Kay County, Oklahoma

• White (non-Hispanic) 31,058 71.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,932 9.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 777 1.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 210 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,253 9.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,004 6.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 251 0.6%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 140 0.3%

• Under 18 10,822 24.8%
• 18–24 3,896 8.9%
• 25–44 10,412 23.9%
• 45–64 10,047 23.0%
• 65 and over 8,448 19.4%

Median household income

$57,006

90% interval $53,066–$60,946

−$9,118 vs OK · 45th of 77

Below poverty line

16.8%

90% interval 13.6%–20.0%

+2.0 pp vs OK · 41st of 77

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

+0.18 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.88% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,434

Establishments

1,202

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,684 21.0%
• Education & health services 3,592 20.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,338 13.3%
• Manufacturing 2,176 12.4%
• Professional & business services 1,795 10.2%
• Public administration 1,410 8.0%
• Construction 1,138 6.5%
• Financial activities 441 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 376 2.1%
• Other services 314 1.8%
• Information 137 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 99.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.2%

+3.4 pp vs OK · 56th of 77

Median gross rent

$842

−$172 vs OK · 35th of 77

Owner-occupied

11,609

Renter-occupied

5,167

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $86,535/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,722/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 12,483 73.8%
• Democratic 4,136 24.5%
• Other / third-party 294 1.7%

• Spanish 1,864 4.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 74 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 42 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 29 0.1%
• Tagalog 18 0.0%
• Chinese 9 0.0%
• Vietnamese 6 0.0%
• Korean 1 0.0%

Households

16,776

Family households

10,554

62.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,773

26.3% of families

Single-mother families

1,355

12.8% of families

Veterans

2,749

8.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 18,694 42.8%
• Mainline Protestant 6,375 14.6%
• Catholic 4,243 9.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,322 3.0%
• Black Protestant 302 0.7%

Health insured

88.7%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

11.3%

±0.9 pp

56th of 77

With a disability

19.5%

±1 pp

48th of 77

Bachelor's or higher

19.2%

±1.6 pp

−9.1 pp vs OK · 42nd of 77

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.1%

90% interval 11.9%–14.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th Judicial District Court

Judges

2 (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

Newkirk, Perry

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

21.34 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6