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Jury Pool Profile

Bryan County, Oklahoma

Republican +58.6 (2024)
County seat
Durant
Judicial district
19th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
51,367
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 48,253.

At a glance

Bryan County is a 51,367-person venue. The county population is 69% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $60,458, $5,666 below the OK state median of $66,124; 26.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 22.0% of covered employment, average pay $44,123/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.06%, above the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 79% of the vote across the three.

Population
48,253
Median household income
$57,225
Unemployment
4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 69% / 2%.

Bryan County has a population of 48,253, with a median age of 37.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 69.5%; Black residents 2.4%. Independently, 8.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $60,458; 26.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.2% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 32,604 67.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,882 8.0%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,013 2.1%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 347 0.7%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,364 9.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5,961 12.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 54 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 37

  • Under 18 11,413 23.7%
  • 18–24 4,585 9.5%
  • 25–44 12,771 26.5%
  • 45–64 11,136 23.1%
  • 65 and over 8,348 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$60,458
90% interval $54,950–$65,966
−$5,666 vs OK · 35th of 77
Below poverty line
14.2%
90% interval 11.4%–17.0%
−0.6 pp vs OK · 56th of 77

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by hospitality and government

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Leisure & hospitality, 4,844 jobs; Public administration, 4,361, is within 20% of it.

Leisure & hospitality is the largest employment sector at 22.0% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 19.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.06%, above the Oklahoma state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.1%
+0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.6B
1% of state
Avg. annual pay
$53,994
Establishments
1,263

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Leisure & hospitality 4,844 22.0%
  • Public administration 4,361 19.8%
  • Education & health services 3,411 15.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 3,370 15.3%
  • Manufacturing 1,827 8.3%
  • Professional & business services 1,380 6.3%
  • Financial activities 633 2.9%
  • Construction 630 2.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 312 1.4%
  • Other services 256 1.2%
  • Information 142 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 96.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
63.8%
−2.0 pp vs OK · 71st of 77
Median gross rent
$960
−$54 vs OK · 9th of 77
Owner-occupied
11,741
Renter-occupied
6,656

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 1.9× the lowest ($70,544 vs $37,212/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 17 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: 77%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Bryan County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 78.6% in 2024, 77.3% in 2020, 75.9% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,812 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201675.9%20.3%
202077.3%20.8%
202478.6%20.0%
  • Republican 13,999 78.6%
  • Democratic 3,569 20.0%
  • Other / third-party 244 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

5.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 6.9% of the adult civilian population (2,522 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,848 4.1%
  • Tagalog 51 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 38 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 28 0.1%
  • German or other West Germanic 13 0.0%
  • Korean 9 0.0%
  • Arabic 6 0.0%
  • Chinese 4 0.0%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
18,397
Family households
12,050
65.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
3,092
25.7% of families
Single-mother families
1,291
10.7% of families
Veterans
2,522
6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

72.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 29,752 64.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,743 3.8%
  • Catholic 998 2.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 701 1.5%
  • Black Protestant 100 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
81.3%
±1.3 pp
Uninsured
18.7%
±1.3 pp
4th of 77
With a disability
18.6%
±1.1 pp
53rd of 77
Bachelor's or higher
26.5%
±2.1 pp
−1.8 pp vs OK · 17th of 77
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
15.6%
90% interval 14.1%–17.1% · 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
19th Judicial District Court
Judges
1 (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
Durant
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Bryan totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 15 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
15
40.72 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
12

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Bryan 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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