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Population (year 2000): 697. Estimated
population in July 2005: 729 (+4.6% change)
Males: 329 (47.2%), Females: 368 (52.8%)
Woodbury County
Zip code:
51030
Median resident age: 34.8 years
Median household income: $52,917 (year 2000)
Median house value: $103,800 (year 2000)
Races in Lawton:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.6%)
Ancestries: German (57.2%), Irish (15.1%),
Swedish (6.6%), Dutch (5.9%), English (5.7%), Norwegian (5.2%).
Elevation: 1179 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lawton
- High school or higher: 92.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.7%
- Unemployed: 3.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lawton city
- Never married: 19.3%
- Now married: 71.6%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 3.2%
- Divorced: 4.5%
1.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +175 (+33.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Lawton:
- MERCY MEDICAL CENTER-SIOUX CITY (about 15 miles;
SIOUX CITY, IA)
- ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles;
SIOUX CITY, IA)
- FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; LE MARS, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Lawton:
- SIOUX GATEWAY/COL. BUD DAY FIELD (about 15 miles;
SIOUX CITY, IA; ID: SUX)
- EPPLEY AIRFIELD (about 84 miles; OMAHA, NE; ID: OMA)
- JOE FOSS FIELD (about 84 miles; SIOUX FALLS, SD; ID:
FSD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lawton:
- MARTIN FIELD (about 20 miles; SO SIOUX CITY, NE; ID:
7K8)
- LE MARS MUNI (about 20 miles; LE MARS, IA; ID: LRJ)
- GRAHAM FIELD (about 22 miles; NORTH SIOUX CITY, SD;
ID: 7K7)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lawton:
- WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles;
SIOUX CITY, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,639)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA (about 58 miles;
VERMILLION, SD; FT enrollment: 6,014)
- WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 62 miles; WAYNE, NE; FT
enrollment: 3,026)
- BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY (about 71 miles; STORM LAKE,
IA; FT enrollment: 2,524)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA (about 82 miles;
OMAHA, NE; FT enrollment: 10,150)
- CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles; OMAHA, NE; FT
enrollment: 5,806)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER (about 82
miles; OMAHA, NE; FT enrollment: 2,448)
Public primary/middle school in Lawton:
- LAWTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
343; Location: 100 TARA WAY; Grades: 06 - 12)
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