Jury Pool Profile
Woods County, Oklahoma
- County seat
- Alva
- Judicial district
- 4th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 8,443
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 8,596.
At a glance
Woods County is an 8,443-person venue. The county population is 86% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,351; 32.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 21.2% of covered employment, average pay $56,279/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.24%, below the 3.88% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 80% to 81% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 8,596
- Median household income
- $53,275
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 86% / 3%.
Woods County has a population of 8,596, with a median age of 34.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 86.0%; Black residents 2.7%. Independently, 7.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $65,351; 32.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 27% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 21.2% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.24%, below the Oklahoma state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 81%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Woods County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.2% in 2024, 81.4% in 2020, 80.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 55% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 5.0% of the adult civilian population (337 individuals).