Comanche County Facts

Census Statistics

	Comanche County	Oklahoma
Population, 2003 estimate	113,890	3,511,532
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-1.0%	1.8%
Population, 2000	114,996	3,450,654
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	3.1%	9.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.9%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.8%	25.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	9.8%	13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	48.2%	50.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	65.2%	76.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	19.0%	7.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	5.1%	7.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.4%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.5%	2.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	4.7%	4.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	8.4%	5.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	62.0%	74.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	42.6%	51.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.4%	3.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	11.3%	7.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	85.2%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	19.1%	20.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	17,692	676,098
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	16.9	21.7?
Housing units, 2002	45,704	1,541,518
Homeownership rate, 2000	60.3%	68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	17.2%	15.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$71,600	$70,700?
Households, 2000	39,808	1,342,293
Persons per household, 2000	2.63	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$33,867	$33,400
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,728	$17,646
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	15.6%	14.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,169	85,276
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	27,466	1,212,230
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.5%	0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	4,191	219,026
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	900,820	37,453,197
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	691,778	27,065,555
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,364	$8,166
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	12.1%	10.2%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.1%	24.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	162	12,979
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,248,485	24,355,046
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,069	68,667
Persons per square mile, 2000	107.5	50.3
Metropolitan Area	Lawton, OK MSA	?
FIPS Code	031	40

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