2022 population: 128,523 ( 1,768 from 2010 , 1,876 from 2020)
Land area: 1702.0 square miles
Population density: 75.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	71,371	55.53%	8.5%
Black:	19,144	14.90%	8.5%
Indian:	7,206	5.61%	1.5%
Asian:	3,918	3.05%	18.0%
2+ races:	7,920	6.16%	21.2%
Hispanic:	18,964	14.76%	33.2%

Total non-White:	57,152	44.47%	9.4%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,932	15.5
Deaths:	3,150	12.4
Net Migration:	858	3.4
Net Immigration:	199	0.8

Change in White population:	-6,656	-5.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	4,888	3.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
130,291
78,027	59.89%
20,920	16.06%
7,101	5.45%
3,321	2.55%
6,532	5.01%
14,240	10.93%
52,264	40.11%

2000
121,610
76,779	63.14%
21,569	17.74%
5,914	4.86%
2,764	2.27%
4,404	3.62%
9,996	8.22%
44,831	36.86%

1990
118,137
83,009	70.27%
19,773	16.74%
5,253	4.45%
3,023	2.56%
n/a
7,079	5.99%
35,128	29.73%

1980
119,794
87,828	73.32%
17,842	14.89%
4,879	4.07%
2,951	2.46%
n/a
6,176	5.16%
31,966	26.68%

1970
114,976
94,515	82.20%
11,127	9.68%
3,509	3.05%
664	0.58%
n/a
4,520	3.93%
20,461	17.80%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
18,537	15.2
8,954	7.4
-9,957	-8.2
-1,155	-0.9

1,248	1.0
7,433	6.1

Number	Rate
1990's
22,059	18.7
9,088	7.7
-18,564	-15.7
623	0.5

-6,230	-5.3
9,703	8.2

Number	Rate
1980's
25,888	21.6
7,969	6.7
-19,400	-16.2
n/a

-4,819	-4.0
3,162	2.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-15,846	-13.8
n/a

-6,687	-5.8
11,505	10.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Lawton, OK Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
33.9
30,174	23.5%
98,349	76.5%
16,994	13.2%

46,451
2.54

29,488	63.5%
20,236	68.6%
3,959	13.4%
16,963	36.5%

2010
Number	Percent
31.8
32,658	25.1%
97,633	74.9%
13,753	10.6%

47,465
2.53

32,020	67.5%
22,959	71.7%
4,161	13.0%
15,445	32.5%

2000
Number	Percent
30.9
33,304	27.4%
88,306	72.6%
12,398	10.2%

42,544
2.61

30,925	72.7%
23,613	76.4%
3,868	12.5%
11,619	27.3%

1990
Number	Percent
28.7
33,145	28.1%
84,992	71.9%
10,899	9.2%

40,269
2.70

31,115	77.3%
25,299	81.3%
3,311	10.6%
9,154	22.7%

1980
Number	Percent
25.1
36,119	30.2%
83,675	69.8%
8,679	7.2%

37,743
2.86

29,584	78.4%
25,250	85.4%
2,612	8.8%
8,159	21.6%

2022 Housing Data for Lawton, OK Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,678	5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,617	5.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,285	4.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,020	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,080	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,785	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,053	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,152	4.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,560	5.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,063	8.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	4,847	10.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,110	13.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	3,521	7.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,235	7.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,408	5.2%
$200,000 or more	2,037	4.4%

Median Household Income	57,283
Per Capita Income	30,067

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	80

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,895	6.2%
Public Assistance	1,421	3.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	7,663	16.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	40,148	55.7%
Unemployed	2,642	3.7%
In Armed Forces	7,725	10.7%

Total Labor Force	50,515	70.1%
Not in Labor Force	21,525	29.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	14,453	13,649	51.4%
Non-Profit	1,218	2,155	36.1%
Self-Employed	2,577	1,460	63.8%

Local Government	1,484	2,481	37.4%
State Government	1,132	1,892	37.4%
Federal Government	2,784	2,763	50.2%

Total Private + Self	17,030	15,109	53.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	6,618	9,291	41.6%
Total	23,648	24,400	49.2%

Pct. Govt.	26.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	6,664	13.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	9,458	19.7%
Professional, Technical	11,910	24.7%
Service Occupations	9,376	19.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	136	0.3%
All others	10,724	22.3%

White Collar		58.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	8,867	372.3%
Retail trade	5,331	223.8%
Educational services	4,997	209.8%
Manufacturing	4,839	203.1%
Public administration	4,585	192.5%
Accommodation and food services	3,329	139.8%
Construction	2,572	108.0%
Other services	2,346	98.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,891	79.4%
Finance and insurance	1,877	78.8%
Transportation and warehousing	1,703	71.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,626	68.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,313	55.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	664	27.9%
Wholesale trade	612	25.7%
Utilities	418	17.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	409	17.2%
Information	406	17.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	342	14.4%
Management	5	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	11,399	8.95%
Puerto Rican	2,988	2.35%
Cuban	82	0.06%
Dominican	264	0.21%

Total Central American	1,242	0.98%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	190	0.15%
Honduran	96	0.08%
Nicaraguan	59	0.05%
Panamanian	595	0.47%
Salvadoran	253	0.20%
Other Central American	49	0.04%

Total South American	304	0.24%
Argentinean	20	0.02%
Bolivian	29	0.02%
Chilean	56	0.04%
Colombian	101	0.08%
Ecuadorian	3	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	17	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	78	0.06%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,516	1.19%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Korean	746	0.59%
Filipino	711	0.56%
Indian	486	0.38%
Vietnamese	477	0.37%
Chinese	162	0.13%
Japanese	151	0.12%
Thai	61	0.05%
Taiwanese	15	0.01%
Hmong	12	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	106,407	89.5%
Spanish	6,572	5.5%
German, other Germanic	1,348	1.1%
Other	1,073	0.9%
Korean	676	0.6%
Other Indo-European	606	0.5%
Tagalog	515	0.4%
Other Asian	480	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	409	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	17,058	13.4%
Irish	11,986	9.4%
American	9,777	7.7%
English	8,337	6.5%
Italian	3,537	2.8%
French	2,589	2.0%
Scottish	1,955	1.5%
European	1,815	1.4%
Polish	1,581	1.2%
Dutch	1,187	0.9%
Jamaican	1,047	0.8%
African	929	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	918	0.7%
Norwegian	877	0.7%
British	645	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	124,490	97.8%
Not a citizen	2,824	2.2%

Native	120,585	94.7%
Foreign-born	6,729	5.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,329	2.8%	5,881	7.2%	27,024	32.9%	27,526	33.5%	12,210	14.9%	7,079	8.6%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,329	2.8%
9-12 Years	5,881	7.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	27,024	32.9%
Some College	27,526	33.5%
Bach. Degree	12,210	14.9%
Grad Degree	7,079	8.6%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	90,496	84,332	6,164	6.8%
1991	88,372	82,404	5,968	6.8%
1992	90,754	85,648	5,106	5.6%
1993	89,868	84,698	5,170	5.8%
1994	88,716	83,500	5,216	5.9%
1995	86,640	82,220	4,420	5.1%
1996	87,364	83,340	4,024	4.6%
1997	86,488	82,210	4,278	4.9%
1998	86,260	82,226	4,034	4.7%
1999	87,536	84,252	3,284	3.8%

2000	92,052	88,822	3,230	3.5%
2001	90,496	87,034	3,462	3.8%
2002	93,778	89,996	3,782	4.0%
2003	96,486	92,422	4,064	4.2%
2004	98,002	93,940	4,062	4.1%
2005	97,494	93,270	4,224	4.3%
2006	97,276	93,448	3,828	3.9%
2007	97,528	93,554	3,974	4.1%
2008	99,278	95,724	3,554	3.6%
2009	102,716	97,258	5,458	5.3%

2010	108,902	102,832	6,070	5.6%
2011	106,892	101,038	5,854	5.5%
2012	106,944	100,804	6,140	5.7%
2013	105,800	99,880	5,920	5.6%
2014	104,256	99,556	4,700	4.5%
2015	104,932	100,490	4,442	4.2%
2016	104,556	99,898	4,658	4.5%
2017	103,336	99,046	4,290	4.2%
2018	102,050	98,266	3,784	3.7%
2019	101,536	98,060	3,476	3.4%

2020	102,000	95,138	6,862	6.7%
2021	101,238	96,914	4,324	4.3%
2022	100,388	96,792	3,596	3.6%
2023	103,036	99,048	3,988	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	55,297
Median Value	$143,824

Occupied	46,451	84.0%
Vacant	8,846	16.0%

Owned	25,891	55.7%
Rented	20,560	44.3%
Median Rent	$895

Single-Family Units	42,192	76.3%
Detached	40,449	73.1%
Attached	1,743	3.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,775	12.3%
Mobile Homes	2,614	4.7%

Lawton, OK Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lawton, OK Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Lawton, OK Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lawton, OK Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lawton, OK Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lawton, OK Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Lawton, OK Metro Area