Jury Pool Profile
Dewey County, Oklahoma
- County seat
- Taloga
- Judicial district
- 4th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 4,207
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 4,360.
At a glance
Dewey County is a 4,207-person venue. The county population is 83% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,276; 22.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 38.8% of covered employment, average pay $108,538/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.36%, below the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 87% to 90% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 4,360
- Median household income
- $62,569
- Unemployment
- 2.4%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 83% / 0%.
Dewey County has a population of 4,360, with a median age of 38.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 82.8%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 6.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $65,276; 22.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Natural resources & mining, about 39% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 33.5% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 38.8% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.36%, below the Oklahoma state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 89%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Dewey County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 89.6% in 2024, 90.0% in 2020, 87.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Korean. Veterans account for 5.5% of the adult civilian population (175 individuals).