Pittsburg County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Seat
- McAlester
- Largest city
- McAlester
- Total
- 1,378 sq mi (3,570 km )
- Land
- 1,305 sq mi (3,380 km )
- Water
- 72 sq mi (190 km ) 5.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 43,320
- Density
- 33.54/sq mi (12.95/km )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- pittsburg .okcounties .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Pittsburgh
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oklahoma
- Contains
- McAlester
- Capital
- McAlester
- Population
- 43773
- Area
- 3569
- Shares border with
- Pushmataha County
- Official website
- pittsburg.okcounties.org
- Image
- Pittsburg County Courthouse, McAlester, OK.jpg
- Households
- 17846
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- Commons category
- Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
- topic's main category
- Category:Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
- inception
- 1907-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
- water as percent of area
- 5.3
- native label
- Pittsburg County
- per capita income
- 25685
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Encyclopedic overview
Pittsburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,773. Its county seat is McAlester. The county was formed from part of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory in 1907. County leaders believed that its coal production compared favorably with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the time of statehood.
Pittsburg County comprises the McAlester, OK micropolitan statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pittsburg County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.