McCurtain County, Oklahoma

McCurtain County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 34,402. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,924 (1,901 ). 4,797 km² (1,852 mi²) of it is land and 127 km² (49 mi²) of it (2.58%) is water. The terrain of McCurtain county varies from the mountainous northern part of the county to the rich Red River bottoms of the southern part. Sections of the and  drainages lie in McCurtain county. The Mountain Fork river is one of the two year round fisheries in the state.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:US 259.svg|25px]]
 * [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 3.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 37.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 98.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 34,402 people, 13,216 households, and 9,541 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (19/mi²). There were 15,427 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 70.54%, 9.30% or , 13.57% , 0.22% , 0.01% , 1.34% from , and 5.02% from two or more races. 3.09% of the population were or  of any race. 28.6% were of, 7.6% and 5.9%  ancestry according to. 94.4% spoke, 2.9% and 2.6%  as their first language.

There were 13,216 households out of which 34.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.30% were living together, 14.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.80% were non-families. 25.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county, the population was spread out with 28.20% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 26.20% from 25 to 44, 23.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,162, and the median income for a family was $29,933. Males had a median income of $26,528 versus $17,869 for females. The for the county was $13,693. About 21.00% of families and 24.70% of the population were below the, including 32.40% of those under age 18 and 21.20% of those age 65 or over.