Perkins () is a city in southern Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Perkins had a population of 3,205. The name is derived from Walden Perkins, a congressman who helped establish the local post office. The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is headquartered here.
History
thumb|left|Historical Perkins
Perkins was founded during the Land Run in April 1889. Joseph Wert staked a claim for 160 acres and offered up 40 acres of his land to be established as a township. The town went through three names in its first year- Cimarron, Italy, and then Perkins. The last name was for Bishop Walden Perkins, a congressman from Kansas who pulled strings to establish the post office for the new township. The town of Perkins incorporated on August 25, 1891.
The first wagon bridge across the Cimarron River in Oklahoma Territory was built during the summer of 1891. On September 22, 1891, the Sac and Fox and Iowa reservations officially opened. By January 1900, the Eastern Oklahoma Railway began service, establishing the town as an agricultural trade center.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Perkins had a population of 3,205, a median age of 34.0 years, with 28.3% of residents under the age of 18 and 16.3% of residents 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 87.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 84.1 males age 18 and over.
0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,312 households in Perkins, of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 44.7% were married-couple households, 14.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 34.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Percent
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| White || 77.9%
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| Black or African American || 2.0%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 7.1%
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| Asian || 0.2%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0.1%
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| Some other race || 1.8%
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| Two or more races || 10.8%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 4.7%
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2000 census
As of the census