† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLawton, OKOklahomaUnited States
German12.4%12.0%12.5%
Irish9.3%9.9%9.4%
English7.8%11.4%9.5%
American5.0%6.1%5.3%
Italian2.8%1.7%4.8%
Scottish1.8%2.0%1.3%
French1.7%1.4%1.6%
Polish0.9%—2.2%
Mexican8.7%9.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.9%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Panamanian0.3%——
Spaniard0.3%0.2%—
Spanish0.3%——
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.2%0.3%
African American†11.7%6.0%9.9%
African0.8%0.3%0.5%
Jamaican0.5%—0.4%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Samoan0.2%——
Chamorro0.2%——
Korean0.7%—0.4%
Filipino0.6%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.4%0.5%0.6%
Asian Indian0.3%0.4%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.3%1.3%
Nepalese0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lawton, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Median age
34.4
37.1
39.1
Age 18–24
11.3%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.2%
16.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lawton, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Median household income
$60,660
$65,039
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.2%
15.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.2%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lawton, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.1%
11.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.8%
8.1%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lawton, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Catholic
7.4%
6.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
42.5%
41.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
38.9%
39.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.4%
7.7%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lawton, OK
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1908–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1908
+16.5%
1912
+18.7%
1916
+25.7%
1920
+1.3%
1924
+6.1%
1928
−24.1%
1932
+62.1%
1936
+43.8%
1940
+30.1%
1944
+30.2%
1948
+50.0%
1952
+2.3%
1956
+8.8%
1960
−4.7%
1964
+27.1%
1968
−3.8%
1972
−59.5%
1976
+1.8%
1980
−22.3%
1984
−38.9%
1988
−18.2%
1992
−7.9%
1996
−4.3%
2000
−17.1%
2004
−27.9%
2008
−19.4%
2012
−19.2%
2016
−26.6%
2020
−23.2%
2024
−26.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
35.9%Harris13,215
62.2%Trump22,890
1.9%
R+26.3
R+3.0
R+24.8
36,790
R
37.0%Biden14,140
60.3%Trump23,022
2.7%
R+23.2
D+3.3
R+27.7
38,203
R
33.8%Clinton11,887
60.4%Trump21,237
5.8%
R+26.6
R+7.3
R+28.7
35,166
R
40.4%Obama13,178
59.6%Romney19,460
0.0%
R+19.2
D+0.1
R+23.1
32,638
R
40.3%Obama14,810
59.7%McCain21,920
0.0%
R+19.4
D+8.5
R+26.6
36,730
R
36.1%Kerry12,920
63.9%Bush22,912
0.0%
R+27.9
R+10.7
R+25.4
35,832
R
41.0%Gore13,039
58.1%Bush18,491
0.9%
R+17.1
R+12.9
R+17.7
31,815
R
42.8%Clinton14,099
47.0%Dole15,503
10.2%
R+4.3
D+3.7
R+12.8
32,976
R
35.1%Clinton13,551
43.0%Bush16,614
21.9%
R+7.9
D+10.3
R+13.5
38,611
R
40.5%Dukakis12,923
58.8%Bush18,730
0.7%
R+18.2
D+20.7
R+10.5
31,874
R
30.3%Mondale10,154
69.2%Reagan23,178
0.4%
R+38.9
R+16.6
R+20.7
33,474
R
36.6%Carter11,382
58.8%Reagan18,311
4.6%
R+22.3
R+24.1
R+12.5
31,116
D
50.5%Carter14,821
48.7%Ford14,290
0.9%
D+1.8
D+61.3
R+0.3
29,367
R
19.4%McGovern5,357
78.8%Nixon21,809
1.8%
R+59.5
R+55.7
R+36.3
27,664
R
35.2%Humphrey9,253
39.0%Nixon10,241
25.8%
R+3.8
R+30.9
R+3.1
26,278
D
63.6%Johnson15,801
36.4%Goldwater9,059
0.0%
D+27.1
D+31.9
D+4.5
24,860
R
47.6%Kennedy11,196
52.4%Nixon12,310
0.0%
R+4.7
R+13.5
R+4.9
23,506
D
54.4%Stevenson10,645
45.6%Eisenhower8,930
0.0%
D+8.8
D+6.5
D+24.2
19,575
D
51.1%Stevenson11,146
48.9%Eisenhower10,653
0.0%
D+2.3
R+47.7
D+13.0
21,799
D
75.0%Truman10,568
25.0%Dewey3,525
0.0%
D+50.0
D+19.7
D+45.5
14,093
D
65.0%Roosevelt10,053
34.7%Dewey5,375
0.3%
D+30.2
D+0.2
D+22.7
15,473
D
64.8%Roosevelt9,917
34.8%Willkie5,319
0.4%
D+30.1
R+13.7
D+20.1
15,295
D
71.6%Roosevelt10,868
27.8%Landon4,220
0.6%
D+43.8
R+18.4
D+19.5
15,180
D
81.1%Roosevelt12,012
18.9%Hoover2,804
0.0%
D+62.1
D+86.2
D+44.4
14,816
R
37.5%Smith4,561
61.6%Hoover7,488
1.0%
R+24.1
R+30.2
R+6.6
12,165
D
48.0%Davis5,348
41.8%Coolidge4,665
10.2%
D+6.1
D+4.8
D+31.3
11,153
D
48.0%Cox5,297
46.7%Harding5,152
5.2%
D+1.3
R+24.3
D+27.5
11,027
D
54.0%Wilson3,630
28.4%Hughes1,906
17.6%
D+25.7
D+7.0
D+22.5
6,721
D
51.5%Wilson2,994
32.8%Taft1,907
15.8%
D+18.7
D+2.2
R+0.9
5,818
D
54.9%Bryan3,481
38.4%Taft2,437
6.7%
D+16.5
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D+26.0
6,343
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Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
32.4%8,235
62.9%15,971
25,393
2020
R
34.3%13,045
60.8%23,140
38,050
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+17.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+26.3
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 9.1 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Lawton, OK in Lawton, OK: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−895
2012
−1,434
2013
−3,081
2014
−1,337
2015
−2,255
2016
−3,233
2017
−731
2018
−1,893
2019
−510
2021
+864
2022
−251
2023
−1,100
2024
−974
2025
−177
Lawton's economy and culture revolve around Fort Sill, one of the Army's primary artillery and air defense training centers, giving the metro an unusually large active-duty and veteran population that shapes both its demographics and its consistent Republican margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 59.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.3 points.
A population of 127,310, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,660 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clarksville, TN-KY and Anniston-Oxford, AL.
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In 2024, Lawton, OK, Oklahoma voted Republican by 26.3 points (R+26.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 36,790 votes cast, 13,215 went Democratic and 22,890 went Republican.
When did Lawton, OK, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lawton, OK, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Lawton, OK, Oklahoma?
Lawton, OK, Oklahoma has a population of 127,310 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lawton, OK, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Lawton, OK, Oklahoma is $60,660 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Lawton, OK, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lawton, OK, Oklahoma from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
