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Cotton County, Oklahoma

A county in Oklahoma, ranked 67 of 77 by population.

CountyFIPS 40033

Within Oklahoma
Cotton County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Walters, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
5,432
-108 (-1.9%) since 2020
Land area
632.6
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
8.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Walters
Seat of county government.
Established
1912
113 years ago
Largest city
Walters city
Population 2,355.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Cotton County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Cotton County, Oklahoma from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 780 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Cotton County ranks

Position among the 77 counties of Oklahoma, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn OklahomaNationally
Population5,43267th of 772,784th of 3,144
Land area632.6 sq mi60th of 771,512th of 3,144
Population density8.6 per sq mi61st of 772,617th of 3,144
Median household income$58,42543rd of 772,228th of 3,143

Full data for Cotton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,432Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,540Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,527Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area632.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area641.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?8.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,425American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,040American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,697American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-28
57 births, 85 deaths
Net migration
-38
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Cotton County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Comanche CountyOklahoma37 mi122,158
Clay CountyTexas24 mi10,764
Tillman CountyOklahoma20 mi6,780
Wichita CountyTexas16 mi129,555
Stephens CountyOklahoma15 mi44,310
Jefferson CountyOklahoma10 mi5,431

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 77 counties of Oklahoma

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.