Average household size:
| This town: |  2.8 people | | Oklahoma: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 71.8% | | Whole state: | 68.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 2.9% | | Whole state: | 4.0% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 19.7% | | Whole state: | 14.7% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 9.9% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Watts, OK
32 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Watts compared to Oklahoma state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black 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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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Adair County Oklahoma:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (66%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (7%)
- Other fuel (6%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
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Religion statistics for Watts
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | Assemblies of God | International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
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| Adherents | 72.5% | 8.3% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 3.8% |
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| Congregations | 51.9% | 7.7% | 11.5% | 5.8% | 5.8% |
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| Name | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | National Association of Free Will Baptists | Baptist Missionary Association of America | American Baptist Association | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 2.7% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
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| Congregations | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 3.8% | 7.7% |
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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.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $961 | $11,532 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
3 | $5,496 | $21,984 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
4 | $6,457 | $19,371 | 0 | $0 |
Watts government finances in 2002:
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $242,000
Central Staff Services: $102,000
Health Services - Other: $1,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $3,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $435,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $418,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $17,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $59,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $40,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $207,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $17,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $10,000
Public Utilities: $5,000
NEC: $3,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $79,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $21,000
6.59% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,657 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.59% | | 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:
6.32% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($23,728 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.32% | | 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 Watts:
- KUOA (1290 AM; 5 kW; SILOAM SPRINGS, AR; Owner: KUOA, INC.)
- KFAY (1030 AM; 10 kW; FARMINGTON, AR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP)
- KFAQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- KURM (790 AM; 5 kW; ROGERS, AR; Owner: KERM, INC)
- KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KYHN (1320 AM; 10 kW; FORT SMITH, AR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KTBZ (1430 AM; 25 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KREB (1190 AM; daytime; 3 kW; BENTONVILLE/BELLA VI, AR; Owner: BUTLER BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
- KBTN (1420 AM; 10 kW; NEOSHO, MO; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KWHN (1650 AM; 10 kW; FT. SMITH, AR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KOFC (1250 AM; 1 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; Owner: WILLIAM B. DISNEY & MARTHA J. DISNEY)
- KMUS (1380 AM; 20 kW; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- KZRA (1590 AM; 3 kW; SPRINGDALE, AR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Watts:
- KLRC (101.1 FM; SILOAM SPRINGS, AR; Owner: JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY)
- KBVA (106.5 FM; BELLA VISTA, AR; Owner: GAYLA JOY HENDREN)
- KDAB (94.9 FM; PRAIRIE GROVE, AR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KMCK-FM (105.7 FM; SILOAM SPRINGS, AR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KAYH (89.3 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; Owner: FAMILY VISION MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KEZA (107.9 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KUAF (91.3 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS)
- KISR (93.7 FM; FORT SMITH, AR; Owner: STEREO 93, INC.)
- KKIX (103.9 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KURM-FM (100.3 FM; SOUTHWEST CITY, MO; Owner: KERM, INC.)
- KREU (92.3 FM; ROLAND, OK; Owner: STAR 92 CO.)
- K204CA (88.7 FM; TAHLEQUAH, OK; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- K244DS (96.7 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; Owner: BUTLER BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
- KFAY-FM (98.3 FM; BENTONVILLE, AR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP)
- KXNA (104.9 FM; SPRINGDALE, AR; Owner: BUTLER BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
- K203CE (88.5 FM; SPRINGDALE, AR; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- KKEG (92.1 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP)
- KXUA (88.3 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; Owner: BRD. OF TRUST. OF UNIV. OF ARKANSAS)
TV broadcast stations around Watts:
- K33FG (Channel 33; SILOAM SPRINGS, AR; Owner: FORT SMITH 46, INC.)
- KFSM-TV (Channel 5; FORT SMITH, AR; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
- KAFT (Channel 13; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; Owner: ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
- KTUL (Channel 8; TULSA, OK; Owner: KTUL, LLC)
- KSBN-TV (Channel 57; SPRINGDALE, AR; Owner: TOTAL LIFE COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
- K62DQ (Channel 62; FAYETTEVILLE, ETC., AR; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
- KHOG-TV (Channel 29; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; Owner: KHBS HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
- K64FO (Channel 64; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; Owner: FORT SMITH 46, INC.)
- KFAA (Channel 51; ROGERS, AR; Owner: J.D.G. TELEVISION, INC.)
- K15DR (Channel 15; SPRINGDALE, AR; Owner: FORT SMITH 46, INC.)
- K59ES (Channel 59; HINDSVILLE, AR; Owner: FORT SMITH 46, INC.)
- K52GX (Channel 52; TAHLEQUAH, OK; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Watts fatal accident list:
Mar 8, 1985 03:10 AM, 59, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jul 15, 1983 07:30 AM, 59, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 2
May 10, 1980 05:00 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Dec 7, 1980 12:10 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Nov 22, 1978 11:40 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Dec 23, 1977 12:30 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2- Bonnie K Clark, Rt 1 Box 218, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.7 m, Overall height: 93.9 m
Registrant: Crown Castle Usa, 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (336) 643-2524, Email:
- Thomas F Riley, 0.06 Miles East Of Us 59, 0.30 Miles North Of E0650 Rd., Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 77.4 m
Registrant: 5 N. Mccormick Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73127, Phone: (405) 694-2100, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3- Second & Oak St, Call Sign: WRG843
Assigned Frequencies : 155.490 MHz
Grant Date: 08/17/2004, Expiration Date: 09/08/2014
Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Rd 134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510, Fax: (949) 348-8514 - Station 1.2 Mi N, Call Sign: KDV594, Licensee ID: L00003692
Assigned Frequencies : 160.260 MHz, 160.305 MHz, 160.350 MHz, 160.740 MHz, 161.250 MHz
Grant Date: 07/10/2003, Expiration Date: 08/23/2013
Registrant: Kansas City Southern Railway Co, 4601 Shreveport Blanchard Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71107-5797, Phone: (318) 227-7262 - Watts HBD, Kcs Rr Milepost 238, 3.2 Km South Of, Type: Bant, Structure height: 1.5 m, Overall height: 2 m, Call Sign: WQEX845
Assigned Frequencies : 160.260 MHz, 160.350 MHz
Grant Date: 05/15/2006, Expiration Date: 05/15/2016, Certifier: Mark D Mchalffey
Registrant: Comet Industries Inc., 4601 Blanchard Road, Shreveport, LA 71107, Phone: (318) 676-6189, Fax: (318) 676-6252, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1- STATION, 1.2 Mi N Of, Overall height: 50.3 m, Call Sign: KNR42
Assigned Frequencies : 953.600 MHz
Grant Date: 03/30/1999, Expiration Date: 06/16/2009, Cancelation Date: 04/09/2009
Registrant: Phone: (318) 227-7149
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 7- Call Sign: AA5UI, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00250701
Grant Date: 06/03/2000, Expiration Date: 08/14/2010
Registrant: James A Rich, Watts, OK 74964 - Call Sign: AB5GT, Previous Call Sign: N5QYW, Licensee ID: L00492513
Grant Date: 10/09/2002, Expiration Date: 07/14/2012, Certifier: James D Cook
Registrant: James D Cook, Rr 2 Box 1270, Watts, OK 74964 - Call Sign: KB5LJA, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00189320
Grant Date: 12/30/1999, Expiration Date: 03/20/2010
Registrant: Devin L Krug, Rt 2 Box 1120, Watts, OK 74964 - Call Sign: N5UTT, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00345786
Grant Date: 04/11/2001, Expiration Date: 07/09/2011
Registrant: Patricia L Rich, Watts, OK 74964 - Call Sign: WB7RVA, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00977660
Grant Date: 08/21/1995, Expiration Date: 08/21/2005, Cancelation Date: 03/18/2005, Certifier: Ronald A Smith
Registrant: Ronald A Smith, 401 4th Street, Watts, OK 74964-0410 - Call Sign: KD5IWN, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00186980
Grant Date: 12/22/1999, Expiration Date: 12/22/2009, Certifier: Destre T Burrous
Registrant: Destre T Burrous, Rt 1 Box 385, Watts, OK 74964 - Call Sign: K5RVA, Previous Call Sign: WB7RVA, Licensee ID: L00977660
Grant Date: 03/18/2005, Expiration Date: 03/18/2015, Certifier: Ronald A Smith
Registrant: Ronald A Smith, 401 4th Street, Watts, OK 74964-0410
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Watts, OK
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