Tulsa is the second-largest city in Oklahoma. As of the revised 2004 census report, the city had a total population of 387,807, with 881,815 in the metropolitan area. Tulsa is the 45th largest city in the United States and the 93rd largest city in North America. It is the county seat of Tulsa County.

History

The name comes from a Creek community who established a new town site at an area they had visited while gathering materials for making arrows. Since they had broken branches from the trees instead of cutting them to make their arrows, they named their new camp "Thlikachka" or "Broken Arrow"

Geography

Broken Arrow is located at 36'2'11" North, 95'47'1" West (36.036305, -95.783616)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 118.1 km? (45.6 mi?). 116.5 km? (45.0 mi?) of it is land and 1.6 km? (0.6 mi?) of it is water. The total area is 1.34% water.

Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 74,859 people, 26,159 households, and 21,162 families residing in the city. The population density was 642.4/km? (1,664.0/mi?). There were 27,085 housing units at an average density of 232.4/km? (602.0/mi?). The racial makeup of the city was 85.34% White, 3.73% African American, 4.02% Native American, 1.90% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.22% from other races, and 3.74% from two or more races. 3.56% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 26,159 households out of which 45.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.0% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 15.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the city the population was spread out with 30.8% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $53,507, and the median income for a family was $58,891. Males had a median income of $42,397 versus $27,559 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,555. 4.5% of the population and 3.4% of families were below the poverty line. 5.2% of those under the age of 18 and 6.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.