Editing Alfalfa County, Oklahoma (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 18138
|1920= 16253
|1930= 15228
|1940= 14129
|1950= 10699
|1960= 8445
|1970= 7224
|1980= 7077
|1990= 6416
|2000= 6105
|2010= 5642
|2020= 5699
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=U.S. Decennial Census |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 18, 2015  }}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ok190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/alfalfacountyoklahoma/PST045219|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{Stack|[[File:USA Alfalfa County, Oklahoma age pyramid.svg|right|150px|thumb|Age pyramid for Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, based on census 2000 data.]]}}

As of the 2010 [[census]], Alfalfa County had a population of 5,642 people, down from 6,105 people in 2000. Most of the population (89.1%) self-identified as [[Race (United States Census)|white]]. [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]] individuals made up 4.7% of the population and [[Race (United States Census)|Native Americans]] made up 2.9% of the population. Less than 1% of the population was [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]].

The median age of the population was 46 years and 18% of the county's population was under the age of 18. Individuals 65 years of age or older accounted for 20.2% of the population.

There were a total of 2,022 households and 1,333 families in the county in 2010. There were 2,763 housing units. Of the 2,022 households, 23.4 percent included children under the age of 18 and slightly more than half (56.3%) included [[Marriage|married couples]] living together. Non-family households accounted for 34.1% of households. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.81.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,730, and the median income for a family was $56,444. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $24,080. About 7 percent of families and 11 percent of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.4 percent of those age 65 or over.