Jury Pool Profile

Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 73,011
Median household income: $60,828
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 52,814 72.3%
Black or African American alone 2,305 3.2%
Asian alone 590 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8,876 12.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 93 0.1%
Some other race alone 726 1.0%
Two or more races 7,607 10.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,501 6.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38

Under 18 17,003 23.3%
18–24 7,338 10.1%
25–44 18,425 25.2%
45–64 18,210 24.9%
65 and over 12,035 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 1.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,693
Establishments: 1,472

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,879 25.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,638 15.9%
Leisure & hospitality 3,177 13.9%
Public administration 3,059 13.4%
Manufacturing 2,085 9.1%
Professional & business services 1,820 7.9%
Financial activities 800 3.5%
Construction 668 2.9%
Other services 461 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 303 1.3%
Information 262 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.9%
Median gross rent: $869
Owner-occupied: 18,578
Renter-occupied: 8,003

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,774 votes cast

Republican 20,915 72.7%
Democratic 7,266 25.3%
Other / third-party 593 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,788 2.6%
Other 333 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 292 0.4%
Other Indo-European 139 0.2%
German 137 0.2%
Tagalog 58 0.1%
Vietnamese 46 0.1%
Arabic 39 0.1%
Slavic languages 34 0.0%
Chinese 29 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 28 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,581
Family households: 18,130; 68.2% of households
Married w/ children: 13,334
Single-mother households: 1,670
Veterans: 4,472; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 36,042 49.7%
Mainline Protestant 3,226 4.5%
Catholic 2,872 4.0%
Black Protestant 1,004 1.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 750 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.9%
With a disability: 19.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd 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: Chandler, Shawnee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oklahoma statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 32.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023