Humboldt County, California

• White (non-Hispanic) 93,515 69.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,039 14.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,737 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4,029 3.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 10,717 8.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4,112 3.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 366 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,026 0.8%

• Under 18 25,301 18.8%
• 18–24 16,209 12.0%
• 25–44 35,400 26.3%
• 45–64 30,971 23.0%
• 65 and over 26,660 19.8%

Median household income

$58,960

90% interval $55,467–$62,453

−$41,170 vs CA · 54th of 58

Below poverty line

18.0%

90% interval 15.5%–20.5%

+6.2 pp vs CA · 11th of 58

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.2%

−0.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.6B

0.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,492

Establishments

7,360

• Education & health services 18,351 35.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,535 16.3%
• Public administration 6,086 11.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,969 11.4%
• Professional & business services 3,053 5.8%
• Construction 2,798 5.4%
• Other services 2,177 4.2%
• Manufacturing 1,993 3.8%
• Financial activities 1,715 3.3%
• Natural resources & mining 1,087 2.1%
• Information 483 0.9%
• Unclassified 5 0.0%

Home ownership

56.5%

+0.6 pp vs CA · 46th of 58

Median gross rent

$1,287

−$749 vs CA · 44th of 58

Owner-occupied

31,053

Renter-occupied

23,869

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Information, $111,747/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,463/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.

• Democratic 39,800 62.0%
• Republican 21,559 33.6%
• Other / third-party 2,869 4.5%

• Spanish 8,774 6.8%
• Chinese 421 0.3%
• Vietnamese 393 0.3%
• Tagalog 339 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 283 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 178 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 173 0.1%
• Korean 147 0.1%
• Arabic 35 0.0%

Households

54,922

Family households

29,942

54.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,824

22.8% of families

Single-mother families

3,146

10.5% of families

Veterans

6,535

6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 8,693 6.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 7,965 5.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,119 5.2%
• Mainline Protestant 2,338 1.7%
• Orthodox 70 0.1%
• Black Protestant 30 0.0%

Health insured

95.1%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.9%

±0.6 pp

45th of 58

With a disability

18.9%

±0.9 pp

6th of 58

Bachelor's or higher

33.1%

±1.4 pp

−4.0 pp vs CA · 22nd of 58

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.9%

90% interval 5.2%–6.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Humboldt County Superior Court

Judges

8 (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

Eureka

Traffic fatalities

26

23.8 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

22