Howe is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Howe had a population of 625. The town was once noted for producing coal and coke, but today is chiefly supported by agriculture.
History
This community was originally a Choctaw Nation town named Klondike. After the Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Gulf Railroad laid tracks through it in 1895-6, the residents renamed it for Dr. Herbert M. Howe, a railroad director. A post office opened at Howe, Indian Territory in 1898. The Kansas City Southern Railroad bought the Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Gulf Railroad in 1900.
At the time of its founding, the community was located in the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.
Howe contained 626 residents in 1900, but the number declined to 538 by the 1910 census. It had grown again to 711 in 1920. The population began a long-term decline from 692 in 1930, to 640 in 1940 and to 390 in 1960. The town had its own newspaper, the Howe Herald, four doctors, four drugstores, a bank, two hotels and two cotton gins.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Howe had a population of 625. The median age was 33.1 years. 28.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 87.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.4 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 227 households in Howe, of which 39.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 43.6% were married-couple households, 18.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 31.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 441 || 70.6%
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| Black or African American || 6 || 1.0%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 89 || 14.2%
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| Asian || 3 || 0.5%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 22 || 3.5%
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| Two or more races || 64 || 10.2%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 38 || 6.1%
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2000 census
As of the census