Mayes County, Oklahoma

• White (non-Hispanic) 24,572 62.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,536 3.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 143 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 196 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,183 13.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 7,848 19.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 24 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 102 0.3%

• Under 18 9,171 23.2%
• 18–24 3,100 7.8%
• 25–44 9,740 24.6%
• 45–64 10,069 25.4%
• 65 and over 7,524 19.0%

Median household income

$65,597

90% interval $60,769–$70,425

−$527 vs OK · 18th of 77

Below poverty line

14.5%

90% interval 11.8%–17.2%

−0.3 pp vs OK · 55th of 77

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.07 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.7B

1.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,293

Establishments

1,034

• Manufacturing 3,366 23.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,934 20.4%
• Education & health services 2,507 17.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,416 9.8%
• Construction 1,305 9.1%
• Professional & business services 892 6.2%
• Public administration 564 3.9%
• Information 426 3.0%
• Natural resources & mining 398 2.8%
• Financial activities 308 2.1%
• Other services 186 1.3%

The sectors listed cover 99.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.4%

+8.6 pp vs OK · 31st of 77

Median gross rent

$858

−$156 vs OK · 29th of 77

Owner-occupied

11,395

Renter-occupied

3,920

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $154,441/yr) pays 6.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,652/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 13,514 77.8%
• Democratic 3,529 20.3%
• Other / third-party 331 1.9%

• Spanish 668 1.8%
• German or other West Germanic 380 1.0%
• Arabic 42 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 34 0.1%
• Vietnamese 24 0.1%
• Korean 23 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 21 0.1%
• Tagalog 13 0.0%
• Chinese 6 0.0%

Households

15,315

Family households

10,661

69.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,906

27.3% of families

Single-mother families

988

9.3% of families

Veterans

2,762

9.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 19,840 50.8%
• Mainline Protestant 1,939 5.0%
• Catholic 609 1.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 548 1.4%
• Black Protestant 250 0.6%

Health insured

85.1%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

14.9%

±1.4 pp

24th of 77

With a disability

23.0%

±1.2 pp

15th of 77

Bachelor's or higher

18.0%

±1.5 pp

−10.3 pp vs OK · 50th of 77

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.8%

90% interval 13.4%–16.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

12th 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

Claremore, Pryor, Vinita

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

15

49.29 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14