13,324)
WESTARK COLLEGE (about 99 miles; FT SMITH, AR; FT enrollment: 3,472)
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 100 miles; BENTONVILLE, AR; FT enrollment: 2,197)

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Notable location: George Nigh Staff Development Center (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Taft include: Cummings-Cole CME (A), Saint Paul Baptist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

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

EDDIE WARRIOR CORR INST (Population served: 772, Purch_surface_water):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-06-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-06-2003), St Public Notif received (OCT-14-2003)

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

JESS DUNN CORR CENT (Population served: 750, Purch_surface_water):

Past monitoring violations:

2 routine major monitoring violations

Average household size:

This town:	2.6 people
Oklahoma:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	64.7%
Whole state:	68.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	2.9%
Whole state:	4.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	33.7%
Whole state:	14.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	15.0%
Whole state:	6.1%

Taft compared to Oklahoma state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in above state average.
Number of college students significantly 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

Taft mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Muskogee County Oklahoma:

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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
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		1	$300
Water Supply	0	$0		2	$625
Other Government Administration	0	$0		6	$1,400
Financial Administration	0	$0		1	$350
Totals for Government	0	$0		10	$2,675

Taft government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $8,000
Sewerage: $0

Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $0
Current Operations - Financial Administration: $83,000
Water Utilities: $39,000

Fire Protection: $9,000

General - Other: $1,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $91,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $88,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $3,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $14,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000
Other Capital Outlay - Financial Administration: $7,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $50,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $29,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $10,000
Tax - Total General Sales: $64,000
Public Utilities: $7,000

NEC: $4,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $74,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $3,000

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:

from Tulsa County, OK	0.75% ($29,708 average AGI)
from Wagoner County, OK	0.61% ($27,518)
from Cherokee County, OK	0.44% ($30,571)

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:

to Tulsa County, OK	1.28% ($67,861 average AGI)
to Cherokee County, OK	0.61% ($25,993)
to Wagoner County, OK	0.59% ($34,583)

Strongest AM radio stations in Taft:

KFAQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
KXTD (1530 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WAGONER, OK; Owner: GAYTAN-GALVAN LIMITED LIABILITY COMP)
KTBZ (1430 AM; 25 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KMUS (1380 AM; 20 kW; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: ABC, INC.)
KAKC (1300 AM; 5 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KBIX (1490 AM; 1 kW; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: KMMY INC.)
KOMA (1520 AM; 50 kW; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
KGGF (690 AM; 10 kW; COFFEYVILLE, KS; Owner: KGGF-KUSN, INC.)
KCFO (970 AM; 3 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: FRIENDSHIP BROADCASTING, L. P.)
KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KYHN (1320 AM; 10 kW; FORT SMITH, AR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Taft:

KCXR (100.3 FM; TAFT, OK; Owner: KXOJ INC.)
KNYD (90.5 FM; BROKEN ARROW, OK; Owner: CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CORP. INC)
KJSR (103.3 FM; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
KHTT (106.9 FM; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
KMYZ-FM (104.5 FM; PRYOR, OK; Owner: SHAMROCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KWGS (89.5 FM; TULSA, OK; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA)
KMMY (97.1 FM; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: KMMY, Inc.)
KJMM (105.3 FM; BIXBY, OK; Owner: KJMM, INC.)
KTFX-FM (102.1 FM; WARNER, OK; Owner: K95.5, INC)
KTKL (88.5 FM; STIGLER, OK; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
KBEZ (92.9 FM; TULSA, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
KMOD-FM (97.5 FM; TULSA, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KRAV-FM (96.5 FM; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
KWEN (95.5 FM; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
KXBL (99.5 FM; HENRYETTA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
KVOO-FM (98.5 FM; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
KTSO (94.1 FM; OKMULGEE, OK; Owner: SHAMROCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC)

TV broadcast stations around Taft:

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.)
KOKI-TV (Channel 23; TULSA, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KWBT (Channel 19; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: TULSA COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
KTPX (Channel 44; OKMULGEE, OK; Owner: PAXSON TULSA LICENSE, INC.)
KGEB (Channel 53; TULSA, OK; Owner: UNIVERSITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
K31DY (Channel 31; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: LOCKE SUPPLY CO.)
K25GJ (Channel 25; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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