Metropolitan Statistics
Historical populations | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1960 | 503,090 |
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1970 | 574,229 | 14.1% | |
1980 | 711,652 | 23.9% | |
1990 | 761,019 | 6.9% | |
2000 | 859,532 | 12.9% | |
2010 | 937,478 | 9.1% | |
Est. 2012 | 951,880 | 1.5% | |
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As of the census of 2010, there were 937,478 people, 367,091 households, and 246,290 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA were as followed:
- White: 70.9% (68.7% Non-Hispanic White)
- Black or African American: 8.4%
- American Indian and Alaskan Native: 8.3%
- Asian: 1.8% (0.3% Vietnamese, 0.3% Indian, 0.3% Hmong, 0.2% Chinese)
- Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 6.4%
- Some other race: 4.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 8.4% (6.6% Mexican, 0.3% Puerto Rican, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Guatemalan)
The median income for a household in the MSA was $47,760 and the median income for a family was $59,746. The per capita income was $26,029.
As of the census of 2010, there were 937,478 people, and 367,091 households residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 70.9% White, 8.4% African American, 8.3% Native American, 1.8 Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 4.2% from other races, and 6.4% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 8.4% of the population.
Based on commuting patterns, the adjacent micropolitan areas of Muskogee, Bartlesville and Tahlequah are grouped into a wider labor market region known as the Tulsa–Muskogee-Bartlesville Combined Statistical Area (CSA), commonly known as the Green Country region. The population of this wider region is 1,122,259 —nearly one-third of Oklahoma's population—as of 2011. The Tulsa CSA is the 48th largest CSA, and the 54th largest primary census statistical area in the country.
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