Jury Pool Profile

Custer County, Oklahoma

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 28,332
Median household income: $57,562
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,107 71.0%
Black or African American alone 826 2.9%
Asian alone 267 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,430 5.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 27 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,635 5.8%
Two or more races 4,040 14.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,530 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.8

Under 18 7,094 25.0%
18–24 4,599 16.2%
25–44 6,958 24.6%
45–64 5,642 19.9%
65 and over 4,039 14.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.72 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.69% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,256
Establishments: 1,024

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,997 23.7%
Education & health services 2,298 18.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,612 12.7%
Manufacturing 1,098 8.7%
Natural resources & mining 784 6.2%
Public administration 705 5.6%
Construction 694 5.5%
Professional & business services 627 5.0%
Financial activities 526 4.2%
Other services 272 2.2%
Information 162 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.2%
Median gross rent: $779
Owner-occupied: 6,918
Renter-occupied: 3,866

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,168 votes cast

Republican 7,693 75.7%
Democratic 2,279 22.4%
Other / third-party 196 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,138 11.8%
German 211 0.8%
Chinese 93 0.4%
Vietnamese 66 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.1%
Other 29 0.1%
Other Indo-European 9 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.0%
Tagalog 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,784
Family households: 6,572; 60.9% of households
Married w/ children: 5,053
Single-mother households: 669
Veterans: 1,238; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

74.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.5%
With a disability: 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oklahoma statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 32.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023