Carter County, Oklahoma

• White (non-Hispanic) 32,267 66.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,166 8.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,946 6.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 608 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,096 10.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,266 6.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 206 0.4%

• Under 18 12,121 25.0%
• 18–24 3,970 8.2%
• 25–44 12,467 25.7%
• 45–64 11,697 24.1%
• 65 and over 8,300 17.1%

Median household income

$60,179

90% interval $56,660–$63,698

−$5,945 vs OK · 37th of 77

Below poverty line

16.8%

90% interval 14.4%–19.2%

+2.0 pp vs OK · 40th of 77

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.8%

+1.96 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.8B

1.45% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,303

Establishments

1,712

• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,938 25.3%
• Education & health services 5,119 21.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,705 15.8%
• Manufacturing 2,126 9.1%
• Professional & business services 1,628 6.9%
• Natural resources & mining 1,094 4.7%
• Financial activities 928 4.0%
• Construction 908 3.9%
• Public administration 905 3.9%
• Other services 645 2.7%
• Information 121 0.5%
• Unclassified 4 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 98.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.8%

+1.0 pp vs OK · 62nd of 77

Median gross rent

$980

−$34 vs OK · 7th of 77

Owner-occupied

12,731

Renter-occupied

6,315

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $103,446/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,577/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 14,945 76.7%
• Democratic 4,277 21.9%
• Other / third-party 266 1.4%

• Spanish 1,988 4.4%
• German or other West Germanic 190 0.4%
• Chinese 180 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 104 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 77 0.2%
• Arabic 63 0.1%
• Korean 58 0.1%
• Vietnamese 38 0.1%
• Tagalog 32 0.1%

Households

19,046

Family households

12,224

64.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,346

27.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,492

12.2% of families

Veterans

2,518

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 23,942 49.9%
• Mainline Protestant 5,972 12.4%
• Black Protestant 3,952 8.2%
• Catholic 3,314 6.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,167 2.4%

Health insured

85.7%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

14.3%

±1.1 pp

28th of 77

With a disability

22.1%

±1 pp

23rd of 77

Bachelor's or higher

19.9%

±1.5 pp

−8.4 pp vs OK · 39th of 77

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.2%

90% interval 14.8%–17.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

20th Judicial District Court

Judges

6 (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

Ardmore, Madill, Marietta, Sulphur, Tishomingo

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

27.45 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9