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Jury Pool Profile

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Republican +1.7 (2024)
County seat
Oklahoma City
Judicial district
7th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
822,125
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 806,199.

At a glance

Oklahoma County is an 822,125-person venue. The county population is 57% White and 14% Black (Census race-alone categories). 20% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $68,006, $1,882 above the OK state median of $66,124; 35.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 18.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Vietnamese. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 23.5% of covered employment, average pay $68,735/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.99%, above the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 49% to 52% of the vote across the three.

Population
806,199
Median household income
$66,679
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 57% / 14%.

Oklahoma County has a population of 806,199, with a median age of 35.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 57.4%; Black residents 14.3%. Independently, 20.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $68,006; 35.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.2% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 420,185 52.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 162,060 20.1%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 112,924 14.0%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 27,155 3.4%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 63,025 7.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17,108 2.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 587 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3,155 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 35.2

  • Under 18 204,314 25.3%
  • 18–24 75,800 9.4%
  • 25–44 229,862 28.5%
  • 45–64 179,710 22.3%
  • 65 and over 116,513 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$68,006
90% interval $65,704–$70,308
+$1,882 vs OK · 14th of 77
Below poverty line
16.2%
90% interval 15.2%–17.2%
+1.4 pp vs OK · 44th of 77

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and trade & transportation

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 116,840 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, about 97,540, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 23.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.99%, above the Oklahoma state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
+0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP
$73.7B
27.96% of state
Avg. annual pay
$68,319
Establishments
33,646

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 116,839 23.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 97,060 19.5%
  • Professional & business services 78,893 15.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 56,355 11.3%
  • Public administration 44,435 8.9%
  • Financial activities 28,403 5.7%
  • Manufacturing 24,094 4.8%
  • Other services 13,087 2.6%
  • Construction 543 0.1%
  • Information 3 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 92.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
58.2%
−7.6 pp vs OK · 75th of 77
Median gross rent
$1,116
+$102 vs OK · 3rd of 77
Owner-occupied
190,929
Renter-occupied
137,172

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 59% 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 (Financial activities, $88,477/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,268/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 15 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 Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 50%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Oklahoma County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 49.7% in 2024, 49.2% in 2020, 51.7% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 288,923 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201651.7%41.2%
202049.2%48.1%
202449.7%48.0%
  • Republican 143,618 49.7%
  • Democratic 138,769 48.0%
  • Other / third-party 6,536 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 18.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

18.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese. Veterans account for 7.7% of the adult civilian population (45,883 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

81.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 108,850 14.5%
  • Vietnamese 4,996 0.7%
  • Chinese 3,037 0.4%
  • Arabic 2,041 0.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,967 0.3%
  • German or other West Germanic 1,666 0.2%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,330 0.2%
  • Tagalog 1,147 0.2%
  • Korean 979 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
328,101
Family households
198,703
60.6% of households
Married couples w/ children
56,888
28.6% of families
Single-mother families
24,544
12.4% of families
Veterans
45,883
7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

74.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 359,137 45.1%
  • Catholic 103,587 13.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 65,538 8.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 34,833 4.4%
  • Black Protestant 25,715 3.2%
  • Orthodox 1,921 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
86.3%
±0.4 pp
Uninsured
13.7%
±0.4 pp
33rd of 77
With a disability
14.7%
±0.3 pp
71st of 77
Bachelor's or higher
35.9%
±0.6 pp
+7.6 pp vs OK · 3rd of 77
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
15.2%
90% interval 14.4%–16.0% · 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
7th Judicial District Court
Judges
31 (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
Oklahoma City
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Oklahoma totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
102
16.95 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
96

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

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