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Jury Pool Profile

Crook County, Wyoming

Republican +78.0 (2024)
County seat
Sundance
Judicial district
6th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
7,852
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,455.

At a glance

Crook County is a 7,852-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $84,552, $7,577 above the WY state median of $76,975; 24.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 19.1% of covered employment, average pay $47,260/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.9%, below the 3.42% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 88% of the vote each time.

Population
7,455
Median household income
$79,637
Unemployment
2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 0%.

Crook County has a population of 7,455, with a median age of 44.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.1%; Black residents 0.0%. Independently, 2.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $84,552; 24.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.7% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 6,927 92.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 158 2.1%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 15 0.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 320 4.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.2%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 44.1

  • Under 18 1,833 24.6%
  • 18–24 410 5.5%
  • 25–44 1,554 20.8%
  • 45–64 1,953 26.2%
  • 65 and over 1,705 22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$84,552
90% interval $76,553–$92,551
+$7,577 vs WY · 6th of 23
Below poverty line
7.7%
90% interval 5.7%–9.7%
−2.3 pp vs WY · 20th of 23

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Energy-sector presence

BLS QCEW 'Natural resources & mining' (oil & gas) is ≥5% of total covered employment. This county: 16.6%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 19.1% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 16.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.9%, below the Wyoming state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.9%
−0.52 pp vs. state
County GDP
$458.1M
0.89% of state
Avg. annual pay
$59,182
Establishments
381

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 519 19.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 450 16.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 432 15.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 318 11.7%
  • Manufacturing 245 9.0%
  • Professional & business services 174 6.4%
  • Public administration 148 5.5%

The sectors listed cover 84.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
78.1%
+6.3 pp vs WY · 4th of 23
Median gross rent
$852
−$140 vs WY · 16th of 23
Owner-occupied
2,269
Renter-occupied
638

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $91,138/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,061/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 7.1 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 89%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Crook County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 88.3% in 2024, 88.6% in 2020, 88.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,311 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201688.8%7.2%
202088.6%9.2%
202488.3%10.3%
  • Republican 3,805 88.3%
  • Democratic 443 10.3%
  • Other / third-party 63 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 10.0% of the adult civilian population (563 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 126 1.8%
  • German or other West Germanic 86 1.2%
  • Tagalog 15 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
2,907
Family households
2,033
69.9% of households
Married couples w/ children
619
30.4% of families
Single-mother families
73
3.6% of families
Veterans
563
10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

42.1% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 1,116 15.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 952 13.3%
  • Catholic 639 8.9%
  • Mainline Protestant 317 4.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
88.6%
±3.4 pp
Uninsured
11.4%
±3.4 pp
13th of 23
With a disability
15.1%
±2.6 pp
12th of 23
Bachelor's or higher
24.5%
±4.5 pp
−6.1 pp vs WY · 13th of 23
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
14.3%
90% interval 12.6%–16.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
6th Judicial District Court
Judges
3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + probate jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.state.wy.us; cross-checked against Wyo. Stat. § 5-3-104. Circuit Court judges (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, civil up to $50K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Municipal Court judges (city-level) also separate.)
Court seats
Gillette, Newcastle, Sundance

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Crook totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 3 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
3
53.36 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
3

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Crook County, Wyoming to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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