Comanche County, Oklahoma (OK)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (24.2%), Retail trade (13.1%).

Type of workers:

Comanche County, Oklahoma business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Comanche County, Oklahoma:

Median resident age:	30.1 years
Oklahoma median age:	35.5 years

Males: 59,625	(51.8%)
Females: 55,371	(48.2%)

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Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $132,025

Here:	$132,025
State:	$140,258

Townhouses or other attached units: $332,274

Here:	$332,274
State:	$126,796

In 2-unit structures: $44,924

Here:	$44,924
State:	$140,400

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $121,040

Here:	$121,040
State:	$102,263

Mobile homes: $65,707

Here:	$65,707
State:	$39,757

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 70
• Burglaries: 95
• Thefts: 196
• Auto thefts: 20

Health of residents in Comanche County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2009:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $970 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $491 (0.6%)

Area name: Lawton, OK MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Comanche County is $394 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $496 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $725 a month.

Cities in this county include: Lawton, Cache, Elgin, Fletcher, Geronimo, Sterling, Chattanooga, Indiahoma, Medicine Park, Faxon.

2005 air pollution in Comanche County:

Carbon Monoxide: 1 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.090 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.079 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Caddo County , Cotton County , Grady County , Kiowa County , Stephens County , Tillman County .

Current college students: 7,129
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 6,191 (58% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 16.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 94.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 32,771
• One, attached: 1,962
• Two: 1,502
• 3 or 4: 1,519
• 5 to 9: 2,236
• 10 to 19: 1,220
• 20 or more: 1,321
• Mobile homes: 2,728
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 157

Housing units in Comanche County with a mortgage: 14,010 (1,710 second mortgage, 504 home equity loan, 52 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,173

Religion statistics:

Here		56.7%
USA		50.2%

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Comanche County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Means of transportation to work: Drove a car alone: 37,903 (73%) Carpooled: 7,199 (14%) Bus or trolley bus: 264 (1%) Railroad: 36 (0%) Taxi: 194 (0%) Motorcycle: 72 (0%) Bicycle: 133 (0%) Walked: 3,767 (7%) Other means: 945 (2%) Worked at home: 1,171 (2%)

10.54% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,552 average adjusted gross income)

1.33% of residents moved from foreign countries ($3,845 average AGI)

Comanche County:	1.33%
Oklahoma average:	0.15%

2.11% relocated from other counties in Oklahoma ($5,644 average AGI)
7.10% relocated from other states ($20,062 average AGI)

Comanche County:	7.10%
Oklahoma average:	3.36%

from Oklahoma County, OK	0.37% ($24,873 average AGI)
from Honolulu County, HI	0.28% ($34,380)
from Stephens County, OK	0.23% ($28,193)
from Bell County, TX	0.22% ($31,333)
from Caddo County, OK	0.20% ($28,685)
from Cleveland County, OK	0.15% ($38,364)
from Bexar County, TX	0.15% ($30,852)

12.80% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,661 average adjusted gross income)

0.96% of residents moved to foreign countries ($2,426 average AGI)

Comanche County:	0.96%
Oklahoma average:	0.09%

2.48% relocated to other counties in Oklahoma ($5,688 average AGI)
9.37% relocated to other states ($23,547 average AGI)

Comanche County:	9.37%
Oklahoma average:	3.11%

to Oklahoma County, OK	0.53% ($26,025 average AGI)
to Cleveland County, OK	0.30% ($28,509)
to Stephens County, OK	0.28% ($36,925)
to Bell County, TX	0.24% ($32,886)
to Pierce County, WA	0.22% ($37,049)
to El Paso County, TX	0.21% ($35,636)
to Honolulu County, HI	0.20% ($36,467)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 18.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 17.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.6

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 13,205 (11,030 aged, 2,175 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 67.3. This is more than state average.

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 137.1. This is less than state average.

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 91,734 (21,616 male householders, 7,474 female householders)

  22,398 spouses, 34,082 children (29,728 natural, 1,156 adopted, 3,198 stepchildren), 2,017 grandchildren, 542 brothers or sisters, 482 parents, 1,127 other relatives, 1,996 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 12,846 (5,408 male householders (4,388 living alone)), 5,432 female householders (4,900 living alone)), 2,006 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 10,416 (3,071 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 11,344 2-persons, 7,214 3-persons, 6,357 4-persons, 2,735 5-persons, 1,068 6-persons, 372 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,288 1-person, 1,268 2-persons, 176 3-persons, 83 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 15 6-persons.

88.7% of residents of Comanche County speak English at home.
5.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-75 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 15.58 millions of gallons per day (7% from ground, 93% from surface)

44% of Comanche County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 22% lived in Oklahoma.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 49090
• Northeast: 5953
• Midwest: 11820
• South: 26392
• West: 10121

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,700

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,563
• Number of aged recipients: 176
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,387
• Number of recipients under 18: 597
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,590
• Number of recipients older than 64: 376
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 807
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,202

Comanche County on our top lists:

• #6 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #13 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2006"
• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #63 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #64 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
• #70 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2006"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop 50,000+)"

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