Altus, Oklahoma

Altus population, 2020 to 2024

Altus lost 161 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -105. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 66th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so Altus is 1.5 times that size.

Altus covers 18.22 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 1,018 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Altus is denser than the typical town.

What county Altus is in

All of Altus's residents live in Jackson County, which had 24,541 residents in 2024. Altus holds 75.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Altus

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Altus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73521, 73523. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Altus is

The Census internal point of Altus is at 34.657100, -99.309000. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 117.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lawton, OK (90,027 people), 50.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita Falls, TX, 68.5 miles away.

Daylight in Altus

At 34.66° N, Altus gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Altus

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Mangum, 18.9 miles away, with 2,719 people.