Forest Park, Oklahoma | |
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Town | |
Location in Oklahoma County and the state of Oklahoma. |
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Coordinates: 35°30′26″N 97°27′5″W / 35.50722°N 97.45139°WCoordinates: 35°30′26″N 97°27′5″W / 35.50722°N 97.45139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oklahoma |
County | Oklahoma |
Area | |
• Total | 2.1 sq mi (5.5 km2) |
• Land | 2.1 sq mi (5.5 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 1,211 ft (369 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 998 |
• Density | 480/sq mi (180/km2) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
FIPS code | 40-26850 |
GNIS feature ID | 1092942 |
Forest Park is a town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The population was 998 at the 2010 census.
Forest Park is located at 35°30′26″N 97°27′5″W / 35.50722°N 97.45139°W (35.507260, -97.451432).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2010, there were 998 people residing in the town. The population density was 501.7 people per square mile (194.1/km²). There were 462 housing units at an average density of 210.4 per square mile (81.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 22.70% White, 72.14% African American, 1.03% Native American, 0.66% Asian, and 3.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population.
There were 432 households in the town, out of which 19.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.3% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.85.