Moore is a sprawling residential city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 41,138 at the 2000 census.

Situated next to the northern boundary of Cleveland County, Moore is the second largest city in the county and the ninth largest city in the state. Moore is less than twenty minutes from downtown Oklahoma City, Will Rogers World Airport, Tinker Air Force Base, the University of Oklahoma, the Federal Aviation Administration's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, and thousands of businesses, industries, public and private schools, as well as recreational and cultural facilities.

The city of Moore has been damaged by tornadoes on October 4, 1998, May 3, 1999, and May 8, 2003. The May 3, 1999 tornado that hit Moore was rated an F5 on the Fujita scale, and was the strongest and most destructive tornado ever recorded in history. The tornado, which occurred during the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak, had an approximate recorded wind speed of , the highest MPH on the first F-Scale, left a swath of destruction over a mile wide at times, and long. It killed a total of 36 people in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. This was the deadliest F5 tornado recorded since the Delhi, Louisiana tornado in 1971.

Geography

Moore is located at (35.338813, -97.487584).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.9 square miles (56.6 km²), of which, 21.7 square miles (56.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (0.64%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 41,138 people, 14,848 households, and 11,566 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,892.8 people per square mile (730.9/km²). There were 15,801 housing units at an average density of 727.0/sq mi (280.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 84.63% White, 2.92% Black, 4.14% Native American, 1.62% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.75% from other races, and 4.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.10% of the population.

There were 14,848 households out of which 41.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.4% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city the population was spread out with 29.4% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $43,409, and the median income for a family was $47,773. Males had a median income of $33,394 versus $24,753 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,689. About 6.3% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.6% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

School system

The City of Moore has 3 high schools, Moore High, Westmoore, and Southmoore which opened for the 2008-2009 school year. There are also 5 junior high schools, Central, Brink, Moore West, Highland East, and Highland West, and 21 elementary schools, such as Broadmoore, Briarwood Elementary, Plaza Towers, Wayland Bonds, and Houchin.

Notable residents and natives

Athletes: Corey Ivy, professional football player with the Baltimore Ravens. Mike Hinkley, MLB pitcher for the Washington Nationals.

Actor: Danny Cooksey. His Diff'rent Strokes co-star, Dana Plato died of a drug overdose in a recreational vehicle outside of her fiancé's parent's house in Moore.

Musicians and bands: Toby Keith, Kellie Coffey, Rusty Anderson (lead guitarist for Ty England), Michael McGurgan (Guitar Player for Local Embarrassment) and Aaron Harris (Drummer for Local Embarrassment; also singer/guitarist for Not In Our Name).

U.S. Representative Tom Cole, currently the only Native American serving in Congress, lives in Moore with his wife and son.

References

External links

• Moore Forum
• Moore Public Library