Tamaha is a town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 152 at the time of the 2020 United States census. Tamaha is a Choctaw word meaning "town."
Geography
Tamaha is located on the banks of the Arkansas River, north northeast of Stigler and south of Vian.
The town grew slowly after the Civil War. The name changed to Tamaha in 1884, when a post office was established. It had a population of 237 in 1900, increasing to 501 in 1920. However, riverboat traffic, the major source of business, ceased in 1912, Two fires, one in 1919 and the other in 1930, destroyed much of the town. The population fell to 202 in 1930 and declined to its historic low of 80 in 1960. Most of the former residents moved to the nearby town of Stigler. The post office closed in 1954. In the 21st century, the main source of business is travel by vacationers, attracted by the nearby Robert S. Kerr Reservoir. The only physical link to the town's past is the Tamaha Jail and Ferry Landing, included on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Haskell County, Oklahoma (NR 80003266).
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Tamaha had a population of 152. The median age was 51.7 years. 18.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 28.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 120.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 125.5 males age 18 and over.
There were 71 households in Tamaha, of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.3% were married-couple households, 25.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 11.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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| White || 111 || 73.0%
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| Black or African American || 0 || 0.0%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 21 || 13.8%
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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 || 4 || 2.6%
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| Two or more races || 16 || 10.5%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 7 || 4.6%
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2000 census
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