Oklahoma · Census place 4041850
Lawton, Oklahoma
Lawton is a city in Comanche County, Oklahoma with an estimated 90,027 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 90,027
- #6 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- -0.4%
- -347 people
- Land area
- 81.7 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,102 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Lawton population, 2020 to 2024
Lawton lost 347 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -424. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so Lawton is 7.3 times that size.
Lawton covers 81.69 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,102 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Lawton is denser than the typical town.
What county Lawton is in
All of Lawton's residents live in Comanche County, which had 121,396 residents in 2024. Lawton holds 74.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lawton
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lawton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73501, 73503, 73505, 73507. 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 Lawton is
The Census internal point of Lawton is at 34.617200, -98.421400. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 79.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wichita Falls, TX (102,372 people), 49.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.617200, -98.421400
- DMS
- 34°37'1.92"N 98°25'17.04"W
- UTM
- 14N 553043.2E 3830745.5N
- Geohash
- 9y4hbmgez
- Plus code
- 8663JH8H+VC
Daylight in Lawton
At 34.62° N, Lawton 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 Lawton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Geronimo, 9.5 miles away, with 1,160 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lawton, OK?
90,027 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 347 (0.4%) from 90,374 in July 2020.
What county is Lawton in?
Comanche County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lawton?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 73501, 73503, 73505, 73507.
How far is Lawton from Oklahoma City?
79.7 miles (128.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Lawton.
What is the nearest larger city to Lawton?
Wichita Falls, TX, with 102,372 residents, 49.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.