Oklahoma · Census place 4078150
Walters, Oklahoma
Walters is a city in Cotton County, Oklahoma with an estimated 2,384 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,384
- #130 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- -1.2%
- -30 people
- Land area
- 8.1 sq mi
- + 0.26 sq mi water
- Density
- 295 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Walters population, 2020 to 2024
Walters lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +11.
Walters covers 8.07 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 295 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Walters is less dense than the typical town.
What county Walters is in
All of Walters's residents live in Cotton County, which had 5,503 residents in 2024. Walters holds 43.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Walters
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Walters by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73572. 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 Walters is
The Census internal point of Walters is at 34.358400, -98.356900. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 92.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lawton, OK (90,027 people), 18.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita Falls, TX, 32.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.358400, -98.356900
- DMS
- 34°21'30.24"N 98°21'24.84"W
- UTM
- 14N 559138.8E 3802083.1N
- Geohash
- 9y453yf8n
- Plus code
- 86639J5V+96
Daylight in Walters
At 34.36° N, Walters gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Walters
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Geronimo, 8.8 miles away, with 1,160 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Walters, OK?
2,384 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (1.2%) from 2,414 in July 2020.
What county is Walters in?
Cotton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Walters?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73572.
How far is Walters from Oklahoma City?
92.1 miles (148.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Walters.
What is the nearest larger city to Walters?
Lawton, OK, with 90,027 residents, 18.3 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.