Dewey County, OK Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Oklahoma



Dewey County, Oklahoma

People QuickFactsDewey CountyOklahoma
Population, 2005 estimate 4,5683,547,884
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -3.7%2.8%
Population, 2000 4,7433,450,654
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.2%6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 19.9%24.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 21.0%13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.5%50.6%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)93.0%78.5%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%7.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)5.3%8.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.1%1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.4%4.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)3.2%6.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 90.2%72.5%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 66.2%51.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.3%3.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 3.5%7.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 79.8%80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.6%20.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 971676,098
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 22.921.7
Housing units, 2005 2,4711,588,749
Homeownership rate, 2000 79.2%68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 2.9%15.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $38,000$70,700
Households, 2000 1,9621,342,293
Persons per household, 2000 2.352.49
Median household income, 2003 $31,531$35,634
Per capita money income, 1999 $15,806$17,646
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 12.9%14.6%
Business QuickFactsDewey CountyOklahoma
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 12787,4401
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 7751,195,0431
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 4.0%-0.5%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 455248,416
Total number of firms, 2002 580291,610
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA5.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA25.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA39,924,050
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 3,16930,799,789
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 24,27132,112,960
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $5,279$9,206
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 6803,901,754
Building permits, 2005 018,362
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 37,77326,643,9121
Geography QuickFactsDewey CountyOklahoma
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,00068,667
Persons per square mile, 2000 4.750.3
FIPS Code 04340
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:56 EST
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