Ellis County, Oklahoma

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,061 83.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 350 9.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 14 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 31 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 172 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 49 1.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6 0.2%

• Under 18 814 22.1%
• 18–24 299 8.1%
• 25–44 806 21.9%
• 45–64 908 24.7%
• 65 and over 856 23.2%

Median household income

$65,593

90% interval $59,939–$71,247

−$531 vs OK · 19th of 77

Below poverty line

12.8%

90% interval 9.6%–16.0%

−2.0 pp vs OK · 65th of 77

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.84 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.0B

0.38% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,160

Establishments

139

• Trade, transportation & utilities 274 23.7%
• Professional & business services 127 11.0%
• Natural resources & mining 110 9.5%
• Education & health services 82 7.1%
• Public administration 6 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 51.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.1%

+16.3 pp vs OK · 5th of 77

Median gross rent

$815

−$199 vs OK · 44th of 77

Owner-occupied

1,213

Renter-occupied

265

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 44% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.2× the lowest ($62,697 vs $28,011/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $57,618 average in Public administration is BLS's published figure for 6 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 1,585 87.5%
• Democratic 197 10.9%
• Other / third-party 30 1.7%

• Spanish 163 4.7%
• Tagalog 6 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 1 0.0%

Households

1,478

Family households

963

65.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

326

33.9% of families

Single-mother families

40

4.2% of families

Veterans

196

6.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,839 49.1%
• Mainline Protestant 835 22.3%
• Catholic 225 6.0%

Health insured

88.9%

±2.8 pp

Uninsured

11.1%

±2.8 pp

59th of 77

With a disability

20.7%

±3 pp

36th of 77

Bachelor's or higher

21.4%

±2.8 pp

−6.9 pp vs OK · 30th of 77

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.3%

90% interval 14.5%–18.1% · 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

2

69.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2