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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $362 (0.6%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Carter County is $425 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $481 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $598 a month.
Cities in this county include: Ardmore
, Lone Grove
, Healdton
, Wilson
, Dickson
, Springer
, Tatums
, Ratliff City
, Gene Autry
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Neighboring
counties: Garvin County
, Jefferson County
, Johnston County
, Love County
, Marshall County
, Murray County
, Stephens County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable location: Southerland
Well Service Company
(A).
Churches in Carter County include: Academy
Church
(A),
Lake Murray Chapel
(B),
Crinerville Church
(C),
Lone Grove Church
(D),
Midway Church
(E),
Baum Church
(F),
Mount Olive Church
(G),
Mount Pleasant Church
(H),
Niblack Chapel
(I)
Cemeteries: Milo
Cemetery
(1),
Henderson Cemetery
(2),
Thomas Cemetery
(3),
Hewitt Cemetery
(4),
Hickory Cemetery
(5),
Keller Cemetery
(6),
Rice Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Ardmore,
Lake
(A),
Farmer Hole
(B),
Goddard Ranch I Reservoir
(C),
Goddard Ranch 2 Reservoir
(D),
Fitzgerald Reservoir
(E),
Upper Bayou Site 10 Reservoir
(F),
Upper Bayou Site 17 Reservoir
(G),
Upper Bayou Site 6 Reservoir
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Flat
Creek
(A),
Flag Branch
(B),
Spring Creek
(C),
Sullivan Creek
(D),
East Anadarche Creek
(E),
Tar Branch
(F),
Target Creek
(G),
Rock Creek
(H),
Hickory Creek
(I)
Park in Carter County: Lake
Murray State Park
(1).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 1,212
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 77.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.1%
Number of foreign born residents: 611 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Carter
County: |
1.3% | | Whole
state: | 3.8% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 189
- 1990
to 1994: 113
- 1985
to 1989: 57
- 1980
to 1984: 59
- 1975
to 1979: 82
- 1970
to 1974: 12
- 1970
to 1974: 11
- 1965
to 1969: 88
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Mean travel time to work: 23.7 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 89.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 15,417
- One,
attached: 590
- Two:
389
- 3
or 4: 392
- 5
to 9: 338
- 10
to 19: 304
- 20
or more: 274
- Mobile
homes: 2,793
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 80
Housing units in Carter County with a mortgage: 4,856 (496 second mortgage, 169 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,248 Agriculture
in Carter County
Average size of farms: 318 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $17625
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $43.77
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.25%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 92.66%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $20851
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 9.28%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $27806
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 95.49%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 13.90
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.21%
All wheat for grain: 1837 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 4726 acresCarter
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Oklahoma state average. It is 4.2 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 8 fatalities and 34 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/19/1972, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 5 people and injured 6 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Plastics
and rubber products (10%)
- Construction
(10%)
- Mining
(8%)
- Truck
transportation (5%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
- Educational
services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (22%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered
nurses (5%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(33%)
- Germany
(9%)
- Canada
(8%)
- Pakistan
(7%)
- United
Kingdom (7%)
- India
(5%)
- El
Salvador (5%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Carter County:
|
- United
States or American (22%)
- Irish
(10%)
- German
(10%)
- English
(9%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
- Dutch
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 15,425 (81%)
- Carpooled:
2,376 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 56 (0%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 1 (0%)
- Taxi:
17 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
38 (0%)
- Bicycle:
24 (0%)
- Walked:
263 (1%)
- Other
means: 176 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 563 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Carter County, Oklahoma
- 694
people in nursing homes
- 137
people in state prisons
- 125
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 40
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 36
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 30
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 17
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 17
people in other group homes
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $45,276.
6.91% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,475 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.91% | | Oklahoma
average: | 8.21% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.59% relocated from other counties in Oklahoma ($15,627 average AGI)
3.32% relocated from other states ($16,848 average AGI)
| Carter
County: |
3.32% | | Oklahoma
average: | 3.36% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Love County, OK
|
0.51% ($26,325 average AGI) |
| from
Oklahoma County, OK
|
0.41% ($34,750) |
| from
Marshall County, OK
|
0.29% ($25,578) |
| from
Murray County, OK
|
0.28% ($24,659) |
| from
Cleveland County, OK
|
0.24% ($46,184) |
| from
Johnston County, OK
|
0.18% ($29,929) |
| from
Dallas County, TX
|
0.17% ($59,500) |
6.40% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,158 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.40% | | Oklahoma
average: | 7.91% |
0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($340 average AGI)
| Carter
County: |
0.06% | | Oklahoma
average: | 0.09% |
3.80% relocated to other counties in Oklahoma ($16,645 average AGI)
2.54% relocated to other states ($14,173 average AGI)
| Carter
County: |
2.54% | | Oklahoma
average: | 3.11% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Oklahoma County, OK
|
0.49% ($27,421 average AGI) |
| to
Love County, OK
|
0.37% ($25,737) |
| to
Cleveland County, OK
|
0.35% ($29,815) |
| to
Murray County, OK
|
0.30% ($32,478) |
| to
Marshall County, OK
|
0.27% ($25,881) |
| to
Johnston County, OK
|
0.19% ($30,586) |
| to
Garvin County, OK
|
0.18% ($21,750) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.1
Births
per 1000 population in Carter County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.8
Deaths
per 1000 population in Carter County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.2
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Carter County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 9,066 (7,659 aged, 1,407 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 44,515
- In
family households: 38,697 (10,009 male householders, 2,739 female householders)
10,208
spouses, 12,925 children (11,326 natural, 465 adopted, 1,134 stepchildren), 1,112 grandchildren, 334 brothers or sisters, 220 parents, 432 other relatives, 718 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 5,818 (1,970 male householders (1,686 living alone)), 3,263 female householders (3,086 living alone)), 585 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,106 (1,015 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,842 2-persons, 2,889 3-persons, 2,439 4-persons, 1,048 5-persons, 388 6-persons, 142 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 4,772 1-person, 369 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 20 5-persons.
7,662 married couples with children.
2,876 single-parent households (633 men, 2,243 women).
95.8% of residents of Carter County speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 5% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $272,321,000 ($5783 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $13,924,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $127,254,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $70,207,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $227,000
Federal grants: $57,381,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,345,000 ($3,705,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $11,908,000 ($4,835,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $265,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $16,982,000
Federal Government insurance: $8,083,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,448
| Here: |
73 per 1000 residents | | State: | 75
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 3,042
| Here: |
65 per 1000 residents | | State: |
52 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +136
| Here: |
+3 per 1000 residents | | State: | +10
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +1,036
| Here: |
+22 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-4 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Carter County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 28.40 millions of gallons per day (3% from ground, 97% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 533
- 1995
to 1998: 1,370
- 1990
to 1994: 884
- 1980
to 1989: 3,607
- 1970
to 1979: 4,099
- 1960
to 1969: 2,234
- 1950
to 1959: 3,223
- 1940
to 1949: 1,911
- 1939
or earlier: 2,716
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Carter County, Oklahoma: |
- 1
room: 18
- 2
rooms: 217
- 3
rooms: 384
- 4
rooms: 1,651
- 5
rooms: 3,897
- 6
rooms: 3,544
- 7
rooms: 1,880
- 8
rooms: 645
- 9
or more rooms: 564
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Carter County, Oklahoma: |
- 1
room: 112
- 2
rooms: 430
- 3
rooms: 604
- 4
rooms: 1,485
- 5
rooms: 1,337
- 6
rooms: 893
- 7
rooms: 237
- 8
rooms: 51
- 9
or more rooms: 43
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Carter County: |
- no
bedroom: 87
- 1
bedroom: 488
- 2
bedrooms: 3,350
- 3
bedrooms: 7,369
- 4
bedrooms: 1,362
- 5
or more bedrooms: 144
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Carter County: |
- no
bedroom: 166
- 1
bedroom: 1,009
- 2
bedrooms: 2,193
- 3
bedrooms: 1,709
- 4
bedrooms: 100
- 5
or more bedrooms: 15
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Carter County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 627
- 1
vehicle: 3,855
- 2
vehicles: 5,459
- 3
vehicles: 1,999
- 4
vehicles: 585
- 5
or more vehicles: 275
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Carter County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 856
- 1
vehicle: 2,704
- 2
vehicles: 1,198
- 3
vehicles: 363
- 4
vehicles: 54
- 5
or more vehicles: 17
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56% of Carter County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Oklahoma.
| Carter
County: |
55.6% | | State
average: |
52.2% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 32319
- Northeast:
500
- Midwest:
2546
- South:
6740
- West:
2694
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,200 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (50%)
- Electricity
(38%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood
(2%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (60%)
- Electricity
(30%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (8%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 262
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 118
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 109
| Here: |
10.3% | | Oklahoma: | 16.6% |
Carter
County government finances in 2002:
- Charges
- All Other: $882,000
- Current
Operations - Regular Highways: $4,662,000
Police Protection: $1,784,000
Financial Administration: $1,598,000
Central Staff Services: $612,000
Health Services - Other: $476,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $293,000
Welfare - Other: $286,000
Welfare, Cash Assistance - Other: $190,000
General - Other: $106,000
General Public Buildings: $53,000
Natural Resources - Other: $47,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $192,000
Highways: $96,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $127,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $239,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,117,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $2,100,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $17,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $1,144,000
Interest Earnings: $268,000
Property Sale Other: $45,000
Rents: $30,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $266,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $6,225,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $3,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $3,931,000
General Support: $192,000
Public Welfare: $144,000
- Tax
- Property: $3,936,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $3,495,000
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