Knowles is a town in
Beaver CountyBeaver County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population is 5,857. Its county seat is Beaver.The land where Beaver County is located has been under several jurisdictions. At one time, it was part of Texas before Texas became a state of the United States...
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OklahomaOklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,617,316 residents in 2007 and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
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. The population was 32 at the
2000 censusThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
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Knowles is located at (36.873697, -100.192888).
According to the
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, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²), all of it land.
As of the
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of 2000, there were 32 people, 10 households, and 8 families residing in the town. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 180.4 people per square mile (68.6/km²).
Knowles is a town in
Beaver CountyBeaver County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population is 5,857. Its county seat is Beaver.The land where Beaver County is located has been under several jurisdictions. At one time, it was part of Texas before Texas became a state of the United States...
,
OklahomaOklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,617,316 residents in 2007 and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 32 at the
2000 censusThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
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Geography
Knowles is located at (36.873697, -100.192888).
According to the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 32 people, 10 households, and 8 families residing in the town. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 180.4 people per square mile (68.6/km²). There were 11 housing units at an average density of 62.0/sq mi (23.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 90.62% White, 9.38% from
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. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25.00% of the population.
There were 10 households out of which 50.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic...
living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.0% were non-families. 20.0% of all households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.20 and the average family size was 3.75.
In the town the population was spread out with 37.5% under the age of 18, 18.8% from 18 to 24, 9.4% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $24,583, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had a median income of $25,000 versus $20,833 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the town was $11,887. There were 33.3% of families and 43.5% of the population living below the poverty line, including 62.5% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.