Tishomingo is the largest city in and the county seat of Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,101 as of the 2020 census, an increase of 2.2% over the population of 3,034 reported at the 2010 census. It was the first capital of the Chickasaw Nation, from 1856 until Oklahoma statehood in 1907. The city is home to Murray State College, a community college with an annual enrollment of 3,000 students. Tishomingo is part of the Texoma region.
History
Tishomingo was named for Tishomingo, who died of smallpox on the Trail of Tears near Little Rock, Arkansas, after the Chickasaw had been removed in the 1830s from their original homelands in and around Tishomingo, Mississippi. Pennington Creek flows through the west side of the city, leading south to the Washita River where it becomes an arm of Lake Texoma. The Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, covering the bottomlands of the river and creek valleys, borders the city to the south.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Tishomingo had a population of 3,101. The median age was 32.6 years, with 22.5% of residents under the age of 18 and 15.5% of residents aged 65 years or older. For every 100 females there were 99.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98.3 males age 18 and over.
0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,144 households in Tishomingo, of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 32.6% were married-couple households, 23.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 36.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Percent
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| White || 61.3%
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| Black or African American || 6.4%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 15.0%
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| Asian || 1.4%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0.2%
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| Some other race || 2.9%
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| Two or more races || 12.9%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 7.6%
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2000 census
As of the census
Notable people
- Bill Anoatubby, governor of the Chickasaw Nation
- Neill Armstrong, Chicago Bears head football coach, 1979–1982
- Charles W. Blackwell, first ambassador of the Chickasaw Nation to the United States (1995-2013)
- Linda Hogan, Native American storyteller
- Richard Miles McCool, WWII Medal of Honor recipient
- Alfred P. Murrah, federal district and appellate judge
- Blake Shelton, country music singer (current resident)
- Dustin Rowe, Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court