El Dorado County, California

• White (non-Hispanic) 140,820 73.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,892 14.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,481 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 9,986 5.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 10,645 5.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 619 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 143 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,076 0.6%

• Under 18 37,633 19.5%
• 18–24 12,593 6.5%
• 25–44 43,497 22.6%
• 45–64 53,685 27.9%
• 65 and over 45,254 23.5%

Median household income

$107,289

90% interval $100,197–$114,381

+$7,159 vs CA · 13th of 58

Below poverty line

7.9%

90% interval 6.6%–9.2%

−3.9 pp vs CA · 54th of 58

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

−0.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$11.6B

0.29% of state

Avg. annual pay

$68,436

Establishments

6,658

• Education & health services 13,985 23.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 11,136 18.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,766 14.8%
• Professional & business services 6,315 10.7%
• Construction 5,979 10.1%
• Public administration 3,944 6.7%
• Financial activities 3,218 5.4%
• Manufacturing 2,706 4.6%
• Other services 2,141 3.6%
• Information 580 1.0%
• Natural resources & mining 419 0.7%
• Unclassified 14 0.0%

Home ownership

77.2%

+21.3 pp vs CA · 5th of 58

Median gross rent

$1,715

−$321 vs CA · 25th of 58

Owner-occupied

58,844

Renter-occupied

17,341

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $122,881/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $36,796/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 61,109 54.6%
• Democratic 47,703 42.6%
• Other / third-party 3,078 2.8%

• Spanish 11,103 6.0%
• Tagalog 2,041 1.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,422 0.8%
• Chinese 1,152 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 1,029 0.6%
• Korean 695 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 407 0.2%
• Arabic 331 0.2%
• Vietnamese 327 0.2%

Households

76,185

Family households

53,306

70.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

15,369

28.8% of families

Single-mother families

2,760

5.2% of families

Veterans

11,480

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 27,950 14.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 15,796 8.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,217 6.4%
• Mainline Protestant 1,707 0.9%
• Orthodox 70 0.0%

Health insured

96.1%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

3.9%

±0.5 pp

52nd of 58

With a disability

12.6%

±0.6 pp

31st of 58

Bachelor's or higher

40.0%

±1.2 pp

+2.9 pp vs CA · 14th of 58

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.4%

90% interval 3.9%–4.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

El Dorado County Superior Court

Judges

11 (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

Placerville

Traffic fatalities

17

10.97 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

16