Comanche County, Oklahoma

administration
Comanche County Courthouse
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Lawton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 315 SW 5th Street Lawton, OK 73501-4326
Foundation :	1901
Made up from:	Oklahoma Territory
Area code :	001 580
Demographics
Residents :	124,098 (2010)
Population density :	44.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2807 km²
Water surface :	38 km²
map

Website : www.comanchecounty.us

The Comanche County is a county in the US state of Oklahoma . At the 2010 census , the county had 124,098 residents and a population density of 44.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Lawton .

geography

The county is located in southwest Oklahoma, about 25 miles south of Texas and covers an area of 2,807 square kilometers, of which 38 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Caddo County	Grady County
Kiowa County
Tillman County	Cotton County	Stephens County

history

Comanche County was formed in 1901 from parts of the Oklahoma Territory. The county was settled by white settlers after an official land lottery on August 1, 1901. It was named after the North American Indian people of the Comanches .

The county has a National Historic Landmark , Fort Sill . 32 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 28, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	41,489	-
1920	26,629	-35.8%
1930	34,317	28.9%
1940	38,988	13.6%
1950	55,165	41.5%
1960	90,803	64.6%
1970	108.144	19.1%
1980	112,456	4%
1990	111,486	-0.9%
2000	114.996	3.1%
2010	124.098	7.9%
1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , there were 124,098 people in 41,677 households in Comanche County. The population density was 44.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 64.5 percent white, 17.5 percent African American, 5.9 percent Native American, 2.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 6.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 11.2 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.43 people lived in each of the 41,677 households.

25.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.2 percent were 65 years or older. 48.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 45,672 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,015. 15.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.