People QuickFacts Hughes County Oklahoma Population, 2012 estimate 13,836 3,814,820 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 14,003 3,751,354 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.2% 1.7% Population, 2010 14,003 3,751,351 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.4% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 21.8% 24.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 17.7% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 46.4% 50.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 69.2% 75.8% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 5.5% 7.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 18.6% 8.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 6.4% 5.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.1% 9.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 66.5% 68.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.0% 81.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.6% 5.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.2% 9.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 76.3% 85.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 11.4% 23.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,093 324,143 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.0 20.9  Housing units, 2011 6,178 1,674,685 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.5% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 2.6% 15.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $64,200 $108,400 Households, 2007-2011 5,155 1,432,735 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.34 2.52 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,844 $23,770 Median household income, 2007-2011 $33,895 $44,287 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 23.3% 16.3%     Business QuickFacts Hughes County Oklahoma Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 230 90,050 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 2,471 1,241,168 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 30.2 3.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 792 263,043  Total number of firms, 2007 889 333,797 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 3.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 9.1% 6.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 21.6% 25.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 60,681,358 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,935 48,074,682 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 87,460 43,095,353 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,407 $11,931 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 9,340 5,106,585 Building permits, 2011 26 8,782     Geography QuickFacts Hughes County Oklahoma Land area in square miles, 2010 804.65 68,594.92 Persons per square mile, 2010 17.4 54.7 FIPS Code 063 40 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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