Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Roger Mills County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 3,436. Its is.

History
Roger Mills County takes its name from, a prominent  from.

The town of in Roger Mills County is the location of the  (also called Battle of the Washita; Washita Battlefield), where ’s  attacked ’s  village on the  on,.

During the 1970's Roger Mills County and the surrounding area would benefit from the and  development in the Panhandle-Hugoton field, the largest-volume gas field in the United States, and the world’s largest known source of. Between 1973 and 1993 the field produced over 8-tillion cubic feet (230,000,000 m³) of gas.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,969 (1,146 ). 2,957 km² (1,142 mi²) of it is land and 12 km² (5 mi²) of it (0.40%) is water.

The forms the northern border of the county. The passes by  and  as it crosses the county from west to east.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,436 people, 1,428 households, and 988 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (3/mi²). There were 1,749 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 91.76%, 0.29% or , 5.47% , 0.09% , 0.52% from , and 1.86% from two or more races. 2.65% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,428 households out of which 29.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were living together, 6.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.80% were non-families. 28.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 24.70% from 25 to 44, 26.00% from 45 to 64, and 18.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 100.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,078, and the median income for a family was $35,921. Males had a median income of $22,224 versus $19,821 for females. The for the county was $16,821. About 11.50% of families and 16.30% of the population were below the, including 20.40% of those under age 18 and 10.40% of those age 65 or over.