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Cotton County, OK

5,485 Population
632.6 square miles 8.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,391 ±$6,012 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,425 ±$4,275 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.5% ±4.2% (1,106  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±3 (62,045  ±8,268) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,040 ±86 Number of households
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (5,407  ±7) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±2.1% (39  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,697 ±27 Number of housing units
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,900 ±$9,005 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±2.4% (445  ±131.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±6.3% (3,326  ±239.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.1% ±3.5% (870  ±132.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.2% (65  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10% ±2.3% (423  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
423 Total veterans ±95 344 Male ±78 79 Female ±40

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