With 164 people, Tatums is a city in Oklahoma. 1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than tripled since 2000, reaching $73,800. At a median age of 44.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 0%. That trails the Oklahoma median by roughly 33%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $43,750, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
1% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 132%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Tatums
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate63.7% → 12.8%(−50.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$14,511 → $43,750(+201%)US over the same years: +14%
Black share98.2% → 89.6%(−8.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era100%(5)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 5 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Tatums, decade by decade
Tatums population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
168
$14,511
$35,999
0.0%
4.4
2000
172
$20,304
$31,879
5.7%
45.2
2010
151
$29,671
$61,571
14.3%
48.3
2020
111
$33,331
$68,238
6.0%
22.1
2024
164
$43,750
$73,800
0.9%
23.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
