Jury Pool Profile

Payne County, Oklahoma

Republican +25 (2024)

Population: 82,290
Median household income: $48,937
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 62,628 76.1%
Black or African American alone 3,042 3.7%
Asian alone 3,327 4.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,441 4.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 61 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,375 1.7%
Two or more races 8,416 10.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,287 6.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 27.7

Under 18 15,336 18.6%
18–24 22,239 27.0%
25–44 19,866 24.1%
45–64 14,106 17.1%
65 and over 10,743 13.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.5B; 1.7% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,066
Establishments: 2,318

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,093 17.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,598 15.9%
Leisure & hospitality 5,268 15.0%
Professional & business services 2,826 8.0%
Construction 1,646 4.7%
Public administration 1,526 4.3%
Manufacturing 1,321 3.8%
Financial activities 1,311 3.7%
Other services 843 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 530 1.5%
Information 273 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 50.9%
Median gross rent: $922
Owner-occupied: 16,466
Renter-occupied: 15,875

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,279 votes cast

Republican 17,962 61.3%
Democratic 10,560 36.1%
Other / third-party 757 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,749 3.5%
Other Indo-European 1,095 1.4%
Chinese 1,004 1.3%
Arabic 540 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 483 0.6%
Other 399 0.5%
German 248 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 129 0.2%
Korean 107 0.1%
Vietnamese 35 0.0%
Slavic languages 14 0.0%
Tagalog 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 32,341
Family households: 17,347; 53.6% of households
Married w/ children: 12,724
Single-mother households: 1,400
Veterans: 3,530; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 22,522 27.6%
Mainline Protestant 5,476 6.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,761 4.6%
Catholic 3,692 4.5%
Orthodox 90 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.4%
With a disability: 13.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 40.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (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: Guthrie, Stillwater

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oklahoma statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 26; 38.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 21

NHTSA FARS 2023