People QuickFacts	McAlester	Oklahoma
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	18,306	3,784,163
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	18,385	3,751,354
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	-0.4%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	18,383	3,751,351
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.1%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.1%	24.8%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	15.7%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	47.8%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	70.4%	72.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	7.1%	7.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	12.7%	8.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.7%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	6.9%	5.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	6.5%	8.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	67.6%	68.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	78.1%	81.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.7%	5.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.9%	9.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	79.1%	85.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	16.9%	23.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,899	324,143
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	16.1	20.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	7,685	1,664,378
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	61.1%	67.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	15.2%	15.2%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$89,700	$108,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	7,142	1,432,735
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.18	2.52
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,425	$23,770
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$40,363	$44,287
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	19.4%	16.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	McAlester	Oklahoma
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,241	333,797
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	3.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	26.1%	25.3% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	208,623	60,681,358
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	167,663	48,074,682
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	222,719	43,095,353
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,339	$11,931
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	28,851	5,106,585

   	Geography QuickFacts	McAlester	Oklahoma
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	15.99	68,594.92
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,149.9	54.7
 	FIPS Code    	44800	40
 	Counties    	Pittsburg County
 	

(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