Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town’s population was 338.
Geography
Optima is located approximately nine miles northeast of Guymon on
U.S. Route 54
U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is an east–west United States Highway that runs northeast–southwest for from El Paso, Texas, to Griggsville, Illinois. The Union Pacific Railroad's Tucumcari Line (former Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific an ...
Optima Lake
Optima Lake was built to be a reservoir in Texas County, Oklahoma. The site is just north of Hardesty and east of Guymon in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
The earthen Optima Lake Dam (National ID # OK20510) was completed in by the United States A ...
about nine miles to the southeast. It is on the route of the
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United Stat ...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2010
As of the 2010 census Optima had a population of 356. The ethnic makeup of the population was 76.1% Hispanic, 20.2% non-Hispanic white, 1.4% Native American and 4.8% reporting two or more race.
As of 2010, the Hispanic population is 76.1% - 66.3% Mexican, 0.3% Colombian, 0.3% Cuban.United States Census /ref>
2000
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 266 people, 78 households, and 64 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 97 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 79.32%
White
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, 0.75%
African American
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
Hispanic
The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...
or Latino of any race were 48.12% of the population.
There were 78 households, out of which 56.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.1% were
married couples
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living together, and 17.9% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.41 and the average family size was 3.84.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 39.5% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 12.4% from 45 to 64, and 4.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $36,094, and the median income for a family was $40,833. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $21,667 for females. The
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the town was $12,388. About 11.4% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 11.0% of those under the age of 18 and none of those 65 or over.