Seminole County, Oklahoma (OK)

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County population in 2005: 24,770 (35% urban, 65% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 6,920
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,655

% of renters here:	28%
State:	32%

Land area: 633 sq. mi.
Water area: 8.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 39 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	20.8%
Whole state:	14.7%

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

This county:	7.9%
Whole state:	6.1%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (24.2%), Manufacturing (15.4%), Retail trade (10.7%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 68%
Government: 22%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 9%
Unpaid family work: 1%

Seminole County, Oklahoma business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Seminole County, Oklahoma:

White Non-Hispanic (69.9%)
American Indian (22.0%)
Black (5.6%)
Two or more races (5.3%)
Hispanic (2.2%)
Other race (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	38.1 years
Oklahoma median age:	35.5 years

Males: 12,010	(48.2%)
Females: 12,884	(51.8%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $22,450
County population in 2003: 24,516
Jobs in 2003: 8,054

Seminole County,OK real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 10,342
Unemployment rate in 2004: 9.8%

Average household size:

Seminole County:	2.5 people
Oklahoma:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $28,372 ($25,568 in 2000)

This county	$28,372
Oklahoma:	$37,063

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $51,723

Seminole County	$51,723
Oklahoma:	$89,100

Median montly rent in 2000: $375
Institutionalized population: 485
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Seminole County in 2000: $568

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

Murders: 2
Rapes: 3
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 51
Burglaries: 97
Thefts: 182
Auto thefts: 18

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

Murders: 3
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 21
Burglaries: 108
Thefts: 116
Auto thefts: 19

Seminole County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Seminole County Oklahoma:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 60.7%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 39.3%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $236 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Seminole County is $361 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $451 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $542 a month.

Cities in this county include: Seminole, Wewoka, Konawa, Maud, Bowlegs, Cromwell, Sasakwa, Lima.

Neighboring counties: Hughes County , Okfuskee County , Pontotoc County , Pottawatomie County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable location: Saint Crispins Conference Center (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Seminole County include: Achena Church (A), Grayson Church (B), Arbeka Church (C), Arbeka Junior Church (D), Lima Highway Church (E), Little Church (F), Haney Church (G), Mekusukey Church (H), Midway Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Bruner Cemetery (1), Westwood Cemetery (2), West Cemetery (3), Harjo Cemetery (4), Fixico Cemetery (5), Burgess Cemetery (6), Milly Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Katy Reservoir (A), Lake Konawa (B), Lake Konowa (C), Lake Violet (D), Lake Wewoka (E), Oknoname 133001 Reservoir (F), Oknoname 133002 Reservoir (G), Stafford and Jennings Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Deer Creek (A), Cudjo Creek (B), Tiger Creek (C), Negro Creek (D), Coon Creek (E), Clear Creek (F), Turkey Creek (G), Carter Creek (H), Salt Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	5.9%
Oklahoma:	4.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 1,022
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 73.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 254 (39% naturalized citizens)

Seminole County:	1.0%
Whole state:	3.8%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 88
1990 to 1994: 27
1985 to 1989: 33
1980 to 1984: 16
1975 to 1979: 34
1970 to 1974: 12
1970 to 1974: 2
1965 to 1969: 42

Mean travel time to work: 23.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 67.5%

Seminole County marital status for males

Seminole County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 8,695
One, attached: 132
Two: 198
3 or 4: 164
5 to 9: 54
10 to 19: 68
20 or more: 140
Mobile homes: 1,674
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 21

Housing units in Seminole County with a mortgage: 1,913 (185 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,250

Agriculture in Seminole County
Average size of farms: 239 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $15838
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $59.87
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 3.82%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 86.60%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $14215
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 14.81%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $23644
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 95.89%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 14.53
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.52%
All wheat for grain: 1544 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 244 harvested acres
Vegetables: 80 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 1603 acres

Seminole County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Oklahoma state average. It is 8.7 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 3 fatalities and 36 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/28/1960, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed 3 people and injured one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (13%)
Public administration (8%)
Educational services (7%)
Mining (7%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Apparel (6%)
Truck transportation (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (18%)
Educational services (15%)
Public administration (9%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Apparel (8%)
Social assistance (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Cashiers (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (43%)
India (12%)
Germany (11%)
Philippines (9%)
Canada (4%)
United Kingdom (4%)
South Africa (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Seminole County:

United States or American (22%)
Irish (10%)
German (8%)
English (6%)
Scotch-Irish (1%)
French (except Basque) (1%)
Dutch (1%)

Seminole County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 7,247 (77%)
Carpooled: 1,439 (15%)
Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
Walked: 270 (3%)
Other means: 93 (1%)
Worked at home: 319 (3%)

People in group quarters in Seminole County, Oklahoma

435 people in nursing homes
50 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
33 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $36,596.

8.51% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,833 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.51%
Oklahoma average:	8.21%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.41% relocated from other counties in Oklahoma ($17,106 average AGI)
2.10% relocated from other states ($8,725 average AGI)
Seminole County: 2.10%
Oklahoma average: 3.36%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Pottawatomie County, OK	1.70% ($22,598 average AGI)
from Oklahoma County, OK	0.81% ($21,569)
from Pontotoc County, OK	0.68% ($23,490)
from Hughes County, OK	0.63% ($26,356)
from Cleveland County, OK	0.33% ($20,125)
from Okfuskee County, OK	0.32% ($25,174)
from Lincoln County, OK	0.25% ($23,278)

8.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,137 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.52%
Oklahoma average:	7.91%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.82% relocated to other counties in Oklahoma ($19,467 average AGI)
1.70% relocated to other states ($4,670 average AGI)
Seminole County: 1.70%
Oklahoma average: 3.11%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Pottawatomie County, OK	2.08% ($26,852 average AGI)
to Oklahoma County, OK	0.86% ($23,452)
to Pontotoc County, OK	0.75% ($22,704)
to Hughes County, OK	0.72% ($19,827)
to Cleveland County, OK	0.38% ($22,704)
to Tulsa County, OK	0.25% ($28,833)
to Lincoln County, OK	0.21% ($20,600)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.5

Births per 1000 population in Seminole County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.6

Deaths per 1000 population in Seminole County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Seminole County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 4,814 (3,882 aged, 932 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%

Household type by relationship

Households: 24,351

In family households: 21,264 (5,289 male householders, 1,560 female householders)
5,320 spouses, 7,113 children (6,382 natural, 200 adopted, 531 stepchildren), 927 grandchildren, 127 brothers or sisters, 142 parents, 355 other relatives, 431 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,087 (1,105 male householders (949 living alone)), 1,626 female householders (1,514 living alone)), 356 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 543 (326 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,079 2-persons, 1,577 3-persons, 1,241 4-persons, 565 5-persons, 216 6-persons, 171 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,463 1-person, 199 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 2 6-persons.

3,854 married couples with children.
1,617 single-parent households (348 men, 1,269 women).

94.2% of residents of Seminole County speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
3.1% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $194,188,000 ($7869 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,824,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $76,427,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $48,431,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,078,000
Federal grants: $56,501,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,457,000 ($180,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,294,000 ($3,006,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $286,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $12,167,000
Federal Government insurance: $2,200,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,060

Here:	83 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,750

Here:	71 per 1000 residents
State:	52 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +68

Here:	+3 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -459

Here:	-19 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Seminole County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.58 millions of gallons per day (71% from ground, 29% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.4
State:	5.7

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.8
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 158
1995 to 1998: 426
1990 to 1994: 299
1980 to 1989: 1,789
1970 to 1979: 2,508
1960 to 1969: 1,435
1950 to 1959: 1,418
1940 to 1949: 1,242
1939 or earlier: 1,871

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Seminole County, Oklahoma:

1 room: 35
2 rooms: 56
3 rooms: 181
4 rooms: 960
5 rooms: 2,411
6 rooms: 1,813
7 rooms: 973
8 rooms: 310
9 or more rooms: 181

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Seminole County, Oklahoma:

1 room: 35
2 rooms: 150
3 rooms: 334
4 rooms: 593
5 rooms: 851
6 rooms: 423
7 rooms: 179
8 rooms: 73
9 or more rooms: 17

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Seminole County:

no bedroom: 57
1 bedroom: 185
2 bedrooms: 2,082
3 bedrooms: 3,857
4 bedrooms: 655
5 or more bedrooms: 84

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Seminole County:

no bedroom: 84
1 bedroom: 401
2 bedrooms: 1,098
3 bedrooms: 956
4 bedrooms: 99
5 or more bedrooms: 17

Cars and other vehicles available in Seminole County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 404
1 vehicle: 2,123
2 vehicles: 2,773
3 vehicles: 1,141
4 vehicles: 358
5 or more vehicles: 121

Cars and other vehicles available in Seminole County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 431
1 vehicle: 1,334
2 vehicles: 643
3 vehicles: 210
4 vehicles: 19
5 or more vehicles: 18

58% of Seminole County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Oklahoma.

Seminole County:	58.4%
State average:	52.2%

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

This state: 18865
Northeast: 202
Midwest: 1150
South: 2321
West: 2033

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,300

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (47%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
Electricity (22%)
Wood (3%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (66%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
Electricity (15%)
Wood (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 76

Here:	2.5%
Oklahoma:	6.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31

Here:	1.9%
Oklahoma:	6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 148

Here:	15.8%
Oklahoma:	16.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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