Evening Shade, Oklahoma facts for kids
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Evening Shade
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 Evening Shade
Location in Oklahoma
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Sequoyah |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.36 sq mi (34.61 km2) |
| • Land | 13.30 sq mi (34.44 km2) |
| • Water | 0.07 sq mi (0.17 km2) |
| Elevation | 863 ft (263 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 378 |
| • Density | 28.43/sq mi (10.98/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
| FIPS code | 40-24762 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2408096 |
Evening Shade is a small community in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It's known as a census-designated place (CDP). This means it's an area that looks like a town but doesn't have its own local government. Evening Shade is part of the larger Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2020, about 378 people lived here.
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Geography of Evening Shade
Evening Shade is located in Oklahoma. The United States Census Bureau says the total area of this community is about 14.7 square miles (38.1 square kilometers). All of this area is land, meaning there are no large lakes or rivers within its borders.
People Living in Evening Shade
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| 2020 | 378 | — | |
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Let's look at who lives in Evening Shade. In 2010, there were 359 people. The area had about 30 people per square mile. There were 295 homes in the community.
Who Makes Up the Population?
Most people in Evening Shade are White, making up about 60% of the population. About 27% are Native American. A small number, less than 1%, are Pacific Islander. The rest, about 13%, are from two or more different backgrounds.
Homes and Families
There were 192 households in Evening Shade. About 21% of these homes had children under 18 living there. More than half, about 56%, were married couples living together. Some homes, about 7%, had a female head of the house without a husband. About 32% of homes were not families.
A quarter of all households had just one person living there. About 10% of these single-person homes were people aged 65 or older. On average, about 2.3 people lived in each household. For families, the average size was about 2.76 people.
Age Groups in the Community
The population of Evening Shade is spread out by age. About 21% of the people are under 18 years old. Around 7% are young adults aged 18 to 24. About 25% are between 25 and 44 years old. The largest group, about 30%, is aged 45 to 64. Finally, about 17% of the people are 65 years old or older. The average age in Evening Shade was 42 years old.
For every 100 females, there were about 124 males. If we look only at adults aged 18 and over, for every 100 females, there were about 117 males.
Money and Income
The average yearly income for a household in Evening Shade was about $19,688. For families, the average income was higher, around $29,706. Men generally earned more, with an average income of about $31,563, compared to about $18,750 for women.
The average income per person in Evening Shade was about $11,672. Sadly, about 25% of families and 35% of all people in Evening Shade lived below the poverty line. This included about 44% of children under 18 and 16% of people aged 65 or older.
