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Adair County, Oklahoma

Republican +63.0 (2024)
County seat
Stilwell
Judicial district
15th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
19,828
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 19,575.

At a glance

Adair County is a 19,828-person venue. The county population is 40% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $48,550, $17,574 below the OK state median of $66,124; 12.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most often one of the other and unspecified languages the Census does not break out (3.2%), then Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 26.2% of covered employment, average pay $56,051/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.73%, above the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 81% of the vote across the three.

Population
19,575
Median household income
$48,041
Unemployment
4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Majority-minority

<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 40%; Black: 1%.

Adair County has a population of 19,575, with a median age of 37.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 39.6%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 7.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $48,550; 12.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 7,632 39.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,407 7.2%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 148 0.8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 249 1.3%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,499 12.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 7,622 38.9%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 10 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 37.9

  • Under 18 5,117 26.1%
  • 18–24 1,679 8.6%
  • 25–44 4,748 24.3%
  • 45–64 4,941 25.2%
  • 65 and over 3,090 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$48,550
90% interval $44,115–$52,985
−$17,574 vs OK · 71st of 77
Below poverty line
22.4%
90% interval 19.0%–25.8%
+7.6 pp vs OK · 5th of 77

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by manufacturing and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, 1,125 jobs; Education & health services, 1,031, is within 20% of it.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 26.2% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 24.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.73%, above the Oklahoma state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.7%
+0.85 pp vs. state
County GDP
$593.3M
0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay
$43,754
Establishments
358

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 1,125 26.2%
  • Education & health services 1,031 24.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 868 20.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 300 7.0%
  • Public administration 247 5.8%
  • Professional & business services 207 4.8%
  • Financial activities 141 3.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 113 2.6%
  • Other services 92 2.1%
  • Construction 91 2.1%
  • Information 12 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 98.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
68.5%
+2.7 pp vs OK · 58th of 77
Median gross rent
$667
−$347 vs OK · 73rd of 77
Owner-occupied
4,887
Renter-occupied
2,246

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 70% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $56,051/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,053/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Adair County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.8% in 2024, 78.6% in 2020, 73.5% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,256 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201673.5%21.2%
202078.6%19.5%
202480.8%17.8%
  • Republican 5,860 80.8%
  • Democratic 1,289 17.8%
  • Other / third-party 107 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

7.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean. Veterans account for 7.0% of the adult civilian population (1,011 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

92.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 472 2.6%
  • Vietnamese 51 0.3%
  • Korean 38 0.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 31 0.2%
  • Chinese 19 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.0%
  • Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
7,133
Family households
4,700
65.9% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,230
26.2% of families
Single-mother families
475
10.1% of families
Veterans
1,011
7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

57.4% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 10,496 53.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 452 2.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 138 0.7%
  • Catholic 100 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
81.5%
±1.7 pp
Uninsured
18.5%
±1.7 pp
6th of 77
With a disability
22.6%
±1.6 pp
16th of 77
Bachelor's or higher
12.3%
±1.5 pp
−16.0 pp vs OK · 76th of 77
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
15.2%
90% interval 13.7%–16.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
15th Judicial District Court
Judges
5 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); counts include elected District Judges + Associate District Judges (one per county) + Special Judges. Vintage 2026 oscn.net; cross-checked against 20 OS § 92.13. Municipal Courts (limited jurisdiction: city ordinances) are separately allocated and not counted here.)
Court seats
Muskogee, Sallisaw, Stilwell, Tahlequah, Wagoner

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Adair totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 7 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
7
48.42 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
6

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Adair County, Oklahoma to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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