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Grant County, Oklahoma

Republican +70.5 (2024)
County seat
Medford
Judicial district
4th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
4,067
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 4,131.

At a glance

Grant County is a 4,067-person venue. The county population is 86% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $61,169, $4,955 below the OK state median of $66,124; 23.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 27.4% of covered employment, average pay $81,339/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.28%, below the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 83% to 86% of the vote across the three.

Population
4,131
Median household income
$60,758
Unemployment
3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 86% / 2%.

Grant County has a population of 4,131, with a median age of 43.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 86.4%; Black residents 2.0%. Independently, 4.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $61,169; 23.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 3,521 85.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 194 4.7%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 78 1.9%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 6 0.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 226 5.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 95 2.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 11 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

  • Under 18 979 23.7%
  • 18–24 263 6.4%
  • 25–44 946 22.9%
  • 45–64 1,004 24.3%
  • 65 and over 939 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$61,169
90% interval $54,032–$68,306
−$4,955 vs OK · 32nd of 77
Below poverty line
15.1%
90% interval 11.7%–18.5%
+0.3 pp vs OK · 50th of 77

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and healthcare & education, energy presence

Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 360, Education & health services about 360. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 8.9% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 27.4% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 12.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.28%, below the Oklahoma state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.3%
−0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP
$311.0M
0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay
$60,942
Establishments
148

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 353 27.4%
  • Natural resources & mining 158 12.3%
  • Professional & business services 68 5.3%
  • Financial activities 63 4.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 30 2.3%
  • Public administration 24 1.9%
  • Other services 10 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 54.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
76.3%
+10.5 pp vs OK · 23rd of 77
Median gross rent
$853
−$161 vs OK · 30th of 77
Owner-occupied
1,230
Renter-occupied
382

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 45% 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 1.3× the lowest ($81,339 vs $60,433/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 8.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 84%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Grant County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.4% in 2024, 86.1% in 2020, 83.0% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,125 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201683.0%13.0%
202086.1%12.6%
202484.4%13.9%
  • Republican 1,794 84.4%
  • Democratic 295 13.9%
  • Other / third-party 36 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 9.1% of the adult civilian population (288 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 64 1.6%
  • German or other West Germanic 55 1.4%
  • Tagalog 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
1,612
Family households
996
61.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
255
25.6% of families
Single-mother families
118
11.8% of families
Veterans
288
9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

90.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 2,102 50.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,291 31.0%
  • Catholic 368 8.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
90.1%
±2 pp
Uninsured
9.9%
±2 pp
68th of 77
With a disability
21.8%
±3.5 pp
26th of 77
Bachelor's or higher
23.1%
±3.3 pp
−5.2 pp vs OK · 24th of 77
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
14.2%
90% interval 12.5%–15.9% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Grant totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
31.73 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Grant County, Oklahoma to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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