Alameda County, California

• White (non-Hispanic) 452,099 27.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 386,114 23.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 154,136 9.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 539,370 32.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 92,100 5.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,417 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 11,533 0.7%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 10,704 0.6%

• Under 18 326,276 19.8%
• 18–24 130,760 7.9%
• 25–44 518,262 31.4%
• 45–64 420,014 25.5%
• 65 and over 254,161 15.4%

Median household income

$128,031

90% interval $124,696–$131,366

+$27,901 vs CA · 5th of 58

Below poverty line

8.8%

90% interval 8.1%–9.5%

−3.0 pp vs CA · 50th of 58

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

−0.86 pp vs. state

County GDP

$182.5B

4.51% of state

Avg. annual pay

$101,979

Establishments

74,091

• Education & health services 205,093 26.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 139,548 17.8%
• Professional & business services 130,785 16.7%
• Manufacturing 86,050 11.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 72,035 9.2%
• Construction 46,210 5.9%
• Public administration 31,367 4.0%
• Other services 29,026 3.7%
• Financial activities 22,607 2.9%
• Information 19,555 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 743 0.1%
• Unclassified 75 0.0%

Home ownership

54.4%

−1.5 pp vs CA · 51st of 58

Median gross rent

$2,357

+$321 vs CA · 7th of 58

Owner-occupied

325,509

Renter-occupied

272,737

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $271,897/yr) pays 7.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $39,053/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 499,551 74.6%
• Republican 140,789 21.0%
• Other / third-party 29,460 4.4%

• Spanish 260,285 16.7%
• Chinese 145,977 9.3%
• Tagalog 53,171 3.4%
• Vietnamese 25,523 1.6%
• Korean 14,059 0.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 11,016 0.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 10,481 0.7%
• Arabic 10,139 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 5,766 0.4%

Households

598,246

Family households

390,699

65.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

132,832

34.0% of families

Single-mother families

27,011

6.9% of families

Veterans

39,894

3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 322,607 19.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 159,414 9.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 118,834 7.1%
• Black Protestant 43,178 2.6%
• Mainline Protestant 33,200 2.0%
• Orthodox 13,362 0.8%

Health insured

96.0%

±0.2 pp

Uninsured

4.0%

±0.2 pp

51st of 58

With a disability

10.3%

±0.2 pp

52nd of 58

Bachelor's or higher

52.2%

+15.1 pp vs CA · 5th of 58

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.6%

90% interval 4.3%–4.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Alameda County Superior Court

Judges

70 (Superior Court judges + commissioners; vintage 2026 courts.ca.gov per-court rosters and Judicial Council Court Statistics Report. Counts for the smallest rural counties (Alpine, Sierra, Mono, Modoc, Trinity, Mariposa, Colusa) are at or near the statutory authorized-judgeship floor per Cal. Gov. Code § 69590 et seq.)

Court seats

Oakland

Traffic fatalities

100

7.56 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

93