Mendocino County, California

• White (non-Hispanic) 55,170 61.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,941 27.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 546 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,895 2.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,714 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,274 2.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 57 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 647 0.7%

• Under 18 18,897 20.9%
• 18–24 6,254 6.9%
• 25–44 20,745 23.0%
• 45–64 22,194 24.6%
• 65 and over 22,154 24.5%

Median household income

$67,303

90% interval $61,166–$73,440

−$32,827 vs CA · 47th of 58

Below poverty line

13.4%

90% interval 10.9%–15.9%

+1.6 pp vs CA · 28th of 58

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.7%

+0.34 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.7B

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,431

Establishments

4,511

• Education & health services 9,862 30.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,817 18.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,204 13.1%
• Public administration 2,884 9.0%
• Professional & business services 2,049 6.4%
• Manufacturing 1,873 5.9%
• Natural resources & mining 1,775 5.5%
• Construction 1,629 5.1%
• Financial activities 969 3.0%
• Information 44 0.1%
• Other services 7 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 97.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

61.7%

+5.8 pp vs CA · 35th of 58

Median gross rent

$1,317

−$719 vs CA · 38th of 58

Owner-occupied

21,500

Renter-occupied

13,342

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.4× the lowest ($74,487 vs $31,433/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• 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 24,049 61.3%
• Republican 13,528 34.5%
• Other / third-party 1,639 4.2%

• Spanish 16,094 18.8%
• Chinese 691 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 401 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 292 0.3%
• Vietnamese 243 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 125 0.1%
• Korean 96 0.1%
• Tagalog 69 0.1%
• Arabic 45 0.1%

Households

34,842

Family households

20,194

58.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,873

24.1% of families

Single-mother families

2,133

10.6% of families

Veterans

4,203

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 15,900 17.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 14,069 15.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,796 5.2%
• Mainline Protestant 1,760 1.9%
• Orthodox 100 0.1%

Health insured

92.3%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

7.7%

±0.8 pp

14th of 58

With a disability

18.6%

±1.3 pp

7th of 58

Bachelor's or higher

25.2%

±1.4 pp

−11.9 pp vs CA · 31st of 58

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.3%

90% interval 7.4%–9.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Mendocino County Superior Court

Judges

7 (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

Ukiah

Traffic fatalities

14

19.62 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14