Comanche County, Oklahoma

• White (non-Hispanic) 65,572 53.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17,883 14.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 16,910 13.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3,237 2.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 12,104 9.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4,670 3.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 715 0.6%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 734 0.6%

• Under 18 29,029 23.8%
• 18–24 13,928 11.4%
• 25–44 36,186 29.7%
• 45–64 25,870 21.2%
• 65 and over 16,812 13.8%

Median household income

$62,306

90% interval $59,819–$64,793

−$3,818 vs OK · 28th of 77

Below poverty line

16.9%

90% interval 14.9%–18.9%

+2.1 pp vs OK · 38th of 77

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.66 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.0B

2.64% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,869

Establishments

2,663

• Education & health services 10,097 24.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,327 17.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,704 13.9%
• Public administration 4,638 11.3%
• Professional & business services 4,209 10.3%
• Manufacturing 3,856 9.4%
• Financial activities 1,809 4.4%
• Construction 1,402 3.4%
• Other services 673 1.6%
• Information 366 0.9%
• Natural resources & mining 96 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 98.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

55.6%

−10.2 pp vs OK · 76th of 77

Median gross rent

$970

−$44 vs OK · 8th of 77

Owner-occupied

24,964

Renter-occupied

19,934

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $81,690/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,930/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 20,823 60.7%
• Democratic 12,823 37.4%
• Other / third-party 638 1.9%

• Spanish 6,757 5.9%
• German or other West Germanic 1,159 1.0%
• Korean 736 0.6%
• Tagalog 521 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 303 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 286 0.3%
• Chinese 236 0.2%
• Vietnamese 216 0.2%
• Arabic 48 0.0%

Households

44,898

Family households

28,423

63.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,769

27.3% of families

Single-mother families

4,165

14.7% of families

Veterans

13,802

16.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 50,480 41.7%
• Catholic 9,103 7.5%
• Mainline Protestant 5,902 4.9%
• Black Protestant 4,228 3.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,986 2.5%
• Orthodox 70 0.1%

Health insured

88.5%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

11.5%

±0.8 pp

51st of 77

With a disability

22.2%

±0.9 pp

22nd of 77

Bachelor's or higher

24.3%

±1.2 pp

−4.0 pp vs OK · 20th of 77

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.0%

90% interval 11.9%–14.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

5th Judicial District Court

Judges

6 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); counts include elected District Judges + Associate District Judges (one per county) + Special Judges. Vintage 2026 oscn.net; cross-checked against 20 OS § 92.13. Municipal Courts (limited jurisdiction: city ordinances) are separately allocated and not counted here.)

Court seats

Duncan, Lawton, Walters, Waurika

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

8.62 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7