Solano County, California

• White (non-Hispanic) 150,061 33.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 133,953 29.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 55,694 12.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 71,955 15.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 31,322 6.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,080 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3,653 0.8%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4,200 0.9%

• Under 18 98,830 21.9%
• 18–24 37,447 8.3%
• 25–44 125,418 27.8%
• 45–64 111,485 24.7%
• 65 and over 78,738 17.4%

Median household income

$94,968

90% interval $90,216–$99,720

−$5,162 vs CA · 18th of 58

Below poverty line

10.1%

90% interval 8.8%–11.4%

−1.7 pp vs CA · 43rd of 58

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.2%

−0.15 pp vs. state

County GDP

$37.7B

0.93% of state

Avg. annual pay

$73,494

Establishments

13,974

• Education & health services 43,458 30.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 28,753 20.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 16,088 11.2%
• Professional & business services 11,372 7.9%
• Construction 11,202 7.8%
• Manufacturing 11,001 7.6%
• Public administration 10,222 7.1%
• Financial activities 4,762 3.3%
• Other services 4,442 3.1%
• Natural resources & mining 1,642 1.1%
• Information 1,024 0.7%

Home ownership

63.0%

+7.1 pp vs CA · 29th of 58

Median gross rent

$2,163

+$127 vs CA · 12th of 58

Owner-occupied

99,263

Renter-occupied

58,249

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Construction, $105,081/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,862/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 113,997 60.1%
• Republican 70,345 37.1%
• Other / third-party 5,492 2.9%

• Spanish 77,711 18.2%
• Tagalog 29,772 7.0%
• Chinese 3,847 0.9%
• Vietnamese 2,451 0.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,221 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,113 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 952 0.2%
• Korean 945 0.2%
• Arabic 791 0.2%

Households

157,512

Family households

109,618

69.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

29,269

26.7% of families

Single-mother families

9,652

8.8% of families

Veterans

28,370

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 72,568 16.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 42,102 9.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 18,475 4.1%
• Black Protestant 7,758 1.7%
• Mainline Protestant 4,992 1.1%
• Orthodox 575 0.1%

Health insured

95.2%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±0.3 pp

48th of 58

With a disability

13.5%

±0.4 pp

25th of 58

Bachelor's or higher

28.8%

±0.8 pp

−8.3 pp vs CA · 27th of 58

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.4%

90% interval 4.9%–5.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Solano County Superior Court

Judges

24 (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

Fairfield

Traffic fatalities

41

11.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

40