A town was featured in the 1996 blockbuster motion-picture show Twister starring Helen Hunt where Wakita was destroyed by an F4 tornado. In point of fact, section of a town was deliberately demolished for scenes that indicate a tornado damaged town & afterwards rebuilt at the expense of the studio.

Geography
Wakita is placed at 36°52'54" North, 97°55'26" West (36.881781, -97.923757).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the town has the aggregate vicinity of Zero.Ennead km² (0.3 mi²). Nought.Niner kilometer² (Zero.Leash mi²) of these are l& and none of the front yard is covered by having water system.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 42Population, 165 family, & 102 families living in the town. A population density is 491.4/km² (1,275.4/mi²). There are 205 housing units at an typical density of 239.9/km² (622.5/mi²). A racial makeup of the town is 96.67% White, 0.24% African American, 2.38% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. Cipher.24% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 165 family away from which Xxvii.3% stand youngsters under a age of Eighteen swallow the two, 53.3% come married couples living together, 6.1% have a female homeowner by having there is no married man present, & 37.6% come non-families. 32.7% of 100% family come mass produced higher of people & Xvi.4% keep close at hand soul dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Two.Thirty & a typical personal size is Ii.94.

In a town the people is spread retired using Twenty.0% under a age of Xviii, Viii.1% from either 18 to Two dozen, Xxi.0% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-one.7% from either 45 to 64, & Twenty-nine.3% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 46 years. For each One c females there are 85.Octad males. For each One c females age Xviii & ended, there are 87.Seven males.

the median income for a personal in the town is $30,096, & the median income for a family is $34,792. Males have a median income of $22,361 versus $21,500 for females. A per capita income for the town is $17,302. Eleven.9% of the people & Xi.4% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a number people, Xii.3% of people under a age of 18 & 22.2% of people 65 & older come residing following a poverty level.

Attractions
[http://www.twistercountry.com/ Twister Museum]