Oakland is a town in
Marshall County,
Oklahoma, United States. The population was 674 at the
2000 census and grew to a population of 1,057 as of the 2010 census, an increase of 56.8%.
History
Oakland was county seat of
Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation Pickens County was a political subdivision of the Chickasaw Nation in the Indian Territory from 1855, prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state in 1907. The county was one of four that comprised the Chickasaw Nation. Following statehood, its terr ...
. As county seat, it hosted the county courthouse. Although never a sizable population center, the community was busy during sessions of county court, particularly since Pickens County sprawled from Chickasha in the far northwest to Madill in the southeast.
[Entry for ‘Oakland.” ''Oklahoma Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', downloaded on Dec. 27, 2019. https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=OA002.]
Geography
Oakland is located at (34.099509, -96.793409).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 674 people, 251 households, and 174 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 278 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 65.43%
White
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, 3.71%
African American
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, 12.76%
Native American, 0.30%
Asian
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, 14.84% from
other races
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, and 2.97% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 18.69% of the population.
There were 251 households, out of which 38.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% were
married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.27.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.9 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $22,422, and the median income for a family was $28,875. Males had a median income of $23,625 versus $14,375 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $11,420. About 21.3% of families and 26.8% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 35.1% of those under age 18 and 27.5% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Towns in Marshall County, Oklahoma
Towns in Oklahoma