Total Population
Comanche County has 114,996 residents. The Lawton Metropolitan Area labor market has total population of
115,537.
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Labor
A list of the major employers in the community can be found
here.
US Dept. of Labor:
Employment
and Wage Estimates
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Unemployment Rate
Lawton's unemployment rate has ranged between 3.9 and 4.6% over the last year. The current unemployment rate
can be found at
http://www.oesc.state.ok.us/lmi/LAUS/2007/July/msa.htm.
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Educational Attainment
U.S. Census data indicates 88% of Lawton's workforce have completed high school compared to the national average of
84.1%. In addition,
20.9% of the workforce has a bachelors degree compared to the national average of
27%.
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Exiting Military Personnel
Not included in conventional labor availability demographics is a highly
trained and readily available workforce in exiting military personnel,
many of whom would choose to stay in the Lawton area if jobs were
available. Exiting military personnel statistics for a six month period
are as follows:
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Retiring |
452 |
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Expiration of Term |
724 |
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Total leaving the service |
1,176 |
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Military Spouses
Also unique to the Lawton-Ft. Sill community and not included in
traditional labor statistics is the labor force represented by military
spouses. Many of these spouses are highly desirable as potential employees
and are eager to join the work force. At any given time, there are
approximately 7,500 families in Lawton-Ft. Sill.
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Underemployed
Research conducted by The University of Oklahoma, Center for Economic
Research and Management Research, indicates that there are approximately 8,803
individuals in Comanche County alone that are underemployed. These workers
are not included in labor availability demographics as they are gainfully
employed although at a lesser income that their skill levels could demand.
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