Bluejacket is a town in eastern Craig County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bluejacket had a population of 235.
History
Bluejacket was founded as a station designated by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (KATY) in 1871, as it built a line through Indian Territory from Kansas to Texas. A post office was established in 1882. The community was named for its first postmaster, the Rev. Charles Blue Jacket, one-time chief of the Shawnee and grandson of noted leader Blue Jacket. The town was incorporated in the Cherokee Nation in 1894.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Bluejacket had a population of 235. The median age was 47.3 years. 20.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 23.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 80.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 73.1 males age 18 and over.
There were 104 households in Bluejacket, of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 43.3% were married-couple households, 21.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 139 || 59.1%
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| Black or African American || 3 || 1.3%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 58 || 24.7%
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| Asian || 0 || 0.0%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 0 || 0.0%
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| Two or more races || 35 || 14.9%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 2 || 0.9%
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2000 census
In the census
Notable people
- Fern Holland, a lawyer who was killed in the Iraq conflict
- Martha Goodwin Tunstall, women's suffragist and temperance activist, d. 1911 in Bluejacket