Woods County, Oklahoma (OK)

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County population in July 2007: 8,319 (64% urban, 36% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 2,565
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,119

% of renters here:	30%
State:	32%

Land area: 1287 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.5 sq. mi.

Population density: 7 people per square mile

(very low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	15.0%
Whole state:	14.7%

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

This county:	5.5%
Whole state:	6.1%

2008 cost of living index in Woods County: 81.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (25.0%), Retail trade (13.7%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (13.5%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 59%
Government: 25%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 16%
Unpaid family work: 1%

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

Races in Woods County, Oklahoma:

White Non-Hispanic (91.9%)
American Indian (2.6%)
Hispanic (2.4%)
Black (2.4%)
Two or more races (1.5%)
Other race (0.6%)

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

Median resident age:	37.8 years
Oklahoma median age:	35.5 years

Males: 4,632	(51.0%)
Females: 4,457	(49.0%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $19,427
County population in 2003: 8,662
Jobs in 2003: 3,419

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Woods County,OK real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 4,691
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.9%

Average household size:

Woods County:	2.2 people
Oklahoma:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $32,099 ($28,927 in 2000)

This county	$32,099
Oklahoma:	$37,063

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $60,935

Woods County	$60,935
Oklahoma:	$89,100

Median monthly rent in 2000: $359
Institutionalized population: 605
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Woods County in 2000: $575

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 2
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 0
Burglaries: 9
Thefts: 26
Auto thefts: 5

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 2
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 2
Burglaries: 4
Thefts: 15
Auto thefts: 4

Woods County races chart

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2004: 0 buildings

2004 Presidential Election results in Woods County Oklahoma:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 77.3%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 22.7%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $229 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Woods County is $358 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $451 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $656 a month.

Cities in this county include: Alva, Waynoka, Freedom, Dacoma, Capron, Avard, South Woods, West Woods.

Neighboring counties: Alfalfa County , Barber County, Kansas , Comanche County, Kansas , Harper County , Major County , Woodward County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Woods County: Coy Community Hall (A), Camp Houston (B), Lookout (C), Lookout Community Hall (D), Loder Siding (E), Alva Country Club (F), O'Conner (G), Murray Plaza (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Center: Murray Plaza Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Woods County include: Green Valley Church (A), Lookout Church (B), Morning Star Church (C), Oakdale Church (D), Pleasant View Church (E), Cedar Grove Church (F), United Methodist Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Whitehorse Cemetery (1), Waynoka Municipal Cemetery (2), Walnut Grove Cemetery (3), Union Center Cemetery (4), Memorial Hill Cemetery (5), Star Cemetery (6), Freedom Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Hada Reservoir (A), Oakes Number 1 Reservoir (B), Oknoname 151001 Reservoir (C), Oknoname 151002 Reservoir (D), Discon Lake (E), Avard Lake (F), Thurman Reservoir (G), Schroeder 1a Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: Spring Creek (A), Dog Creek (B), Doe Creek (C), Day Creek (D), Hackberry Creek (E), Turkey Creek (F), Griever Creek (G), Moccasin Creek (H), Greenleaf Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Woods County include: Rhodes Park (1), Little Sahara State Recreation Area (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	5.4%
Oklahoma:	4.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 995
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 79 (47% naturalized citizens)

Woods County:	0.9%
Whole state:	3.8%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 24 1990 to 1994: 2 1985 to 1989: 4 1980 to 1984: 0 1975 to 1979: 7 1970 to 1974: 25 1970 to 1974: 2 1965 to 1969: 15

Mean travel time to work: 12.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 88.7%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,727
One, attached: 42
Two: 71
3 or 4: 53
5 to 9: 81
10 to 19: 70
20 or more: 63
Mobile homes: 373
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12

Housing units in Woods County with a mortgage: 779 (70 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,222

Agriculture in Woods County
Average size of farms: 1073 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $72997
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $56.98
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 83.90%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $80696
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 19.22%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.28%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $76646
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.01%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 12.19
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.26%
All wheat for grain: 117616 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 270 harvested acres

Woods County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is below Oklahoma state average. It is 2.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 4 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/5/1951, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 2 people and caused between $500 and $5000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
Educational services (9%)
Construction (8%)
Public administration (6%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)
Mining (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (20%)
Health care (17%)
Accommodation and food services (11%)
Public administration (8%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (10%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Waiters and waitresses (4%)

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

Mexico (42%)
Taiwan (14%)
Ghana (13%)
Germany (10%)
Russia (8%)
Brazil (5%)
Sweden (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Woods County:

German (31%)
United States or American (17%)
English (12%)
Irish (10%)
Scotch-Irish (4%)
Italian (2%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Woods County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 3,390 (81%)
Carpooled: 409 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
Motorcycle: 16 (0%)
Bicycle: 25 (1%)
Walked: 171 (4%)
Other means: 29 (1%)
Worked at home: 148 (4%)

People in group quarters in Woods County, Oklahoma

424 people in state prisons
361 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
108 people in nursing homes
66 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
31 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $43,311.

7.10% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,209 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.10%
Oklahoma average:	8.21%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.07% relocated from other counties in Oklahoma ($14,859 average AGI)
3.03% relocated from other states ($14,350 average AGI)
Woods County: 3.03%
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 Alfalfa County, OK	0.45% ($32,846 average AGI)
from Oklahoma County, OK	0.45% ($33,462)
from Garfield County, OK	0.41% ($30,750)
from Woodward County, OK	0.34% ($22,000)

8.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,389 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.15%
Oklahoma average:	7.91%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.04% relocated to other counties in Oklahoma ($17,410 average AGI)
3.10% relocated to other states ($9,979 average AGI)
Woods County: 3.10%
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 Woodward County, OK	0.72% ($30,619 average AGI)
to Garfield County, OK	0.65% ($24,947)
to Alfalfa County, OK	0.48% ($21,143)
to Oklahoma County, OK	0.44% ($29,385)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.7

Births per 1000 population in Woods County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.5

Deaths per 1000 population in Woods County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Woods County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,751 (1,629 aged, 122 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 11.67
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 8973.160
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 1365.230
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 35717.62

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1053.120
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1567.990
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 11.7

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 47.81
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 105.310

Household type by relationship

Households: 8,084

In family households: 6,449 (1,910 male householders, 374 female householders)
1,880 spouses, 1,984 children (1,669 natural, 95 adopted, 220 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 80 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 53 other relatives, 75 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,635 (605 male householders (491 living alone)), 814 female householders (743 living alone)), 216 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,005 (791 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,234 2-persons, 463 3-persons, 344 4-persons, 170 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,234 1-person, 163 2-persons, 22 3-persons.

96.8% of residents of Woods County speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $70,346,000 ($8208 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,169,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $24,265,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $16,390,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,573,000
Federal grants: $19,941,000
Federal procurement contracts: $530,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,647,000 ($429,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $101,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,418,000
Federal Government insurance: $13,958,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 434

Here:	51 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 634

Here:	74 per 1000 residents
State:	52 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +15

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

Net internal migration: -347

Here:	-41 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Woods County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.98 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	5.7

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 40
1995 to 1998: 87
1990 to 1994: 30
1980 to 1989: 385
1970 to 1979: 586
1960 to 1969: 742
1950 to 1959: 742
1940 to 1949: 660
1939 or earlier: 1,220

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Woods County, Oklahoma:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 11 3 rooms: 77 4 rooms: 233 5 rooms: 639 6 rooms: 699 7 rooms: 441 8 rooms: 229 9+ rooms: 236

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Woods County, Oklahoma:
	1 room: 28 2 rooms: 59 3 rooms: 140 4 rooms: 376 5 rooms: 291 6 rooms: 104 7 rooms: 64 8 rooms: 51 9+ rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Woods County:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 83 2 bedrooms: 714 3 bedrooms: 1,342 4 bedrooms: 338 5+ bedrooms: 88

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Woods County:
	no bedroom: 48 1 bedroom: 233 2 bedrooms: 479 3 bedrooms: 298 4 bedrooms: 52 5+ bedrooms: 9

Cars and other vehicles available in Woods County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 91 1 vehicle: 765 2 vehicles: 1,060 3 vehicles: 470 4 vehicles: 145 5+ vehicles: 34

Cars and other vehicles available in Woods County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 72 1 vehicle: 568 2 vehicles: 349 3 vehicles: 107 4 vehicles: 7 5+ vehicles: 16

53% of Woods County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Oklahoma.

Woods County:	52.9%
State average:	52.2%

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

This state: 6249
Northeast: 103
Midwest: 1415
South: 834
West: 378

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999

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 (74%) Electricity (13%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%) Wood (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (78%) Electricity (13%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%) Wood (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Oklahoma:	6.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13

Here:	2.6%
Oklahoma:	6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4

Here:	0.4%
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 (Noninst.)

Woods County government finances in 2002:

Current Operations - Regular Highways: $3,006,000
Financial Administration: $314,000

Police Protection: $206,000

General - Other: $174,000

Central Staff Services: $121,000

General Public Buildings: $97,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $93,000

Fire Protection: $33,000

Natural Resources - Other: $29,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $176,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $57,000
Interest Earnings: $55,000

Rents: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,000,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,678,000
Tax - Property: $1,500,000
Total General Sales: $405,000

NEC: $1,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $2,281,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Woods County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)

Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers (per 100,000 population)</