Cotton County, Oklahoma
The Cotton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. In the census in 2010, the County had 6,193 inhabitants and a population density of 3.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Walters.
Geography
The County is located in southwestern Oklahoma and reached the south of the Red River, which forms the border with Texas. It has an area of 1,663 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water surface. At the Cotton County borders the following counties:
History
The Cotton County was formed in 1912 from parts of Comanche County and the Oklahoma territory. It was named after the English word for cotton, which was grown here in the area. Settled was the County by white settlers after an official land lottery on 1 August 1901., The County was the 77th, and thus the last County, which was formed in Oklahoma.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Cotton County 6,193 people in 2,654 households. The population density was 3.8 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 81.3 percent white, 2.1 percent African American, 8.9 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 5.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 5.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 2,654 households lived statistically 2.31 per person.
24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 43,590. The per capita income was $ 20,410. 16.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
City
- Walters
Towns
- Devol
- Randlett
- Temple
Unincorporated communities
- Ahpeatone
- Cookie Town
- Emerson Center
- Fivemile Corner
- Hooper
- Hulen
- Taylor