Hennessey ranks among the top 10 hot spots of Hispanic population growth in Oklahoma, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by Oklahoma Watch.
Among all Oklahoma cities and towns with more than 1,000 residents, Hennessey had the ninth-highest Hispanic population in percentage terms.
The 2010 population survey determined that 28 percent of Hennessey’s 2,131 residents were Hispanics. The 599 Hispanics counted by Census workers included a combination of U.S. citizens, legal residents