1. Start with the geography your intake actually serves
Altus is recorded as a municipality in Jackson County, Oklahoma. The 2020–2024 ACS five-year estimate places the city’s population at 18,646, with a margin of error of 25. That figure describes the city population; it does not establish call demand, legal need, competition, language preference, staffing requirements, or likely case volume. Your intake design should therefore begin with the geographic scope of your practice rather than treating Altus’s population as a forecast. Decide whether a caller is evaluated for an Altus matter, another Jackson County matter, or a case outside your service area. The call review should make that distinction visible when it matters to qualification or routing.
Recommended approach
Bring your actual service-area rules to the consultation. Ask how geographic qualification, jurisdiction questions, and escalation decisions would be represented in the review of a call. Keep city, county, and broader Oklahoma service areas separate in your intake standards.
