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McIntosh County, Oklahoma

Republican +52.7 (2024)
County seat
Eufaula
Judicial district
18th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
19,758
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 19,400.

At a glance

McIntosh County is a 19,758-person venue. The county population is 67% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $51,124, $15,000 below the OK state median of $66,124; 15.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.0% 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 30.3% of covered employment, average pay $42,922/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.88%, above the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 69% to 76% of the vote across the three.

Population
19,400
Median household income
$46,281
Unemployment
5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 67% / 3%.

McIntosh County has a population of 19,400, with a median age of 47.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 67.5%; Black residents 2.6%. Independently, 3.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $51,124; 15.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 18.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 12,809 66.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 637 3.3%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 499 2.6%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 186 1.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,306 11.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,932 15.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 13 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 47.1

  • Under 18 3,869 19.9%
  • 18–24 1,342 6.9%
  • 25–44 4,047 20.9%
  • 45–64 5,192 26.8%
  • 65 and over 4,950 25.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$51,124
90% interval $45,875–$56,373
−$15,000 vs OK · 63rd of 77
Below poverty line
18.9%
90% interval 15.1%–22.7%
+4.1 pp vs OK · 25th of 77

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and trade & transportation

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 1,400 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, 1,327, is within 20% of it.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 30.3% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 28.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.88%, above the Oklahoma state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.9%
+2 pp vs. state
County GDP
$511.7M
0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay
$40,014
Establishments
433

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,400 30.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,327 28.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 557 12.1%
  • Public administration 378 8.2%
  • Professional & business services 296 6.4%
  • Financial activities 177 3.8%
  • Construction 89 1.9%

The sectors listed cover 91.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
76.6%
+10.8 pp vs OK · 21st of 77
Median gross rent
$780
−$234 vs OK · 55th of 77
Owner-occupied
5,960
Renter-occupied
1,824

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 71% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $60,930/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,859/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

McIntosh County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.7% in 2024, 74.0% in 2020, 69.1% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,439 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201669.1%26.7%
202074.0%24.4%
202475.7%23.0%
  • Republican 6,387 75.7%
  • Democratic 1,937 23.0%
  • Other / third-party 115 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Korean. Veterans account for 10.0% of the adult civilian population (1,553 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

  • German or other West Germanic 181 1.0%
  • Spanish 164 0.9%
  • Korean 15 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
7,784
Family households
5,093
65.4% of households
Married couples w/ children
986
19.4% of families
Single-mother families
493
9.7% of families
Veterans
1,553
10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

56.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 8,899 47.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 932 4.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 471 2.5%
  • Black Protestant 192 1.0%
  • Catholic 150 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
81.6%
±2 pp
Uninsured
18.4%
±2 pp
8th of 77
With a disability
25.2%
±1.9 pp
5th of 77
Bachelor's or higher
15.9%
±1.9 pp
−12.4 pp vs OK · 62nd of 77
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
16.3%
90% interval 14.7%–17.9% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
18th Judicial District Court
Judges
4 (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
Eufaula, McAlester

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

McIntosh totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 4 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
4
25.75 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for McIntosh County, Oklahoma to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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