Whitefield is a town in northwestern Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 377 at the 2020 census, compared with the figure of 391 recorded in 2010. It was named for Methodist bishop George Whitefield (1714 - 1770).
History
At the time of its founding, the community that became Whitefield was located in the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation, in the Indian Territory.
Whitefield's history can be traced to the American Civil War, when the Confederate Army established Camp Pike for two thousand Confederate soldiers in 1861. The camp was named for Confederate Brigadier General Albert Pike, who had persuaded the Five Civilized Tribes to ally with the Confederacy.
Whitefield existed primarily as a town to support the nearby farms. By 1911, it counted approximately 500 residents. Improvements included two groceries, two general stores, a cotton gin and mill, a drugstore, a doctor, and a blacksmith. It had about 300 residents by 1920. Reportedly, the population declined sharply with the onset of the Great Depression. Whitfield incorporated in 1978, so its first Federal Census in 1980 recorded 240 people.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Whitefield had a population of 371. The median age was 36.6 years. 30.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 88.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.7 males age 18 and over.
There were 144 households in Whitefield, of which 39.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 47.2% were married-couple households, 17.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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| White || 264 || 71.2%
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| Black or African American || 0 || 0.0%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 49 || 13.2%
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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 || 13 || 3.5%
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| Two or more races || 45 || 12.1%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 17 || 4.6%
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2000 census
As of the census