Major County, Oklahoma (OK)

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% of renters here:	19%
State:	32%

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Industries providing employment: Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (22.6%), Educational,health and social services (18.2%), Retail trade (11.4%).

Type of workers:

Major County, Oklahoma business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Major County, Oklahoma:

Median resident age:	41.6 years
Oklahoma median age:	35.5 years

Males: 3,683	(48.8%)
Females: 3,862	(51.2%)

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Major County:	2.4 people
Oklahoma:	2.5 people

This county:	$38,516
Oklahoma:	$41,567

This county:	$270
State:	$445

Major County:	$88,990
Oklahoma:	$103,000

Detached houses: $115,626

Here:	$115,626
State:	$140,794

Townhouses or other attached units: $46,823

Here:	$46,823
State:	$114,810

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $37,280

Here:	$37,280
State:	$79,933

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $241,909

Here:	$241,909
State:	$80,899

Mobile homes: $53,465

Here:	$53,465
State:	$39,757

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000

Here:	$5,000
State:	$32,122

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 2
• Burglaries: 5
• Thefts: 2
• Auto thefts: 1

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 10
• Burglaries: 23
• Thefts: 21
• Auto thefts: 2

This county:	12.0%
Whole state:	14.7%

This county:	4.8%
Whole state:	6.1%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Major County is $388 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $451 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $612 a month.

Cities in this county include: Fairview, Ringwood, Cleo Springs, Ames, Meno, East Major.

Neighboring counties: Alfalfa County , Blaine County , Dewey County , Garfield County , Kingfisher County , Woods County , Woodward County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable location: Camp Saline (A). Display/hide its location on the map Churches in Major County include: West New Hopedale Church (A), Wildwood Church (B), Antioch Church (C), Mennonite Church (D), Midway Church (E), Missionary Church (F), New Hope Church (G), Oak Glade Church (H), Parker Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Ames Cemetery (1), Wildwood Cemetery (2), West Creek Cemetery (3), Antioch Cemetery (4), Liberty Cemetery (5), Cleo Springs Cemetery (6), Mennonite Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Lakes and reservoirs: Silver Lake (A), Johnson Lake (B), Hall Number 3 Lake (C), Koehn Lake (D), Kusch Lake (E), Oknoname 093014 Reservoir (F), Oknoname 093013 Reservoir (G), Oknoname 093012 Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Creeks: Ewers Creek (A), East Griever Creek (B), Eagle Chief Creek (C), Deep Creek (D), Cuddy Creek (E), Cottonwood Creek (F), Gypsum Creek (G), Gyp Creek (H), Seiling Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Here:	4.6%
Oklahoma:	6.3%

Current college students: 136
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 78.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 156 (37% naturalized citizens)

Major County:	2.1%
Whole state:	3.8%

Mean travel time to work: 20.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 71.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 2,762
• One, attached: 31
• Two: 30
• 3 or 4: 51
• 5 to 9: 43
• 10 to 19: 6
• 20 or more: 27
• Mobile homes: 585
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5

Housing units in Major County with a mortgage: 643 (18 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 767

Here:	45.6% with mortgage
State:	62.8% with mortgage

Major County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Oklahoma state average. It is 3.2 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 29 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/2/1979, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 25 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Major County-area historical earthquake activity is below Oklahoma state average. It is 89% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/15/1995 at 00:31:33, a magnitude 4.1 (3.8 LG, 4.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 40.7 miles away from Major County center
On 10/30/1998 at 17:41:22, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, 3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 57.9 miles away from the county center
On 1/14/1993 at 17:06:10, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 21.7 miles away from the county center
On 4/29/1994 at 03:28:58, a magnitude 3.0 (2.8 LG, 3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 20.5 miles away from Major County center
On 1/24/1991 at 05:00:26, a magnitude 3.0 (2.9 LG, 3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 64.1 miles away from the county center
On 10/25/1999 at 23:19:58, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 16.2 mi) earthquake occurred 76.6 miles away from Major County center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 2,745 (77%) Carpooled: 453 (13%) Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%) Bicycle: 13 (0%) Walked: 78 (2%) Other means: 46 (1%) Worked at home: 234 (7%)

7.74% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,571 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.74%
Oklahoma average:	8.21%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.55% relocated from other counties in Oklahoma ($26,624 average AGI)
2.19% relocated from other states ($7,946 average AGI)

Major County:	2.19%
Oklahoma average:	3.36%

from Garfield County, OK	1.96% ($32,365 average AGI)
from Blaine County, OK	0.68% ($30,778)
from Alfalfa County, OK	0.45% ($38,500)

7.81% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,942 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.81%
Oklahoma average:	7.91%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.73% relocated to other counties in Oklahoma ($21,903 average AGI)
2.07% relocated to other states ($8,043 average AGI)

Major County:	2.07%
Oklahoma average:	3.11%

to Garfield County, OK	2.15% ($28,632 average AGI)
to Oklahoma County, OK	0.57% ($19,400)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 3.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 19.7

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,474 (1,351 aged, 123 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 6,486 (2,004 male householders, 221 female householders)

  1,984 spouses, 2,060 children (1,826 natural, 49 adopted, 185 stepchildren), 86 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 36 other relatives, 59 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 939 (348 male householders (288 living alone)), 483 female householders (472 living alone)), 108 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 120 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 1,133 2-persons, 434 3-persons, 385 4-persons, 196 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 760 1-person, 50 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 4 6-persons.

94.3% of residents of Major County speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $47,673,000 ($6475 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $680,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $20,915,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $10,029,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,274,000
Federal grants: $7,740,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,479,000 ($52,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,236,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $852,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,505,000
Federal Government insurance: $9,366,000

Here:	52 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Here:	70 per 1000 residents
State:	52 per 1000 residents

Here:	+2 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Here:	-8 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.78 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Here:	5.9
State:	5.7

Here:	5.0
State:	4.3

68% of Major County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Oklahoma.

Major County:	67.9%
State average:	52.2%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 5661
• Northeast: 61
• Midwest: 726
• South: 498
• West: 411

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,300

Here:	10.5%
Oklahoma:	6.4%

Here:	5.8%
Oklahoma:	6.2%

Here:	10.7%
Oklahoma:	16.6%

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