{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Oklahoma, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Cookson, Oklahoma |official_name = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =
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<!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 74427 |area_code = (918) |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 40-16950 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 2805311<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2805311}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = |area_total_sq_mi = 15.35 |area_land_sq_mi = 12.87 |area_water_sq_mi = 2.47 |population_density_sq_mi = 64.17 }} '''Cookson''' is a community and census-designated place in the Cookson Hills of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 826 as of the 2020 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Cookson%20CDP,%20Oklahoma |title=Cookson (CDP), Oklahoma|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 7, 2024}}</ref> The post office opened April 11, 1895. The ZIP Code is 74427. It is said to have been named for the first postmaster, John H. Cookson.
==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 826 |align=right |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> | align-fn = center }}{{clear left}}
===2020 census===
As of the 2020 census, Cookson had a population of 826. The median age was 56.1 years. 15.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 31.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 123.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 119.2 males age 18 and over.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME%2CDP1_0021P%2CDP1_0024P%2CDP1_0025C%2CDP1_0049C%2CDP1_0045C%2CDP1_0069C%2CDP1_0073C%2CDP1_0125P%2CDP1_0126P%2CDP1_0129P%2CDP1_0133P%2CDP1_0137P%2CDP1_0138P%2CDP1_0139P%2CDP1_0141P%2CDP1_0142P%2CDP1_0143P%2CDP1_0145P%2CDP1_0146P%2CDP1_0147C%2CDP1_0148C%2CDP1_0149C%2CDP1_0156C%2CDP1_0157C%2CDP1_0158C%2CDP1_0159P%2CDP1_0160P&for=place%3A16950&in=state%3A40|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=January 31, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020PL"/>
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME%2CP2_002N%2CP2_003N&for=place%3A16950&in=state%3A40|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=January 31, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>
There were 380 households in Cookson, of which 23.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 53.2% were married-couple households, 18.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 21.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>
There were 680 housing units, of which 44.1% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2% and the rental vacancy rate was 18.8%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>
{| class="wikitable" |+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census<ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N%2CP1_003N%2CP1_004N%2CP1_005N%2CP1_006N%2CP1_007N%2CP1_008N%2CP1_009N%2CP2_001N%2CP2_002N%2CH1_001N%2CH1_002N&for=place%3A16950&in=state%3A40|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=January 31, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> ! Race !! Number !! Percent |- | White || 477 || 57.7% |- | Black or African American || 3 || 0.4% |- | American Indian and Alaska Native || 231 || 28.0% |- | Asian || 1 || 0.1% |- | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0% |- | Some other race || 0 || 0.0% |- | Two or more races || 114 || 13.8% |- | ''Hispanic or Latino (of any race)'' || 20 || 2.4% |} ==Notes== {{reflist}}
==Sources== *Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. {{ISBN|0-8061-2028-2}} .
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