[5] Jackson County comprises the Altus, OK micropolitan statistical area.

Olustee vied in an unsuccessful bid to replace Altus as the seat in an election on July 18, 1908.

The major crops include cotton, wheat, corn, alfalfa, and hay.

Livestock consisted of horses, cattle, mules, swine and sheep.

Altus Air Force Base is the county's largest non-farm employer.

These included Altus Athletic Manufacturing, the Bar-S Foods Company, and the Republic Gypsum plant.

[3] (The Luscombe Aircraft manufacturing plant, later Quartz Mountain Aerospace, went bankrupt in 2009.

)[15] The Western Oklahoma State College (WOSC) and the Southwest Technology Center, both in Altus, offer higher education opportunities in Jackson County.