Pawhuska is a city in and
the county seat of Osage
County
, Oklahoma
, United States
, and the capital of the Osage Nation. The population was 3,629
at the
2000 census, and
the
ZIP Code for the city is 74056.
Geography
Pawhuska is located at (36.669194, -96.333048) .
According to the
United
States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of
3.8 square miles (9.7 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 3,629
people, 1,513 households, and 954 families residing in the city.
The
population density was 966.4
people per square mile (372.7/km²). There were 1,802 housing units
at an average density of 479.9/sq mi (185.0/km²). The racial
makeup of the city was 64.98%
White, 2.78%
African American, 25.46%
Native American, 0.25%
Asian, 0.52% from
other races, and 6.01% from two
or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.85%
of the population.
There were 1,513 households out of which 29.5% had children under
the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were
married couples living together, 14.4% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families.
33.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.1% had
someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average
household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age
of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to
64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was
39 years. For every 100 females there were 88.1 males. For every
100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $25,156, and the
median income for a family was $31,599. Males had a median income
of $25,682 versus $17,690 for females. The
per capita income for the city was
$13,916. About 13.7% of families and 17.5% of the population were
below the
poverty line, including 22.3%
of those under age 18 and 14.9% of those age 65 or over.
Notable natives
Notable people from Pawhuska:
Literature
Tracy Letts'
Pulitzer Prize-winning play
August: Osage County is set on a
farm near Pawhuska.
Scouting
The first
Boy Scout troop is claimed to
have been organized in Pawhuska, in May 1909 by John F. Mitchell, a
missionary priest from England sent to St. Thomas Episcopal Church
by the
Church of England.
On
Independence day
weekend 2009, the Pawhuska boy scout troop
celebrated it's centennial with a
mini-jamboree attended by over
300 scouts from across the United States.
Sister cities
References
- Osage County Historical Museum
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