Kinta, Oklahoma
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Kinta is a town in Haskell County
Haskell County, Oklahoma
Haskell County is a county located in the southeast quadrant of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 11,792. Its county seat is Stigler. The county is named in honor of Charles N. Haskell, who was the first governor of Oklahoma....

, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
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, United States
United States
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. The population was 243 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

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Geography

Kinta is located at 35°7′15"N 95°14′19"W (35.120875, -95.238683).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 243 people, 104 households, and 68 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
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 was 388.2 people per square mile (148.9/km²). There were 131 housing units at an average density of 209.3 per square mile (80.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 82.72% White, 12.35% Native American, 0.41% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 4.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.82% of the population.

There were 104 households out of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the town the population was spread out with 22.6% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $26,111, and the median income for a family was $32,083. Males had a median income of $25,625 versus $13,750 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the town was $13,960. About 8.5% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under the age of eighteen and 33.3% of those sixty five or over.

Notable residents

  • Green McCurtain
    Green McCurtain
    Greenwood "Green" McCurtain was Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation and , serving four two-year terms. He was the third of his brothers to be elected as chief, and after 1906 and the dissolution of tribal governments under the Dawes Act, he was appointed as chief by the United States government...

     (1848–1910), Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation (1896-1900) and 1902-1910)
  • Les Feldick
    Les Feldick
    Les Feldick is an American itinerant Bible study teacher and televangelist; since 1990 he has hosted a nationally syndicated Bible study TV program titled, Through the Bible with Les Feldick....

    (1927-), Christian Bible study teacher and televangelist
  • Austin Meier, PBR professional bull rider.

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