Jury Pool Profile

Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 39,676
Median household income: $49,795
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,755 62.4%
Black or African American alone 817 2.1%
Asian alone 273 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7,674 19.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 32 0.1%
Some other race alone 468 1.2%
Two or more races 5,657 14.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,925 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 9,482 23.9%
18–24 3,178 8.0%
25–44 9,224 23.2%
45–64 10,445 26.3%
65 and over 7,347 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $997.7M; 0.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $38,050
Establishments: 767

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,239 34.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,090 22.0%
Leisure & hospitality 922 9.7%
Professional & business services 660 7.0%
Manufacturing 365 3.9%
Public administration 363 3.8%
Financial activities 295 3.1%
Natural resources & mining 292 3.1%
Construction 272 2.9%
Other services 160 1.7%
Information 50 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.0%
Median gross rent: $796
Owner-occupied: 10,780
Renter-occupied: 4,404

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,583 votes cast

Republican 12,491 80.2%
Democratic 2,907 18.7%
Other / third-party 185 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,046 2.8%
Other 579 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 98 0.3%
German 83 0.2%
Tagalog 71 0.2%
Chinese 28 0.1%
Other Indo-European 27 0.1%
Arabic 21 0.1%
Vietnamese 13 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,184
Family households: 10,330; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 7,519
Single-mother households: 798
Veterans: 2,692; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,511 34.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,601 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,542 3.9%
Black Protestant 522 1.3%
Catholic 315 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.0%
With a disability: 24.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th Judicial District Court
Judges: 5 (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: Muskogee, Sallisaw, Stilwell, Tahlequah, Wagoner

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oklahoma statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 33.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023