Jury Pool Profile

Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 30,360
Median household income: $48,656
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,385 63.9%
Black or African American alone 335 1.1%
Asian alone 227 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,810 19.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 220 0.7%
Some other race alone 903 3.0%
Two or more races 3,480 11.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,792 5.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.3

Under 18 7,674 25.3%
18–24 3,032 10.0%
25–44 7,011 23.1%
45–64 7,154 23.6%
65 and over 5,489 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.55% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,301
Establishments: 775

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 3,417 26.4%
Education & health services 2,440 18.9%
Public administration 1,799 13.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,597 12.3%
Manufacturing 1,333 10.3%
Professional & business services 725 5.6%
Other services 368 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 321 2.5%
Construction 318 2.5%
Financial activities 286 2.2%
Information 32 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.3%
Median gross rent: $764
Owner-occupied: 7,907
Renter-occupied: 3,848

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,178 votes cast

Republican 8,490 76.0%
Democratic 2,511 22.5%
Other / third-party 177 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 993 3.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 194 0.7%
Other 111 0.4%
Chinese 64 0.2%
German 44 0.2%
Other Indo-European 30 0.1%
Vietnamese 28 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 27 0.1%
Slavic languages 17 0.1%
Tagalog 17 0.1%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,755
Family households: 7,541; 64.2% of households
Married w/ children: 5,227
Single-mother households: 903
Veterans: 1,922; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

70.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,328 60.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,234 7.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 548 1.8%
Catholic 350 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.6%
With a disability: 21.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (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: Jay, Miami

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oklahoma statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 52.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023