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Jury Pool Profile

Greer County, Oklahoma

Republican +65.7 (2024)
County seat
Mangum
Judicial district
3rd Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
5,373
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 5,489.

At a glance

Greer County is a 5,373-person venue. The county population is 81% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). 13% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 72.4%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $47,060, $19,064 below the OK state median of $66,124; 14.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 30.3% of covered employment, average pay $52,935/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.07%, 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. 18% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 1,013 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.

Population
5,489
Median household income
$59,406
Unemployment
4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 81% / 6%.

Greer County has a population of 5,489, with a median age of 42.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 81.0%; Black residents 6.0%. Independently, 13.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $47,060; 14.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 26.0% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 3,972 72.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 712 13.0%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 328 6.0%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 10 0.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 391 7.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 70 1.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 42

  • Under 18 1,094 19.9%
  • 18–24 488 8.9%
  • 25–44 1,502 27.4%
  • 45–64 1,468 26.7%
  • 65 and over 937 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$47,060
90% interval $41,548–$52,572
−$19,064 vs OK · 75th of 77
Below poverty line
26.0%
90% interval 20.3%–31.7%
+11.2 pp vs OK · 2nd of 77

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by government and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Public administration, 269 jobs; Education & health services, 259, is within 20% of it.

Public administration is the largest employment sector at 30.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 29.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.07%, above the Oklahoma state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.1%
+0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP
$126.7M
0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay
$41,378
Establishments
100

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Public administration 269 30.3%
  • Education & health services 259 29.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 154 17.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 46 5.2%

The sectors listed cover 82.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
78.0%
+12.2 pp vs OK · 15th of 77
Median gross rent
$681
−$333 vs OK · 72nd of 77
Owner-occupied
1,519
Renter-occupied
429

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 77% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 1.6× the lowest ($52,935 vs $34,133/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 8.9 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: 81%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Greer County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 82.3% in 2024, 81.3% in 2020, 78.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,836 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201678.2%17.0%
202081.3%16.6%
202482.3%16.6%
  • Republican 1,511 82.3%
  • Democratic 304 16.6%
  • Other / third-party 21 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 58% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, Chinese. Veterans account for 11.4% of the adult civilian population (500 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 206 3.9%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 19 0.4%
  • Chinese 6 0.1%
  • Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
1,948
Family households
1,137
58.4% of households
Married couples w/ children
462
40.6% of families
Single-mother families
62
5.5% of families
Veterans
500
11.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

87.0% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 3,500 63.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 728 13.3%
  • Catholic 548 10.0%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.6%
±2.6 pp
Uninsured
7.4%
±2.6 pp
76th of 77
With a disability
24.2%
±4.2 pp
11th of 77
Bachelor's or higher
14.0%
±3.6 pp
−14.3 pp vs OK · 73rd of 77
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
14.7%
90% interval 13.0%–16.4% · 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
3rd 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
Altus, Frederick, Hobart, Hollis, Mangum

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

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

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

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Greer 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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