People QuickFacts	Lawton	Oklahoma
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	87,540	3,579,212
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-5.7%	3.7%
  	Population, 2000    	92,757	3,450,654
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	8.4%	6.8%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	27.8%	25.9%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	9.3%	13.2%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	47.9%	50.9% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	61.3%	76.2%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	23.1%	7.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	3.8%	7.9%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.5%	1.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.4%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	4.9%	4.5%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	9.4%	5.2% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	38.6%	51.3%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	6.2%	3.8%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	12.7%	7.4%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	85.4%	80.6%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	19.3%	20.3%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	15.4	21.7 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	36,433	1,514,400
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	54.7%	68.4%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$70,900	$70,700 			
  	Households, 2000    	31,778	1,342,293
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.61	2.49
  	Median household income, 1999    	$32,521	$33,400
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$15,397	$17,646
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	16.3%	14.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Lawton	Oklahoma
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	149,521	30,799,789
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	856,931	32,112,960
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$9,558	$9,209
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	106,058	3,901,754
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	4,795	291,610
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	5.3%	2.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	6.3%	5.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	4.0%	1.6%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.9%	1.9%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	21.0%	25.7% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Lawton	Oklahoma
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	75	68,667
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,234.5	50.3
  	FIPS Code    	41850	40
 	Counties    	Comanche County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts