Tonkawa, OK

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2023 Population

3,018

0.297% 1-year decline

US Senator

James Lankford

Republican Party

US Senator

Markwayne Mullin

Republican Party

2023 Poverty Rate

14.5%

4.41% 1-year decrease

About

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None of the households in Tonkawa, OK reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.1% of the residents in Tonkawa, OK are U.S. citizens.

Most people in Tonkawa, OK drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 18.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Tonkawa, OK was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Tonkawa, OK is home to a population of 3.02k people, from which 99.1% are citizens. As of N/A, N/A% of Tonkawa, OK residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

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Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.1%

2023 Citizenship

99.3%

2022 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Tonkawa, OK compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
43 ± 17
Gulf War (2001-)
35 ± 22
Gulf War (1990s)
35 ± 18

Tonkawa, OK has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.23 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Tonkawa, OK employs N/A people. The largest industries in Tonkawa, OK are , and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($109,583), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($57,917), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($55,625).

Employment

Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Tonkawa, OK, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (128 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (115 people), and Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (111 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Tonkawa, OK.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Oklahoma (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Tonkawa, OK, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Tonkawa, OK, though some of these residents may live in Tonkawa, OK and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.57%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.72M people employed in Oklahoma. This represents a 2.57% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Oklahoma.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Oklahoma went to Donald J. Trump with 66.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (31.9%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.02%).

James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin are the senators currently representing the state of Oklahoma. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Oklahoma is currently represented by 5 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

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2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (66.2%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (31.9%)
Democratic Party
Robert Kennedy (1.02%)
Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Oklahoma went to Donald J. Trump with 66.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (31.9%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.02%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Oklahoma for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Oklahoma

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James Lankford

Senator from Oklahoma

Assumed office on January 3, 2015
Took office following the resignation of Tom Coburn.

Markwayne Mullin

Senator from Oklahoma

Assumed office on January 3, 2023
Took office following the resignation of Jim Inhofe.

James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin are the senators currently representing Oklahoma.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Oklahoma over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Oklahoma

Oklahoma is currently represented by 5 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Oklahoma have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Tonkawa, OK have an average commute time of 18.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Tonkawa, OK is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Rent vs Own

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Homeownership

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66.9%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2023

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Tonkawa, OK compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the places in Tonkawa, OK colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

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The following chart displays the households in Tonkawa, OK distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Tonkawa, OK is from Oklahoma.

0.456

2022 Wage GINI in Oklahoma

0.453

2021 Wage GINI in Oklahoma

In 2022, the income inequality in Oklahoma was 0.456 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.507% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Oklahoma was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Oklahoma in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Oklahoma across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (80.2%)
Carpooled (11.7%)
Worked At Home (5.05%)

In 2023, 80.2% of workers in Tonkawa, OK drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.7%) and those who worked at home (5.05%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

18.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Tonkawa, OK have a shorter commute time (18.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 3.28% of the workforce in Tonkawa, OK have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Tonkawa, OK compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Tonkawa, OK distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Tonkawa, OK have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

14.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Tonkawa, OK (399 out of 2.75k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 45 - 54, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Males < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Tonkawa, OK is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Tonkawa, OK changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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