Dewey 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
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 27.9. This is about average.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 32.8. This is about average. Closest monitor was 8.4 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 15.5%
(16.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.0 people | | Oklahoma: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 63.2% | | Whole state: | 69.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 1.4% | | Whole state: | 4.0% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Taloga, OK
14 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Taloga compared to Oklahoma state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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Banks with branches in Taloga (2011 data):
- First American Bank: Taloga Banking Center at Broadway And Main, branch established on 1929/01/01. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $310.3 mil, Deposits: $283.6 mil, headquarters in Purcell, OK, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 9 total offices, Holding Company: Consolidated Equity Corporation
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (5%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Dewey County Oklahoma:
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Religion statistics for Taloga (based on Dewey County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 102.09%
| Here |  | 102.1% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | United Methodist Church | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Assemblies of God |
| Adherents | 27.5% | 24.1% | 22.9% | 7.0% | 4.2% |
| Congregations | 16.7% | 16.7% | 19.4% | 8.3% | 11.1% |
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| Name | Church of the Nazarene | Churches of Christ | Friends (Quakers) | Catholic Church | Other |
| Adherents | 4.0% | 3.9% | 2.5% | 2.1% | 1.9% |
| Congregations | 5.6% | 8.3% | 5.6% | 2.8% | 5.6% |
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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: 1 | Dewey County: | 2.31 / 10,000 pop. | | Oklahoma: | 1.97 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 10 | Dewey County: | 23.09 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.35 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 3 | Here: | 6.93 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.89 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 11.0% | | Oklahoma: | 10.3% |
Adult obesity rate: | Dewey County: | 30.5% | | 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 | $2,279 | $27,348 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $2,756 | $33,072 | 4 | $2,761 |
| Totals for Government |
2 | $5,035 | $30,210 | 4 | $2,761 |
Taloga government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $35,000 ($115.13)
Sewerage: $24,000 ($78.95)
All Other: $15,000 ($49.34)
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $132,000 ($434.21)
Water Utilities: $81,000 ($266.45)
Gas Utilities: $69,000 ($226.97)
Solid Waste Management: $35,000 ($115.13)
Sewerage: $24,000 ($78.95)
Health Services - Other: $15,000 ($49.34)
Fire Protection: $9,000 ($29.61)
Regular Highways: $1,000 ($3.29)
- Local Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $50,000 ($164.47)
General Support: $9,000 ($29.61)
All Other: $4,000 ($13.16)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $205,000 ($674.34)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $195,000 ($641.45)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $10,000 ($32.89)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $38,000 ($125.00)
Rents: $3,000 ($9.87)
Interest Earnings: $2,000 ($6.58)
- Other Capital Outlay - Health - Other: $81,000 ($266.45)
Housing & Community Development: $50,000 ($164.47)
Water Utilities: $16,000 ($52.63)
Fire Protection: $5,000 ($16.45)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $241,000 ($792.76)
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $112,000 ($368.42)
Water Utilities: $65,000 ($213.82)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0 ($0.00)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $65,000 ($213.82)
Public Utilities: $10,000 ($32.89)
NEC: $6,000 ($19.74)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $116,000 ($381.58)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $13,000 ($42.76)
6.51% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,144 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.51% | | 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:
7.38% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,370 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.38% | | 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 Taloga:
- KOMA (1520 AM; 50 kW; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
- KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KGYN (1210 AM; 50 kW; GUYMON, OK; Owner: TELNS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KCRC (1390 AM; 10 kW; ENID, OK; Owner: CHISHOLM TRAIL BROADCASTING CO.)
- KFAQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- KJON (850 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ANADARKO, OK; Owner: CARROLLTON BROADCASTING OF TEXAS, LP)
- WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
- WWLS (640 AM; 5 kW; MOORE, OK; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KICA (980 AM; 50 kW; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
- KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
- WKY (930 AM; 5 kW; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
Strongest FM radio stations in Taloga:
- KWOX (101.1 FM; WOODWARD, OK; Owner: OMNI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KMZE (92.1 FM; WOODWARD, OK; Owner: FM 92 BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- KRMP (103.5 FM; ANADARKO, OK; Owner: PERRY BROADCASTING OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA, INC.)
- KWFX (93.5 FM; WOODWARD, OK; Owner: CLASSIC COMMUNICATIONS INC)
- KWDQ (102.3 FM; WOODWARD, OK; Owner: CLASSIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KWEY-FM (97.3 FM; WEATHERFORD, OK; Owner: WRIGHT BROADCASTING SYSTEMS, INC.)
- KCDL (99.3 FM; CORDELL, OK; Owner: WRIGHT BROADCASTING SYSTEMS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Taloga:
- K53CI (Channel 53; SEILING, OK; Owner: SHAFER TRANSLATOR, INC.)
- K55EZ (Channel 55; SEILING, OK; Owner: SHAFER TRANSLATOR, INC.)
- K57EA (Channel 57; SEILING, OK; Owner: SHAFER TRANSLATOR, INC.)
- K49DO (Channel 49; SEILING, OK; Owner: SHAFER TRANSLATOR, INC.)
- K51EB (Channel 51; SEILING, OK; Owner: SHAFER TRANSLATOR, INC.)
- KOMI-LP (Channel 24; WOODWARD, OK; Owner: 101 TELEVISION)
Taloga fatal accident list:
Apr 28, 1979 11:00 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Jun 7, 1977 02:45 PM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 7 - Neal Brown, Taloga Site (Lat: 35.956278 Lon: -98.977806), Type: Tower, Structure height: 83.8 m, Overall height: 83.8 m
Registrant: Aviation Systems, Inc., 210 W 237th Street #210, Torrance, CA 90505, Phone: (310) 530-3188, Email:
- NEAL BROWN, Taloga Site (Lat: 35.956278 Lon: -98.977806), Type: Tower, Structure height: 83.8 m, Overall height: 83.8 m
Registrant: Aviation Systems, Inc., 210 W 237th Street #210, Torrance, CA 90505, Phone: (310) 530-3188, Email:
- Craig A Holman, South Of Taloga, Ok On 183 Hwy (Lat: 35.994500 Lon: -98.965917), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 97.5 m, Licensee ID: L00587499
Registrant: Rr # 1 Box 47 / Owl Holler Ridge, Rocky, OK 73661, Phone: (580) 666-2219, Email:
- Craig A Holman, South Of Taloga, Ok On 183 Hwy (Lat: 35.994500 Lon: -98.965917), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 97.5 m, Licensee ID: L00587499
Registrant: Rr # 1 Box 47 / Owl Holler Ridge, Rocky, OK 73661, Phone: (580) 666-2219, Email:
- Lynne Buskirk, Taloga Site (Lat: 36.049639 Lon: -98.960944), Type: Tower, Structure height: 83.8 m, Overall height: 83.8 m
Registrant: Aviation Systems Inc., 2510 W 237th Street #210, Torrance, CA 90505, Phone: (310) 530-3188, Email:
- Lynne Buskirk, Taloga Site (Lat: 36.049639 Lon: -98.960944), Type: Tower, Structure height: 83.8 m, Overall height: 83.8 m
Registrant: Aviation Systems Inc., 2510 W 237th Street #210, Torrance, CA 90505, Phone: (310) 530-3188, Email:
- Edward G Roach, Taloga Site (Lat: 36.049639 Lon: -98.960944), Type: Tower, Structure height: 83.8 m, Overall height: 83.8 m, Licensee ID: L01115545
Registrant: Cimarron Land Service, Edmond, OK 73083-2284, Phone: (405) 359-1681, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - STATION, 3 Mi S Of (Lat: 35.994472 Lon: -98.964806), Overall height: 97.5 m, Call Sign: WNES334
Assigned Frequencies: 952.206 MHz, 928.206 MHz Grant Date: 04/09/2009, Expiration Date: 05/17/2019, Certifier: J S Pittman
Registrant: Keller And Heckman LLP, 1001 G Street Nw, Suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001, Phone: (202) 434-4282, Fax: (202) 434-4646, Email:
- Taloga, 9.0 Km South Of (Lat: 35.956278 Lon: -98.977806), Type: Tower, Structure height: 83.8 m, Call Sign: WQGU255
Assigned Frequencies: 6585.00 MHz, 6675.00 MHz Grant Date: 04/17/2007, Expiration Date: 04/17/2017, Certifier: Richard A Ruhl
Registrant: Lukas, Nace, Gutierrez & Sachs, LLP, 8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 1200, Mclean, VA 22102, Phone: (703) 584-8665, Fax: (703) 584-8696, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 7 - Call Sign: KC5HGZ, Licensee ID: L00886433
Grant Date: 07/01/2004, Expiration Date: 07/08/2014, Certifier: Dustin K Bennett
Registrant: Dustin K Bennett, Rt 1 Box 14b, Taloga, OK 73667 - Call Sign: KC5HHC, Licensee ID: L00847400
Grant Date: 04/15/2004, Expiration Date: 07/08/2014, Certifier: Michael E Landreth
Registrant: Michael E Landreth, Box 7, Taloga, OK 73667 - Call Sign: KK5XS, Previous Call Sign: KC5HHA, Licensee ID: L00207429
Grant Date: 06/30/2004, Expiration Date: 07/08/2014, Certifier: Joel E Bennett
Registrant: Joel E Bennett, Rt 1 Box 14b, Taloga, OK 73667 - Call Sign: N5KTO, Licensee ID: L01331687
Grant Date: 10/12/2007, Expiration Date: 01/09/2018, Certifier: Stanley M Oakes
Registrant: Stanley M Oakes, Rt 2 Box 51, Taloga, OK 73667 - Call Sign: N5MLI, Licensee ID: L01331688
Grant Date: 10/12/2007, Expiration Date: 01/09/2018, Certifier: Ileta K Oakes
Registrant: Ileta K Oakes, Rt 2 Box 51, Taloga, OK 73667 - Call Sign: KE5AAL, Licensee ID: L00796603
Grant Date: 01/12/2004, Expiration Date: 01/12/2014, Certifier: Bryant Z Bennett
Registrant: Bryant Z Bennett, Rt 1 Box 14b, Taloga, OK 73667 - Call Sign: KE5CKF, Licensee ID: L00908306
Grant Date: 08/20/2004, Expiration Date: 08/20/2014, Certifier: Natalie D Bennett
Registrant: Natalie D Bennett, Rt 1 Box 14b, Taloga, OK 73667
| Most common first names in Taloga, OK among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Charles | 6 | 79.8 years |
| William | 6 | 76.7 years |
| Irene | 6 | 82.2 years |
| Mary | 6 | 85.8 years |
| Ruth | 4 | 84.5 years |
| John | 4 | 70.5 years |
| George | 4 | 62.5 years |
| Raymond | 4 | 86.5 years |
| Myrtle | 4 | 78.7 years |
| Harry | 4 | 80.7 years |
| Most common last names in Taloga, OK among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Foale | 7 | 83.4 years |
| Thomsen | 6 | 65.3 years |
| Squires | 6 | 76.5 years |
| Adair | 5 | 79.6 years |
| Gore | 5 | 70.6 years |
| Hunter | 5 | 77.2 years |
| Myers | 5 | 76.8 years |
| Evans | 5 | 65.2 years |
| Clark | 5 | 70.0 years |
| Ward | 5 | 81.6 years |
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