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Lawton, OK

90,039 Population
81.7 square miles 1,102.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 35 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,704 ±$1,545 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $30,788 ±$1,290
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,882 ±$477
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,506 ±$2,734 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $61,848 ±$2,205
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $66,148 ±$663
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.8% ±2.7% (15,969  ±2,206) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 17% † 19,856 (±2% / ±2,389)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 592,663 (±0.4% / ±16,809)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.1 minutes ±1 (607,830  ±50,735) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 19.1 953,370 (±1.2 / ±70,609)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.7 38,815,112 (±0.3 / ±543,931)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

33,438 ±984 Number of households
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 47,236 ±829
  • Oklahoma: 1,603,748 ±5,259
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (80,729  ±177) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 2.5 116,953 (±0.1 / ±648)
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,978,087
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.5% ±1.6% (984  ±349) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 5% † 1,412 (±1.3% / ±382)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 5.8% 56,148 (±0.4% / ±3,756)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

39,738 ±704 Number of housing units
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 55,501 ±221
  • Oklahoma: 1,800,427 ±262
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$148,700 ±$8,881 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $172,900 ±$9,747
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $222,100 ±$2,147
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

22% ±2.9% (19,688  ±2,572.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 19.1% † 23,945 (±2.3% / ±2,854.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.1% 569,314 (±0.5% / ±18,220)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.4% ±4.3% (51,217  ±2,598.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 91.3% 75,602 (±3.5% / ±2,908.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 90.2% 2,460,648 (±0.7% / ±19,884.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
20% ±2.1% (11,443  ±1,228.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 22.5% 18,609 (±1.8% / ±1,502.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 29.3% 799,610 (±0.4% / ±11,523.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.4% ±1.5% (7,552  ±1,361) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 6.9% † 8,734 (±1.1% / ±1,441)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 6.6% 271,938
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

17.1% ±1.7% (10,390  ±1,052) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 17.2% 15,085 (±1.3% / ±1,127)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 7.5% 234,122 (±0.2% / ±6,632)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,390 Total veterans ±1,052 8,759 Male ±871 1,631 Female ±499

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