Dickson, Oklahoma

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The last Census shows that Dickson had a population^<1> of 1,139 people in 2000.

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Dickson. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Dickson had a population of 1,252 people. This is an increase of 9.92% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The town of Dickson had 462 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Dickson has a total area of 14.19 square miles [36.76 km²]^<3>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.03 square miles [0.07 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Dickson had a 2000 population density of 80.4 people per square mile [208.3 people/km²].

Carter County

Dickson is located in Carter County.

The county had a population of 45,599 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,139 people, Dickson accounted for 2.5% of the Carter County total.

In addition, where the community of Dickson has a population density of 80.4 people per square mile [208.3 people/km²], Carter County averages 55.4 people per square mile [143.4 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Carter County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Dickson and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Dickson. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Dickson.

A Census Quickfact is available for Carter County (QF-40019).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Carter County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Garvin	QF-40049	N	27,141	27,258	-0.43%
Jefferson	QF-40067	W	6,273	6,769	-7.33%
Johnston	QF-40069	E	10,402	10,513	-1.06%
Love	QF-40085	S	9,112	8,827	3.23%
Marshall	QF-40095	SE	14,830	13,155	12.73%
Murray	QF-40099	NE	12,695	12,594	0.8%
Stephens	QF-40137	NW	43,322	43,073	0.58%

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Dickson:

Dickson is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Dickson.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Dickson. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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