Who is the Ottawa County County Assessor?

Becky Smith (Republican) is the County Assessor of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

Who is the Ottawa County County Clerk?

Robyn L. Mitchell (Republican) is the County Clerk of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

Who is the Ottawa County Court Clerk?

Cassie Key (Republican) is the Court Clerk of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

Who is the Ottawa County Sheriff?

David Dean (Republican) is the Sheriff of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

Who is the Ottawa County County Treasurer?

Kathy Bowling (Republican) is the County Treasurer of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

Who are the Ottawa County commissioners?

Mike Furnas (District 1); Robert Clark (District 2); Scott J. Hilton (District 3).

What is the population of Ottawa County?

About 30,341 people, with a median age of 37.2; the median household income is $49,947 and 20.9% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Ottawa County?

4.0% in September 2026 (preliminary): 566 people unemployed in a labor force of 14,003, against 3.6% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Ottawa County?

37 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 8 municipal, 8 school district and 20 special district governments.

Ottawa County, OK elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Ottawa County: 8 seats on 6 elected bodies.

Board of County Commissioners

Ottawa County Board of County Commissioners

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now
County Commissioner, District 1	Mike Furnas Republican source
County Commissioner, District 2	Robert Clark Republican source
County Commissioner, District 3	Scott J. Hilton Republican source

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
County Assessor	Becky Smith Republican source
County Clerk	Robyn L. Mitchell Republican source
Court Clerk	Cassie Key Republican source
Sheriff	David Dean Republican source
County Treasurer	Kathy Bowling Republican source

How many local governments Ottawa County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 37 local governments in Ottawa County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	8	0
School districts (school boards)	8	0
Special districts (elected boards)	20	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Ottawa County

30,341people

37.2median ageU.S.: 38.9

$49,947 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

20.9%below the U.S.: 12.5%

15%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$123,300median home valueU.S.: $332,700

3%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

2.7%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

8.2%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

15.9%U.S.: 8.4%

46.5%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

26.3%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 6.1% · White 62.4% · Black 1.1% · Asian 0.8% · Other or more than one race 29.6% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Ottawa County

4.0%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.6%. Oklahoma: 3.9%.

566people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

13,437people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

14,003in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	4.0%	566	13,437	14,003
August 2026	4.3%	599	13,453	14,052
July 2026	4.9%	683	13,175	13,858
June 2026	4.9%	695	13,394	14,089
May 2026	4.7%	661	13,391	14,052
April 2026	4.1%	564	13,133	13,697
March 2026	4.0%	547	13,300	13,847
February 2026	4.7%	665	13,341	14,006
January 2026	4.4%	623	13,430	14,053
December 2025	3.9%	553	13,472	14,025
November 2025	4.2%	587	13,484	14,071
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	3.6%	518	13,750	14,268
August 2025	3.7%	528	13,853	14,381
July 2025	3.9%	548	13,634	14,182
June 2025	4.0%	579	13,730	14,309
May 2025	3.7%	523	13,681	14,204
April 2025	3.2%	445	13,677	14,122
March 2025	3.6%	508	13,596	14,104
February 2025	3.8%	535	13,511	14,046
January 2025	3.7%	519	13,600	14,119
December 2024	3.2%	451	13,516	13,967
November 2024	3.1%	438	13,577	14,015
October 2024	2.8%	400	13,711	14,111

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	3.7%	531	13,635	14,166
2024	3.3%	464	13,643	14,107
2023	3.2%	448	13,539	13,987
2022	3.1%	423	13,319	13,742
2021	3.7%	487	12,707	13,194
2020	6.4%	830	12,113	12,943
2019	3.5%	451	12,359	12,810
2018	3.7%	475	12,470	12,945
2017	4.5%	593	12,460	13,053
2016	5.3%	696	12,353	13,049

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Oklahoma's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 4.2% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Ottawa County

358.1 per 100,0002023. Oklahoma: 418.2.

2,661.4 per 100,0002023. Oklahoma: 2,159.2.

0murders2023, 109 violent crimes in all.

2023 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2023	109	358.1	810	2,661.4
2022	127	406.2	740	2,366.7
2021	104	328.6	703	2,221.2
2020	92	286.9	571	1,780.8
2019	97	302.9	539	1,683.0
2018	89	276.8	657	2,043.4
2017	89	273.6	547	1,681.4

By police agency (6)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office	2025	17	140	12,905
Miami Police Department	2025	61	290	12,866
Commerce Police Department	2023	4	31	2,276
Fairland Police Department	2025	4	10	1,111
Afton Police Department	2023	2	2	734
Wyandotte Police Department	2025	4	8	497

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Oklahoma · the U.S.

Police staffing

1.97 per 1,000 residents2022, 5 agencies serving 30,532 people.

60sworn officers2022, full-time, as of October 31.

15civilian staff2022, full-time.

2022 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (5), 2022

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Miami Police Department	30	11	12,904
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office	11	3	13,734
Wyandotte Police Department	9	1	497
Commerce Police Department	6	0	2,285
Fairland Police Department	4	0	1,112

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2022	60	1.97	15	5
2021	56	1.83	18	5
2020	54	1.74	18	5
2019	50	1.61	19	5
2018	57	1.83	24	5
2017	55	1.75	35	5
2016	49	1.67	31	3

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Ottawa County County Assessor?: Becky Smith (Republican) is the County Assessor of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
Who is the Ottawa County County Clerk?: Robyn L. Mitchell (Republican) is the County Clerk of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
Who is the Ottawa County Court Clerk?: Cassie Key (Republican) is the Court Clerk of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
Who is the Ottawa County Sheriff?: David Dean (Republican) is the Sheriff of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
Who is the Ottawa County County Treasurer?: Kathy Bowling (Republican) is the County Treasurer of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
Who are the Ottawa County commissioners?: Mike Furnas (District 1); Robert Clark (District 2); Scott J. Hilton (District 3).
What is the population of Ottawa County?: About 30,341 people, with a median age of 37.2; the median household income is $49,947 and 20.9% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Ottawa County?: 4.0% in September 2026 (preliminary): 566 people unemployed in a labor force of 14,003, against 3.6% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Ottawa County?: 37 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 8 municipal, 8 school district and 20 special district governments.

Officeholders as of March 26, 2025, from the Oklahoma State Election Board's Roster of State and County Officers; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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