| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 580 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:54:43 PM |
| Population: | 5,092 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 40033 |
| CBSA: | Lawton, OK |
| Land Area: | 533 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 8 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 34.2500, -98.3857 |
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5,092 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 533 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 6,066 to 5,092 from 2014 to 2024 — a -16.1% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 73531 (Devol, $69,375 median) and poorest ZIP 73568 (Temple, $29,737) are 18.3 miles apart — a 2.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.3× across this county — from $55,000 in 73568 (Temple) to $180,700 in 73531 (Devol).
Density varies 3× across the county — from 4 people/sq mi in 73531 (Devol) to 13 in 73572 (Walters).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.8% bachelor's+ in 73568 (Temple) to 25.2% in 73572 (Walters) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Oklahoma, this is the #69 most populous of 78 counties and ranks #52 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $52,806 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
21.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (764 of 3,546 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
Cotton County lost 16.1% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: