Jury Pool Profile
Garvin County, Oklahoma
- County seat
- Pauls Valley
- Judicial district
- 21st Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 26,377
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 25,860.
At a glance
Garvin County is a 26,377-person venue. The county population is 77% White (Census race-alone categories). 10% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 71.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $56,297, $9,827 below the OK state median of $66,124; 18.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 6.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Chinese. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 35.1% of covered employment, average pay $58,448/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.5%, above the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 82% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 25,860
- Median household income
- $58,556
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 77% / 1%.
Garvin County has a population of 25,860, with a median age of 38.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 77.4%; Black residents 1.4%. Independently, 10.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $56,297; 18.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 35% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 5.5% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 35.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 17.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.5%, above the Oklahoma state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 81%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Garvin County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 82.5% in 2024, 81.3% in 2020, 78.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 6.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
6.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.1% of the adult civilian population (1,382 individuals).