Cotton County

administration
Cotton County Courthouse
US state :	Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters :	Walters
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 301 North Broadway Street Walters, OK 73572-1271
Foundation :	1912
Made up from:	Comanche County Oklahoma Territory
Area code :	001 580
Demographics
Residents :	6193 (2010)
Population density :	3.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1663 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

The Cotton County is a county in the US state of Oklahoma . At the 2010 census , the county had 6,193 people and a population density of 3.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Walters .

geography

The county is located in southwest Oklahoma and reaches the Red River to the south , which forms the border with Texas . It has an area of 1,663 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water. The following counties border Cotton County:

	Comanche County	Stephens County
Tillman County
Wichita County, Texas	Clay County, Texas	Jefferson County

history

Cotton County was formed in 1912 from parts of Comanche County and the Oklahoma Territory. It was named after the English word for cotton that was grown in the area. The county was settled by white settlers after an official land lottery on August 1, 1901. The county was the 77th and thus the last county that was formed in Oklahoma.

Three buildings in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 28, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	16,679	-
1930	15,442	-7.4%
1940	12,884	-16.6%
1950	10,180	-21%
1960	8031	-21.1%
1970	6832	-14.9%
1980	7338	7.4%
1990	6651	-9.4%
2000	6614	-0.6%
2010	6193	-6.4%
1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Cotton County had 6,193 people in 2,654 households. The population density was 3.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 81.3 percent white, 2.1 percent African American, 8.9 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 5.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.6 percent of the population.

Statistically, there were 2.31 people each in the 2,654 households.

24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,590 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,410. 16.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.