Jury Pool Profile
Murray County, Oklahoma
- County seat
- Sulphur
- Judicial district
- 20th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 13,805
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 13,753.
At a glance
Murray County is a 13,805-person venue. The county population is 70% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,183; 19.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 27.4% of covered employment, average pay $46,632/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.49%, above the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 80% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 13,753
- Median household income
- $66,322
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 70% / 1%.
Murray County has a population of 13,753, with a median age of 41.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 70.4%; Black residents 1.1%. Independently, 7.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $65,183; 19.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 27% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 27.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 17.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.49%, above the Oklahoma state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Murray County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 79.7% in 2024, 78.2% in 2020, 75.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 8.4% of the adult civilian population (897 individuals).