Cleveland County, Oklahoma

• White (non-Hispanic) 201,553 67.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 33,060 11.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13,878 4.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 14,032 4.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 26,276 8.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 10,176 3.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 21 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,051 0.4%

• Under 18 61,275 20.4%
• 18–24 45,047 15.0%
• 25–44 82,624 27.5%
• 45–64 66,364 22.1%
• 65 and over 44,737 14.9%

Median household income

$78,643

90% interval $73,750–$83,536

+$12,519 vs OK · 7th of 77

Below poverty line

12.0%

90% interval 10.7%–13.3%

−2.8 pp vs OK · 69th of 77

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$12.5B

4.72% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,749

Establishments

7,536

• Education & health services 20,889 22.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 18,687 20.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 14,940 16.2%
• Professional & business services 9,393 10.2%
• Construction 5,034 5.5%
• Financial activities 4,164 4.5%
• Public administration 1,870 2.0%

The sectors listed cover 81.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.9%

−1.9 pp vs OK · 70th of 77

Median gross rent

$1,167

+$153 vs OK · 2nd of 77

Owner-occupied

74,642

Renter-occupied

42,157

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $83,088/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,500/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 67,225 56.4%
• Democratic 49,432 41.4%
• Other / third-party 2,637 2.2%

• Spanish 17,644 6.2%
• Vietnamese 4,296 1.5%
• Chinese 2,441 0.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 875 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 671 0.2%
• Korean 518 0.2%
• Tagalog 444 0.2%
• Arabic 400 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 380 0.1%

Households

116,799

Family households

73,940

63.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

22,232

30.1% of families

Single-mother families

7,201

9.7% of families

Veterans

20,815

8.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 101,819 34.5%
• Catholic 20,966 7.1%
• Mainline Protestant 17,591 6.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,801 2.6%
• Black Protestant 1,612 0.5%
• Orthodox 150 0.1%

Health insured

90.3%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

9.7%

±0.7 pp

69th of 77

With a disability

15.1%

±0.6 pp

66th of 77

Bachelor's or higher

36.2%

+7.9 pp vs OK · 2nd of 77

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.9%

90% interval 11.0%–12.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

21st Judicial District Court

Judges

8 (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

Norman, Pauls Valley, Purcell

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

22

9.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

22