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» See also: Miami (disambiguation)
Miami is a city in
Ottawa County,
Oklahoma,
United States. The population was 13,704 at the
2000 census. It is the
county seat of
Ottawa County. The city is named after the
Miami tribe, and is pronounced "My-am-uh", unlike
Miami, Florida, which is named after the
Mayaimi tribe, and is pronounced "My-am-ee".
Geography
Miami is located at (36.883539, -94.876018).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.8
square miles (25.4
km²), of which, 9.7 square miles (25.1 km²) of it's land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.82%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 13,704 people, 5,580 households, and 3,565 families residing in the city. The
population density was 1,410.8 people per square mile (544.9/km²). There were 6,111 housing units at an average density of 629.1/sq mi (243.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 75.37%
White, 1.20%
African American, 15.32%
Native American, 0.47%
Asian, 0.22%
Pacific Islander, 0.93% from
other races, and 6.49% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 2.35% of the population.
There were 5,580 households out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were
married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.1% were non-families. 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 12.2% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $25,832, and the median income for a family was $30,821. Males had a median income of $24,273 versus $19,684 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $16,266. About 15.1% of families and 18.5% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 29.2% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people
- Steve Owens (football) - The 1969 Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Oklahoma who went on to become a successful businessman and philanthropist.
- George L. Coleman - Successful businessman in mining and oil businesses and was an avid sportsman, who was a close friend of Ben Hogan and Bing Crosby. His directorships included the Detroit Baseball Company, Chris Craft Industries, The Ben Hogan Company and the Pennzoil Company for thirty-three years.
- Charles Banks Wilson - Internationally famous Native American artist whose works are display in the State Capitol in Oklahoma City and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
- Keith Anderson - Successful country music singer, named one of People magazine’s 50 hottest bachelors of 2005 and was named Men’s Fitness Magazine’s “Ultimate Country Star 2006.”
- Carol Littleton - Acclaimed film editor whose credits include, "French Postcards" (1979), "Body Heat" (1981) and, the next year, to an Academy Award nomination for editing Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), "The Big Chill" (1983), "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (1986) and "Wyatt Earp" (1994).
- Steve Gaines - An American musician. He is most well-known as a guitarist and songwriter for Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Steve was in other bands most notably Crawdad. He joined Lynyrd Skynyrd after an audition arranged by his sister Cassie Gaines. Steve wrote some of the songs on Lynyrd Skynyrd's last studio album involving the pre-crash lineup. He also shared some singing duties with Ronnie Van Zant on the Street Survivors album and on the subsequent tour. Steve, Cassie, Ronnie, Dean and the pilot's crewmen died in an October 1977 plane crash.
- Cassie Gaines-An American singer. She is best known as one the Original Honkettes the back up singers for rock lengends Lynyrd Skynyrd. Cassie was responsible for getting her brother an audition with the band. Both Steve and Cassie died in the 1977 plane crash that killed lead singer and founder Ronnie Van Zant, Assistant Road Manager Dean Kilpatrick and both of the plane's crewmen.
- Moriss Taylor - Radio and TV personality and internationally-renowned country/western singer was born here in 1924.
National Register of Historic Places
George L. Coleman Sr. House
Coleman Theater
Commerce Building-Hancock Building
Miami Marathon Oil Company Service Station
Ottawa County Courthouse
Riviera Courts-Holiday Motel
Miami Original Nine-Foot Section of Route 66 Roadbed
Modoc Mission Church and Cemetery
Narcissa D-X Gas Station
Peoria Indian School
Peoria Tribal Cemetery
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