People QuickFacts	Beckham County	Oklahoma
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	23,081	3,814,820
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	22,119	3,751,354
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	4.3%	1.7%
 	Population, 2010    	22,119	3,751,351
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.8%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	24.3%	24.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	12.6%	13.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	46.6%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	88.8%	75.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	4.3%	7.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	3.5%	8.9%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.9%	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.5%	5.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	12.2%	9.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	77.9%	68.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.8%	81.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.2%	5.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	8.2%	9.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	80.9%	85.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.2%	23.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,511	324,143
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	20.2	20.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	9,697	1,674,685
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	66.1%	67.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	11.4%	15.2%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$89,200	$108,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	7,715	1,432,735
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.69	2.52
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,470	$23,770
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$45,726	$44,287
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.8%	16.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Beckham County	Oklahoma
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	818	90,050
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	8,618	1,241,168
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	48.1	3.3
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,872	263,043 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,613	333,797
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	3.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	6.5%	6.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	2.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.3%	2.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.3%	25.3% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	60,681,358
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	146,699	48,074,682
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	523,567	43,095,353
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$25,187	$11,931
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	39,226	5,106,585
 	Building permits, 2011     	40	8,782

   	Geography QuickFacts	Beckham County	Oklahoma
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	901.81	68,594.92
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	24.5	54.7
 	FIPS Code    	009	40
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Elk City, OK Micro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts