Jury Pool Profile

Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 47,621
Median household income: $53,668
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,312 46.9%
Black or African American alone 668 1.4%
Asian alone 485 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15,793 33.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 31 0.1%
Some other race alone 961 2.0%
Two or more races 7,371 15.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,665 7.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.3

Under 18 10,095 21.2%
18–24 6,894 14.5%
25–44 11,270 23.7%
45–64 11,027 23.2%
65 and over 8,335 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.73% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,123
Establishments: 921

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 6,542 36.5%
Education & health services 3,763 21.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,190 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,550 8.6%
Natural resources & mining 734 4.1%
Financial activities 661 3.7%
Professional & business services 429 2.4%
Construction 360 2.0%
Manufacturing 272 1.5%
Other services 209 1.2%
Information 64 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.8%
Median gross rent: $803
Owner-occupied: 12,110
Renter-occupied: 6,293

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,823 votes cast

Republican 11,637 65.3%
Democratic 5,826 32.7%
Other / third-party 360 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,951 4.3%
Other 1,082 2.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 183 0.4%
Tagalog 136 0.3%
Slavic languages 63 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 62 0.1%
Other Indo-European 60 0.1%
Chinese 59 0.1%
Korean 47 0.1%
German 36 0.1%
Arabic 24 0.1%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,403
Family households: 11,832; 64.3% of households
Married w/ children: 8,566
Single-mother households: 962
Veterans: 2,720; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,225 28.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,466 5.2%
Catholic 1,629 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 681 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 80.9%
With a disability: 20.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oklahoma statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 23.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023