Jury Pool Profile

Choctaw County, Oklahoma

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 14,299
Median household income: $45,456
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,501 59.5%
Black or African American alone 1,352 9.5%
Asian alone 97 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,177 15.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.1%
Some other race alone 259 1.8%
Two or more races 1,901 13.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 681 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 3,527 24.7%
18–24 1,055 7.4%
25–44 3,198 22.4%
45–64 3,556 24.9%
65 and over 2,963 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $589.2M; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,458
Establishments: 386

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 1,526 28.0%
Education & health services 1,425 26.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 905 16.6%
Public administration 517 9.5%
Other services 217 4.0%
Construction 202 3.7%
Professional & business services 186 3.4%
Financial activities 123 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 118 2.2%
Manufacturing 108 2.0%
Information 24 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.7%
Median gross rent: $676
Owner-occupied: 3,851
Renter-occupied: 2,007

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,639 votes cast

Republican 4,633 82.2%
Democratic 944 16.7%
Other / third-party 62 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 364 2.7%
Other 113 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 78 0.6%
German 16 0.1%
Korean 13 0.1%
Chinese 12 0.1%
Other Indo-European 11 0.1%
Arabic 7 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,858
Family households: 3,480; 59.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,470
Single-mother households: 436
Veterans: 1,048; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,266 44.1%
Mainline Protestant 322 2.3%
Catholic 290 2.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 244 1.7%
Black Protestant 192 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.3%
With a disability: 26.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (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: Antlers, Hugo, Idabel

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oklahoma statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 83.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023