Altus (Oklahoma)
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 Jackson County Courthouse |
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| Location in Oklahoma | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Oklahoma | ||
| County : | Jackson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 39 ′ N , 99 ° 20 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 19,813 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 454.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 44.1 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 43.6 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 426 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 73521-523 | ||
| Area code : | +1 580 | ||
| FIPS : | 40-01700 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1089598 | ||
Altus is a city in Jackson County, Oklahoma, in the United States . Altus has 19,813 inhabitants (2010) and is the capital of Jackson County.
Altus is home to the United States Air Force's Altus Air Force Base , home of the 97th Air Mobility Wing (97 AMW) and the training base for the McDonnell Douglas C-17 and Boeing KC-135 crews . It is also the location of Western Oklahoma State College and the Southwest Technology Center .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 44.1 km², of which 43.6 km² is land and 0.5 km² is water.
population
According to the 2010 US Census , Altus was home to 19,813 people in 5,292 families. That is a population decline of 7.65% compared to the previous census in 2000. At that time, 21,447 people lived in 7,896 households and 5,629 families.
Personalities
- Jake Colhouer (1922-1998), American football player ( Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants )
- Mark Cotney , Professional Football Player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
- Larry Mike Garmon , writer, teacher, and photojournalist
- Jason Gildon , professional football player (Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Paul Gregg , singer and songwriter
- Thomas Clark Oden (1931-2016), Methodist theologian
- John Sterling , professional football player (Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos)
- Rodney Yee , yoga teacher