Optima is a town in
Texas CountyTexas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Texas County was formed at Oklahoma statehood from the central one-third of "Old Beaver County" also known as "No Man's Land"...
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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...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 266 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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Optima is located at (36.759142, -101.354375).
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 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²), all of it land.
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 266 people, 78 households, and 64 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 616.6 people per square mile (238.8/km²).
Optima is a town in
Texas CountyTexas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Texas County was formed at Oklahoma statehood from the central one-third of "Old Beaver County" also known as "No Man's Land"...
,
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 266 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...
.
Geography
Optima is located at (36.759142, -101.354375).
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 0.4 square miles (1.1 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 266 people, 78 households, and 64 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 616.6 people per square mile (238.8/km²). There were 97 housing units at an average density of 224.8/sq mi (87.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 79.32% White, 0.75% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 13.53% from
other racesRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 5.26% from two or more races. Hispanic 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 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, 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 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 $12,388. About 11.4% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.0% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over.