- State:OklahomaCounty:Beckham CountyZips:73668,73648,73627,73645,73662,73644Coordinates:35.26870417492294, -99.68195655259134Area total:903.81 sq. mi., 2340.85 sq. km, 578437.12 acresArea land:901.68 sq. mi., 2335.34 sq. km, 577074.56 acresArea water:2.13 sq. mi., 5.51 sq. km, 1362.56 acresEstablished:1907Capital seat:
Sayre
Address: PO BOX 428
County Courthouse
Sayre, OK 73662-0428
Governing Body: Board of County Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States
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- Population:22,410; Population change: 1.32% (2010 - 2020)Population density:25 persons per square mileHousehold income:$40,740Households:8,038Unemployment rate:7.50% per 10,075 county labor force
- Sales taxes:8.80%Income taxes:6.65%GDP:$1.09 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Beckham County's population of Oklahoma of 28,991 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,77-fold to 22,410 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.99% female residents and 48.01% male residents live in as of 2020, 60.25% in Beckham County, Oklahoma are married and the remaining 39.75% are single population.
As of 2020, 60.25% in Beckham County, Oklahoma are married and the remaining 39.75% are single population.
- Housing units:10,123 residential units of which 79.36% share occupied residential units.
18.9 minutes is the average time that residents in Beckham County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
79.79% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 14.46% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.12% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.87% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Beckham County, Oklahoma 60.01% are owner-occupied homes, another 25.29% are rented apartments, and the remaining 14.70% are vacant.
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The 80.58% of the population in Beckham County, Oklahoma who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 78.030%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 21.970%) of those eligible to vote in Beckham County, Oklahoma.
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