Jury Pool Profile
Beckham County, Oklahoma
- County seat
- Sayre
- Judicial district
- 2nd Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 22,159
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 22,148.
At a glance
Beckham County is a 22,159-person venue. The county population is 81% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). 14% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 74.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $57,449, $8,675 below the OK state median of $66,124; 12.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 23.8% of covered employment, average pay $53,109/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.85%, below the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 84% to 85% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 22,148
- Median household income
- $53,328
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 81% / 6%.
Beckham County has a population of 22,148, with a median age of 37.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 80.6%; Black residents 5.6%. Independently, 13.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $57,449; 12.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 20.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 24% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is 11.1% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 23.8% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 18.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.85%, below the Oklahoma state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 84%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Beckham County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.3% in 2024, 85.1% in 2020, 83.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
7.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog. Veterans account for 5.3% of the adult civilian population (895 individuals).