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Jury Pool Profile

Noble County, Oklahoma

Republican +57.3 (2024)
County seat
Perry
Judicial district
8th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
10,899
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,897.

At a glance

Noble County is a 10,899-person venue. The county population is 79% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,288; 18.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 16.2% of covered employment, average pay $47,693/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.35%, below the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 78% of the vote across the three.

Population
10,897
Median household income
$66,365
Unemployment
3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 79% / 0%.

Noble County has a population of 10,897, with a median age of 42.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 79.2%; Black residents 0.3%. Independently, 4.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $65,288; 18.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 8,610 79.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 511 4.7%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 30 0.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 20 0.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,052 9.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 640 5.9%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 33 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

  • Under 18 2,466 22.6%
  • 18–24 903 8.3%
  • 25–44 2,469 22.7%
  • 45–64 2,699 24.8%
  • 65 and over 2,360 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$65,288
90% interval $57,618–$72,958
−$836 vs OK · 22nd of 77
Below poverty line
13.1%
90% interval 10.4%–15.8%
−1.7 pp vs OK · 63rd of 77

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Manufacturing, about 39% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest published sector at 16.2% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 13.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.35%, below the Oklahoma state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.4%
−0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP
$844.1M
0.32% of state
Avg. annual pay
$57,819
Establishments
264

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 757 16.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 620 13.3%
  • Public administration 351 7.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 326 7.0%
  • Construction 163 3.5%
  • Financial activities 114 2.4%
  • Other services 52 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 51.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
77.7%
+11.9 pp vs OK · 17th of 77
Median gross rent
$826
−$188 vs OK · 40th of 77
Owner-occupied
3,223
Renter-occupied
924

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 37% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $62,701/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,248/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 18 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: 77%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Noble County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 77.7% in 2024, 77.4% in 2020, 76.1% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,957 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201676.1%18.5%
202077.4%20.3%
202477.7%20.4%
  • Republican 3,853 77.7%
  • Democratic 1,009 20.4%
  • Other / third-party 95 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Korean. Veterans account for 5.8% of the adult civilian population (488 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 234 2.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 26 0.3%
  • Korean 15 0.1%
  • German or other West Germanic 10 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6 0.1%
  • Chinese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
4,147
Family households
2,785
67.2% of households
Married couples w/ children
764
27.4% of families
Single-mother families
155
5.6% of families
Veterans
488
5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

65.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 4,638 42.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,822 16.7%
  • Catholic 468 4.3%
  • Black Protestant 202 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.2%
±1.3 pp
Uninsured
5.8%
±1.3 pp
77th of 77
With a disability
19.3%
±2.1 pp
50th of 77
Bachelor's or higher
18.2%
±2.6 pp
−10.1 pp vs OK · 48th of 77
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
11.4%
90% interval 10.2%–12.6% · 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
8th Judicial District Court
Judges
2 (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
Newkirk, Perry

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Noble totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 0 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
0
0 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
0

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

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