Jury Pool Profile
Jackson County, Oklahoma
- County seat
- Altus
- Judicial district
- 3rd Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 24,764
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 24,678.
At a glance
Jackson County is a 24,764-person venue. The county population is 72% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). 25% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 61.1%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $61,097, $5,027 below the OK state median of $66,124; 24.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 17.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 25.7% of covered employment, average pay $65,451/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.31%, below the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 78% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 24,678
- Median household income
- $62,799
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 72% / 6%.
Jackson County has a population of 24,678, with a median age of 35.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 71.7%; Black residents 6.4%. Independently, 25.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $61,097; 24.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 26% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 25.7% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.31%, below the Oklahoma state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Jackson County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 78.2% in 2024, 77.8% in 2020, 76.5% 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'). 17.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
17.0% 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 14.6% of the adult civilian population (2,542 individuals).