Garfield County, Oklahoma

• White (non-Hispanic) 43,568 70.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,451 15.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,394 2.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 772 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,971 6.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 571 0.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 2,398 3.9%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 21 0.0%

• Under 18 16,105 25.9%
• 18–24 5,639 9.1%
• 25–44 16,562 26.7%
• 45–64 13,434 21.6%
• 65 and over 10,406 16.7%

Median household income

$65,358

90% interval $60,864–$69,852

−$766 vs OK · 20th of 77

Below poverty line

12.8%

90% interval 10.0%–15.6%

−2.0 pp vs OK · 66th of 77

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

−0.18 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.9B

1.48% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,905

Establishments

1,742

• Education & health services 5,188 22.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,938 21.2%
• Professional & business services 3,151 13.5%
• Manufacturing 2,462 10.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,436 10.4%
• Public administration 1,284 5.5%
• Construction 1,139 4.9%
• Financial activities 986 4.2%
• Natural resources & mining 803 3.4%
• Other services 494 2.1%
• Information 176 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 98.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.0%

+0.2 pp vs OK · 65th of 77

Median gross rent

$919

−$95 vs OK · 13th of 77

Owner-occupied

15,762

Renter-occupied

8,131

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $74,149/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,187/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• 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 16,593 76.0%
• Democratic 4,849 22.2%
• Other / third-party 402 1.8%

• Spanish 5,260 9.1%
• Chinese 241 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 161 0.3%
• Korean 31 0.1%
• Arabic 13 0.0%
• Tagalog 10 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6 0.0%
• Vietnamese 3 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1 0.0%

Households

23,893

Family households

15,158

63.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,137

27.3% of families

Single-mother families

1,576

10.4% of families

Veterans

3,804

8.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 25,183 40.1%
• Catholic 6,117 9.7%
• Mainline Protestant 6,017 9.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,155 3.4%
• Black Protestant 714 1.1%

Health insured

87.6%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

12.4%

±1.2 pp

43rd of 77

With a disability

20.1%

±1.5 pp

44th of 77

Bachelor's or higher

23.3%

±1.9 pp

−5.0 pp vs OK · 22nd of 77

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.9%

90% interval 13.6%–16.2% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

21.72 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10