Madill, Oklahoma
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Madill is a city in Marshall County
Marshall County, Oklahoma
Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 13,184. Its county seat is Madill. The county's population grew at a rate of 35% in the 1990s and now it has a new population estimate at 20,000. Marshall County is the fastest growing county in...

, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

, United States
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. The city was founded in 1901 and is named for George Alexander Madill, an attorney for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
The St. Louis – San Francisco Railway , also known as the Frisco, was a railroad that operated in the Midwest and South Central U.S. from 1876 to 1980.-History:...

, popularly known as the Frisco. The 2009 population estimate was 3,781. It is the county seat
County seat
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 of Marshall County
Marshall County, Oklahoma
Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 13,184. Its county seat is Madill. The county's population grew at a rate of 35% in the 1990s and now it has a new population estimate at 20,000. Marshall County is the fastest growing county in...

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Geography

Madill is located at 34°5′29"N 96°46′25"W (34.091261, -96.773565).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km²), of which, 2.9 square miles (7.5 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1035995244 km²) of it (1.37%) is water.

Madill is about 10 miles north of Lake Texoma
Lake Texoma
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Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 3,410 people, 1,284 households, and 830 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,179.8 people per square mile (455.6/km²). There were 1,453 housing units at an average density of 502.7 per square mile (194.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 64.52% White, 6.04% African American, 6.42% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 15.84% from other races
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, and 6.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.97% of the population.

There were 1,284 households out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $22,457, and the median income for a family was $26,892. Males had a median income of $22,420 versus $18,203 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $12,614. About 19.2% of families and 26.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.2% of those under age 18 and 19.7% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway
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, the successor railroad to the Frisco, has a crew change point here on the line from Dallas to Tulsa. Highways serving Madill include US-70, US-177, US-377, and SH-199. There is also a small municipal airport (FAA code 1F4) north of the city.

Economy

Madill is well known for its trailer manufacturing firms. These include CM Trailers and WW Trailers. Other businesses include Savage, a manufacturer of agricultural processing equipment, Mid American Steel and Wire a supplier of steel wire for Oklahoma Steel and Wire, and J&I Manufacturing, a maker of truck beds.

External links

  • http://www.mccoconline.org/
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