Midwest City (city), Oklahoma view area map

People Facts Midwest City Oklahoma
Population, 2003 estimate 54,662 3,511,532
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 1.1% 1.8%
Population, 2000 54,088 3,450,654
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 3.3% 9.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.3% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 26.5% 25.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 13.2% 13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000 52.2% 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 69.5% 76.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 19.5% 7.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 3.5% 7.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.6% 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 1.5% 2.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 4.2% 4.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 4.1% 5.2%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 48.3% 51.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 3.3% 3.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 6.4% 7.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 85.6% 80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 17.0% 20.3%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 20.1 21.7
 
Housing units, 2000 23,853 1,514,400
Homeownership rate, 2000 61.2% 68.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $63,500 $70,700
 
Households, 2000 22,161 1,342,293
Persons per household, 2000 2.42 2.49
Median household income, 1999 $35,027 $33,400
Per capita money income, 1999 $17,220 $17,646
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 13.9% 14.7%
    Business Facts
Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) D 32,132,263
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 742,700 27,065,555
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $13,692 $8,166
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) 56,250 3,151,332
Total number of firms, 1997 3,225 280,722
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 8.9% 10.2%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 30.6% 24.0%
    Geography Facts Midwest City Oklahoma
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 25 68,667
Persons per square mile, 2000 2,199.3 50.3
Counties Oklahoma County