Editing Langston, Oklahoma (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 251
|1910= 339
|1920= 259
|1930= 351
|1940= 514
|1950= 685
|1960= 136
|1970= 486
|1980= 443
|1990= 1471
|2000= 1670
|2010= 1724
|2020= 1619
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Langston town, Oklahoma – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Langston town, Oklahoma|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4041550&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Langston town, Oklahoma|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4041550&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|44
|style='background: #ffffe6; |154
|2.55%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.51%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,592
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,259
|92.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |77.76%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|13
|style='background: #ffffe6; |81
|0.75%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12
|0.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.74%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|30
|style='background: #ffffe6; |67
|1.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.14%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|35
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42
|2.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.59%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,724'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''1,619'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,670 people, 199 households, and 92 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|896.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 246 housing units at an average density of {{convert|132.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 3.29% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 93.29% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.26% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.24% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.92% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.32% of the population.

There were 199 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 16.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 27.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 53.3% were non-families. 37.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 7.6% under the age of 18, 75.3% from 18 to 24, 8.4% from 25 to 44, 4.9% from 45 to 64, and 3.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $14,722, and the median income for a family was $26,042. Males had a median income of $23,750 versus $20,417 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $17,602. About 23.5% of families and 33.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.1% of those under age 18 and 40.0% of those age 65 or over.

===Politics===
In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], the city gave over 90% of the vote to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate [[Hillary Clinton]]. Despite Logan County voting over 70% for Republican [[Donald Trump]], the heavy black majority in Langston carried the city for Clinton.  [[Gary Johnson]] received more votes than Donald Trump in the precinct containing Langston University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oklahomawatch.org/2016/11/09/how-oklahoma-voted-interactive-maps-with-precinct-level-results/|title = How Oklahoma Voted: Interactive Maps with Precinct-Level Results|date = November 9, 2016}}</ref>

===Historic sites===
(Main article:  [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Oklahoma]])

Langston has three NRHP-registered sites, being the Langston University Cottage Row Historic District at the southwest corner of the Langston campus, the Morris House at 221 Tolson Blvd., and the Ozark Trails-Indian Meridian Obelisk at the junction of Logan and East Washington avenues.