Jury Pool Profile
Choctaw County, Oklahoma
- County seat
- Hugo
- Judicial district
- 17th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 14,059
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 14,297.
At a glance
Choctaw County is a 14,059-person venue. The county population is 59% White and 10% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $39,680, $26,444 below the OK state median of $66,124; 15.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 26.9% of covered employment, average pay $46,079/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.01%, above the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 82% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 14,297
- Median household income
- $44,081
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 59% / 10%.
Choctaw County has a population of 14,297, with a median age of 42.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 58.9%; Black residents 9.8%. Independently, 5.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $39,680; 15.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 26.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 1,460, Leisure & hospitality about 1,440.
Leisure & hospitality is the largest published sector at 26.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 26.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.01%, above the Oklahoma state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Choctaw County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 82.2% in 2024, 80.6% in 2020, 77.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese. Veterans account for 9.3% of the adult civilian population (1,005 individuals).