In the suburbs of Tulsa, a small town called Jenks, Oklahoma resides between the north-south route, U.S. 75 and the Arkansas River. This town’s roots go back to 1904 when the Midland Valley Railroad established it and was named after the director. Jenks, OK was a petroleum producing town until oil tanks on the Jenks, OK real estate gave way to agriculture. In the 1920’s there were many Bulgarian families who immigrated to this area of the country and started farms.
The last census of 2000 counted 9,557 people in the town of Jenks, OK. There were 3,451 households and of these households 43.1% were households with children under the age of 18. Only 1% were sole residents and 31.5% were age 25 to 44 with the average age being 35. The population is fairly evenly distributed with a ratio of 90 males for every 100 females over the age of 18.
The average Jenks, Oklahoma’s household earnings are $54,637 and of this males earned $42,148 compared to females who earned $28,419 per year. The median income for a household in this Oklahoma suburb was $61,050 per year. According to statistics approximately 2.6% of families and 4.6% of Jenks’ population were below poverty level when it came to income. This city is small by most standards at 14.9 square miles. Of the 14.9 miles, 14.3 miles is land and 0.6 is water.
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