Jury Pool Profile

Kay County, Oklahoma

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 43,731
Median household income: $56,673
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 32,525 74.4%
Black or African American alone 943 2.2%
Asian alone 253 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,728 8.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 23 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,379 3.2%
Two or more races 4,880 11.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,833 8.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.3

Under 18 10,901 24.9%
18–24 3,845 8.8%
25–44 10,432 23.9%
45–64 10,169 23.3%
65 and over 8,384 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.88% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,720
Establishments: 1,232

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,493 20.3%
Education & health services 3,442 20.0%
Leisure & hospitality 2,379 13.8%
Manufacturing 2,188 12.7%
Professional & business services 1,801 10.5%
Public administration 1,407 8.2%
Construction 973 5.7%
Financial activities 459 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 401 2.3%
Other services 324 1.9%
Information 142 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.7%
Median gross rent: $830
Owner-occupied: 11,322
Renter-occupied: 5,394

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,913 votes cast

Republican 12,483 73.8%
Democratic 4,136 24.5%
Other / third-party 294 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,102 5.1%
Other 150 0.4%
German 83 0.2%
Other Indo-European 70 0.2%
Slavic languages 62 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 41 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 36 0.1%
Tagalog 25 0.1%
Chinese 8 0.0%
Vietnamese 5 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,716
Family households: 10,463; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 7,381
Single-mother households: 1,394
Veterans: 3,122; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

70.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.3%
With a disability: 18.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oklahoma statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 30.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023