Jury Pool Profile
Ottawa County, Oklahoma
- County seat
- Miami
- Judicial district
- 13th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 30,438
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 30,341.
At a glance
Ottawa County is a 30,438-person venue. The county population is 63% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $52,587, $13,537 below the OK state median of $66,124; 15.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 27.2% of covered employment, average pay $40,578/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.28%, above the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 76% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 30,341
- Median household income
- $49,947
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 63% / 1%.
Ottawa County has a population of 30,341, with a median age of 37.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.2%; Black residents 1.1%. Independently, 6.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $52,587; 15.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Leisure & hospitality, about 27% of covered jobs.
Leisure & hospitality is the largest employment sector at 27.2% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.28%, above the Oklahoma state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 74%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Ottawa County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 76.0% in 2024, 74.7% in 2020, 71.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
5.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 8.2% of the adult civilian population (1,854 individuals).