Custer County, Oklahoma

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,594 65.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,623 19.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 723 2.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 268 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,799 6.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,231 4.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 7,050 24.9%
• 18–24 4,501 15.9%
• 25–44 7,079 25.1%
• 45–64 5,515 19.5%
• 65 and over 4,114 14.6%

Median household income

$60,435

90% interval $55,255–$65,615

−$5,689 vs OK · 36th of 77

Below poverty line

16.1%

90% interval 13.0%–19.2%

+1.3 pp vs OK · 45th of 77

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−0.69 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

0.69% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,151

Establishments

1,004

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,858 22.3%
• Education & health services 2,393 18.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,776 13.9%
• Manufacturing 1,188 9.3%
• Natural resources & mining 786 6.1%
• Public administration 721 5.6%
• Construction 632 4.9%
• Professional & business services 573 4.5%
• Financial activities 505 3.9%
• Other services 276 2.2%
• Information 116 0.9%

The sectors listed cover 92.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

60.2%

−5.6 pp vs OK · 72nd of 77

Median gross rent

$824

−$190 vs OK · 42nd of 77

Owner-occupied

6,650

Renter-occupied

4,394

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $100,242/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,729/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 7,693 75.7%
• Democratic 2,279 22.4%
• Other / third-party 196 1.9%

• Spanish 2,870 10.8%
• German or other West Germanic 217 0.8%
• Chinese 92 0.3%
• Vietnamese 43 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 10 0.0%
• Tagalog 8 0.0%

Households

11,044

Family households

6,766

61.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,448

36.2% of families

Single-mother families

731

10.8% of families

Veterans

1,034

4.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 14,142 49.6%
• Mainline Protestant 3,884 13.6%
• Catholic 2,537 8.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 577 2.0%
• Black Protestant 150 0.5%
• Orthodox 25 0.1%

Health insured

88.7%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

11.3%

±1.7 pp

55th of 77

With a disability

12.9%

±1.4 pp

75th of 77

Bachelor's or higher

31.7%

±3 pp

+3.4 pp vs OK · 8th of 77

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.8%

90% interval 14.2%–17.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd 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

Arapaho, Arnett, Cheyenne, New Cordell, Sayre

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

4.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1