Sapulpa is a city in
CreekCreek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 67,367. Its county seat is Sapulpa.-Geography:According to the U.S...
and
TulsaTulsa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2008, the population was 591,982. Its county seat is Tulsa.-Geography and climate:According to the U.S...
counties in the
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of
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...
. The population was 19,166 at the 2000 census. It is the
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of
Creek CountyCreek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 67,367. Its county seat is Sapulpa.-Geography:According to the U.S...
.
Sapulpa is located at (36.003536, -96.104822).
According to the
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, the city has a total area of 18.7 square miles (48.3 km²), of which, 18.6 square miles (48.3 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.11%) is water.
As of the
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of 2000, there were 19,166 people, 7,430 households, and 5,357 families residing in the city.
Sapulpa is a city in
CreekCreek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 67,367. Its county seat is Sapulpa.-Geography:According to the U.S...
and
TulsaTulsa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2008, the population was 591,982. Its county seat is Tulsa.-Geography and climate:According to the U.S...
counties in the
U.S. stateA U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...
of
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...
. The population was 19,166 at the 2000 census. It is the
county seatA county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there...
of
Creek CountyCreek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 67,367. Its county seat is Sapulpa.-Geography:According to the U.S...
.
Geography
Sapulpa is located at (36.003536, -96.104822).
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 city has a total area of 18.7 square miles (48.3 km²), of which, 18.6 square miles (48.3 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.11%) is water.
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 19,166 people, 7,430 households, and 5,357 families residing in the city. 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 1,028.5 people per square mile (397.2/km²). There were 8,114 housing units at an average density of 435.4/sq mi (168.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 80.95% White, 3.75% African American, 8.69% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.99% from
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, and 5.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.45% of the population.
There were 7,430 households out of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were
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living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the city the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,245, and the median income for a family was $37,558. Males had a median income of $30,524 versus $21,609 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 city was $17,266. About 11.5% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 17.4% of those age 65 or over.
Newspaper controversy
The
Sapulpa Daily HeraldThe Sapulpa Daily Herald, "Creek County's Only Daily Newspaper," is a six-day daily newspaper published in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, United States. It is owned by the Sumner family, owner of four other Oklahoma papers....
gained national media attention in early November 2008 for not reporting the election of
Barack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first president born in Hawaii...
as President, instead only writing that
John McCainJohn Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
had won Creek County. The omission was met with charges of racism due to the historic nature of the event. The paper maintains that it has a local focus with regard to news events.
Namesake
Chief Sapulpa, the area's first permanent settler, was a full blood lower Creek Indian of the Kasihta Tribe in Osocheetown, Alabama. In about 1850, he established a trading post near the meeting of Polecat and Rock creeks (about one mile (1.6 km) southeast of present day downtown Sapulpa).
Notable residents
- Max Meyer, subject of the biography Preposterous Papa by his son, Sapulpa native and Tulsa author and bookseller Lewis Meyer.
- Lorrie and Larry Collins, The Collins Kids
The Collins Kids were a juvenile rockabilly duo featuring sister Lawrencine "Lorrie" Collins and younger brother Lawrence "Larry" Collins...
, resided near Sapulpa in the early 1950s.
- Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between...
player, Don WallaceDonald Allen Wallace is a former Major League Baseball player. Wallace played 23 games with the California Angels in the 1967 season. He had six at-bats, without a hit. He attended Oklahoma State University....
was born in Sapulpa.
- Eugene Bavinger (b. 1919, Sapulpa) is a prolific abstract expressionist painter.
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