Jury Pool Profile

Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 38,158
Median household income: $62,564
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,835 65.1%
Black or African American alone 957 2.5%
Asian alone 395 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6,969 18.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 51 0.1%
Some other race alone 269 0.7%
Two or more races 4,682 12.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,401 6.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.5

Under 18 9,511 24.9%
18–24 3,422 9.0%
25–44 9,915 26.0%
45–64 8,831 23.1%
65 and over 6,479 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 1.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,572
Establishments: 1,188

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,391 26.4%
Public administration 3,266 16.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,547 12.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,711 8.4%
Manufacturing 1,536 7.5%
Professional & business services 1,273 6.2%
Financial activities 687 3.4%
Construction 640 3.1%
Other services 351 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 330 1.6%
Information 103 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.4%
Median gross rent: $880
Owner-occupied: 9,949
Renter-occupied: 5,025

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,174 votes cast

Republican 10,967 72.3%
Democratic 3,895 25.7%
Other / third-party 312 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 774 2.2%
Other 193 0.5%
Tagalog 88 0.2%
Arabic 70 0.2%
Chinese 62 0.2%
Vietnamese 50 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 24 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
German 9 0.0%
Other Indo-European 7 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,974
Family households: 9,932; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 7,080
Single-mother households: 879
Veterans: 2,053; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 20,857 54.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,749 7.2%
Catholic 920 2.4%
Black Protestant 820 2.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 653 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.9%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd 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: Ada, Holdenville, Wewoka

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oklahoma statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 20.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023