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Lawton, OK Urban Area

87,808 Population
46.8 square miles 1,874.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,735 ±$1,587 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,088 ±$3,228 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.8% ±2.8% (16,121  ±2,276) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.9 minutes ±1 (611,495  ±51,754) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

33,728 ±1,006 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (81,535  ±1,212) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.8% ±1.5% (1,048  ±338) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

39,874 ±773 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$151,100 ±$8,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

22.6% ±3% (19,709  ±2,642.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.8% ±4.4% (50,270  ±2,599.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
21% ±2.2% (11,635  ±1,234.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of 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

8.9% ±1.7% (7,774  ±1,482) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

17.8% ±1.8% (10,448  ±1,085) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,448 Total veterans ±1,085 8,747 Male ±860 1,701 Female ±517

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