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Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Republican +37.5 (2024)
County seat
Muskogee
Judicial district
15th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
66,708
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 66,444.

At a glance

Muskogee County is a 66,708-person venue. The county population is 56% White and 10% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $55,536, $10,588 below the OK state median of $66,124; 18.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.2% 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 28.5% of covered employment, average pay $60,851/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.3%, above the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 68% of the vote across the three.

Population
66,444
Median household income
$53,619
Unemployment
5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 56% / 10%.

Muskogee County has a population of 66,444, with a median age of 37.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 55.6%; Black residents 9.7%. Independently, 7.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $55,536; 18.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.6% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 35,586 53.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,961 7.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6,415 9.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 502 0.8%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 7,641 11.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 11,187 16.8%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 142 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 37.9

  • Under 18 16,195 24.4%
  • 18–24 5,963 9.0%
  • 25–44 17,167 25.8%
  • 45–64 15,673 23.6%
  • 65 and over 11,446 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$55,536
90% interval $52,009–$59,063
−$10,588 vs OK · 49th of 77
Below poverty line
19.6%
90% interval 16.7%–22.5%
+4.8 pp vs OK · 16th of 77

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 29% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 28.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.3%, above the Oklahoma state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.3%
+1.42 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.7B
1.41% of state
Avg. annual pay
$55,479
Establishments
1,585

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 7,541 28.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 5,393 20.4%
  • Manufacturing 3,172 12.0%
  • Public administration 2,998 11.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 2,788 10.5%
  • Professional & business services 1,704 6.4%
  • Construction 1,091 4.1%
  • Financial activities 727 2.7%
  • Other services 402 1.5%
  • Information 215 0.8%
  • Natural resources & mining 108 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 98.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
66.5%
+0.7 pp vs OK · 63rd of 77
Median gross rent
$849
−$165 vs OK · 33rd of 77
Owner-occupied
17,121
Renter-occupied
8,618

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • 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.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $74,228/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,125/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 17 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: 65%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Muskogee County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 67.9% in 2024, 65.9% in 2020, 62.1% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,357 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201662.1%32.9%
202065.9%32.0%
202467.9%30.4%
  • Republican 16,550 67.9%
  • Democratic 7,400 30.4%
  • Other / third-party 407 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

5.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 8.8% of the adult civilian population (4,399 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

94.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 2,337 3.8%
  • German or other West Germanic 134 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 72 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 71 0.1%
  • Chinese 52 0.1%
  • Arabic 44 0.1%
  • Korean 37 0.1%
  • Tagalog 35 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
25,739
Family households
16,096
62.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
4,030
25.0% of families
Single-mother families
2,134
13.3% of families
Veterans
4,399
8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

75.5% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 40,027 60.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 4,232 6.4%
  • Black Protestant 2,812 4.2%
  • Catholic 1,844 2.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,174 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
86.1%
±1.1 pp
Uninsured
13.9%
±1.1 pp
31st of 77
With a disability
23.5%
±1.1 pp
14th of 77
Bachelor's or higher
18.8%
±1.1 pp
−9.5 pp vs OK · 43rd of 77
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
14.5%
90% interval 13.2%–15.8% · 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
15th 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
Muskogee, Sallisaw, Stilwell, Tahlequah, Wagoner

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Muskogee totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 9 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
9
17.91 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
9

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Muskogee 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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