San Diego County, California

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,394,708 42.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,139,063 34.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 143,223 4.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 397,310 12.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 174,700 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 7,736 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 11,752 0.4%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 20,282 0.6%

• Under 18 687,317 20.9%
• 18–24 320,072 9.7%
• 25–44 993,598 30.2%
• 45–64 780,053 23.7%
• 65 and over 507,734 15.4%

Median household income

$108,754

90% interval $107,258–$110,250

+$8,624 vs CA · 12th of 58

Below poverty line

10.1%

90% interval 9.4%–10.8%

−1.7 pp vs CA · 42nd of 58

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

−0.82 pp vs. state

County GDP

$331.9B

8.2% of state

Avg. annual pay

$85,402

Establishments

135,234

• Education & health services 394,596 25.7%
• Professional & business services 259,921 16.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 230,240 15.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 214,672 14.0%
• Manufacturing 109,768 7.2%
• Construction 89,591 5.8%
• Public administration 82,327 5.4%
• Financial activities 70,230 4.6%
• Other services 55,728 3.6%
• Information 18,774 1.2%
• Natural resources & mining 9,020 0.6%
• Unclassified 201 0.0%

Home ownership

54.6%

−1.3 pp vs CA · 50th of 58

Median gross rent

$2,246

+$210 vs CA · 10th of 58

Owner-occupied

639,138

Renter-occupied

532,140

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% 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, $182,162/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $41,570/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 841,372 56.9%
• Republican 593,270 40.1%
• Other / third-party 43,144 2.9%

• Spanish 748,300 24.1%
• Tagalog 84,652 2.7%
• Chinese 53,115 1.7%
• Vietnamese 37,946 1.2%
• Arabic 30,640 1.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 22,551 0.7%
• Korean 15,176 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12,830 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 11,921 0.4%

Households

1,171,278

Family households

774,697

66.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

236,936

30.6% of families

Single-mother families

58,639

7.6% of families

Veterans

183,791

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 754,089 22.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 312,105 9.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 217,748 6.6%
• Mainline Protestant 50,810 1.5%
• Black Protestant 18,477 0.6%
• Orthodox 13,105 0.4%

Health insured

93.6%

±0.2 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±0.2 pp

27th of 58

With a disability

11.1%

±0.2 pp

50th of 58

Bachelor's or higher

43.2%

+6.1 pp vs CA · 11th of 58

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.5%

90% interval 6.2%–6.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

San Diego County Superior Court

Judges

154 (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

San Diego

Traffic fatalities

303

11.65 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

282