San Benito County, California

• White (non-Hispanic) 19,629 29.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 41,960 62.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 542 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,365 3.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,414 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 162 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 178 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 40 0.1%

• Under 18 17,016 25.3%
• 18–24 5,925 8.8%
• 25–44 18,862 28.0%
• 45–64 16,253 24.2%
• 65 and over 9,234 13.7%

Median household income

$109,002

90% interval $100,761–$117,243

+$8,872 vs CA · 11th of 58

Below poverty line

8.7%

90% interval 6.7%–10.7%

−3.1 pp vs CA · 51st of 58

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.4%

+1.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.3B

0.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,173

Establishments

2,020

• Education & health services 4,358 23.3%
• Manufacturing 2,941 15.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,812 15.0%
• Natural resources & mining 1,954 10.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,762 9.4%
• Construction 1,500 8.0%
• Professional & business services 1,473 7.9%
• Public administration 987 5.3%
• Other services 492 2.6%

The sectors listed cover 97.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.9%

+12.0 pp vs CA · 19th of 58

Median gross rent

$1,992

−$44 vs CA · 17th of 58

Owner-occupied

13,970

Renter-occupied

6,591

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $91,189/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,649/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 15,179 54.9%
• Republican 11,702 42.3%
• Other / third-party 768 2.8%

• Spanish 25,408 40.3%
• Tagalog 1,118 1.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 212 0.3%
• Chinese 110 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 78 0.1%
• Korean 52 0.1%
• Vietnamese 49 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 38 0.1%
• Arabic 20 0.0%

Households

20,561

Family households

16,233

79.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,341

32.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,357

8.4% of families

Veterans

1,975

3.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 40,317 62.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,508 5.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,087 4.8%
• Mainline Protestant 402 0.6%

Health insured

94.0%

±1 pp

Uninsured

6.0%

±1 pp

32nd of 58

With a disability

10.5%

±1 pp

51st of 58

Bachelor's or higher

24.1%

±1.6 pp

−13.0 pp vs CA · 35th of 58

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.0%

90% interval 5.3%–6.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

San Benito County Superior Court

Judges

4 (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

Hollister

Traffic fatalities

11

21.88 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11