Jury Pool Profile
Kiowa County, Oklahoma
- County seat
- Hobart
- Judicial district
- 3rd Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 8,181
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 8,383.
At a glance
Kiowa County is an 8,181-person venue. The county population is 79% White (Census race-alone categories). 12% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 71.7%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $50,300, $15,824 below the OK state median of $66,124; 16.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.2% 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 26.3% of covered employment, average pay $55,821/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.77%, below the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 78% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 8,383
- Median household income
- $44,962
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 79% / 4%.
Kiowa County has a population of 8,383, with a median age of 42.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 79.1%; Black residents 3.6%. Independently, 12.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $50,300; 16.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 32% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 26.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 17.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.77%, below the Oklahoma state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 77%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Kiowa County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 78.4% in 2024, 78.0% in 2020, 74.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
7.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Korean. Veterans account for 7.2% of the adult civilian population (460 individuals).