Forest Park is a town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Forest Park had a population of 1,049.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Forest Park town, Oklahoma – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|164
|style='background: #ffffe6; |215
|16.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |20.50%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|729
|style='background: #ffffe6; |701
|73.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |66.83%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|12
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12
|1.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.14%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|20
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23
|2.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.19%
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|52
|style='background: #ffffe6; |66
|5.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.29%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|21
|style='background: #ffffe6; |31
|2.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.96%
|-
|Total
|998
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,049
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Forest Park had a population of 1,049. The median age was 55.3 years. 16.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 31.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92.9 males age 18 and over.
78.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 21.3% lived in rural areas.
There were 440 households in Forest Park, of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 52.7% were married-couple households, 17.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 27.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The population density was . There were 462 housing units at an average density of .
The zoned schools of the Mid-Del portion are Pleasant Hills Elementary School, Del Crest Junior High School, and Del City High School.
Notable people
- Constance N. Johnson (1952- ), former member of the Oklahoma Senate, Democratic nominee for the 2014 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma, ran for governor of Oklahoma in 2018 and 2022.