Jury Pool Profile

Dewey County, Oklahoma

Republican +80 (2024)

Population: 4,433
Median household income: $60,550
Unemployment: 2.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,699 83.4%
Black or African American alone 2 0.0%
Asian alone 2 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 206 4.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 32 0.7%
Two or more races 492 11.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 267 6.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38

Under 18 1,221 27.5%
18–24 364 8.2%
25–44 954 21.5%
45–64 1,052 23.7%
65 and over 842 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.1%; -1.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $719.7M; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $69,326
Establishments: 197

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 708 34.0%
Education & health services 457 21.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 409 19.6%
Public administration 104 5.0%
Construction 86 4.1%
Financial activities 79 3.8%
Manufacturing 68 3.3%
Professional & business services 46 2.2%
Leisure & hospitality 44 2.1%
Other services 27 1.3%
Information 7 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.7%
Median gross rent: $900
Owner-occupied: 1,191
Renter-occupied: 404

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,215 votes cast

Republican 1,984 89.6%
Democratic 209 9.4%
Other / third-party 22 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 69 1.7%
Other 45 1.1%
German 19 0.5%
Slavic languages 3 0.1%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,595
Family households: 1,042; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 832
Single-mother households: 88
Veterans: 173; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

94.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,839 63.3%
Mainline Protestant 786 17.5%
Catholic 359 8.0%
Black Protestant 250 5.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.5%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial District Court
Judges: 9 (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: Alva, Cherokee, Enid, Fairview, Kingfisher, Medford, Taloga, Watonga, Woodward

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oklahoma statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 186.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023