Tulare County, California

• White (non-Hispanic) 121,847 25.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 318,976 66.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6,258 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 16,800 3.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 9,608 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,124 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 571 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,509 0.5%

• Under 18 142,421 29.8%
• 18–24 48,582 10.1%
• 25–44 130,553 27.3%
• 45–64 100,036 20.9%
• 65 and over 57,101 11.9%

Median household income

$68,907

90% interval $65,918–$71,896

−$31,223 vs CA · 44th of 58

Below poverty line

19.9%

90% interval 18.3%–21.5%

+8.1 pp vs CA · 3rd of 58

Unemployment (12-mo)

10.5%

+5.17 pp vs. state

County GDP

$25.4B

0.63% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,792

Establishments

14,922

• Education & health services 48,156 27.6%
• Natural resources & mining 33,262 19.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 31,479 18.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 15,207 8.7%
• Manufacturing 12,650 7.2%
• Professional & business services 10,665 6.1%
• Public administration 8,466 4.8%
• Construction 7,335 4.2%
• Other services 3,512 2.0%
• Financial activities 3,304 1.9%
• Information 558 0.3%
• Unclassified 18 0.0%

Home ownership

58.5%

+2.6 pp vs CA · 43rd of 58

Median gross rent

$1,280

−$756 vs CA · 45th of 58

Owner-occupied

83,701

Renter-occupied

59,494

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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, $79,764/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,216/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 81,854 59.2%
• Democratic 53,221 38.5%
• Other / third-party 3,196 2.3%

• Spanish 204,336 46.0%
• Tagalog 2,728 0.6%
• Arabic 2,515 0.6%
• Chinese 1,764 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 523 0.1%
• Korean 514 0.1%
• Vietnamese 362 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 332 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 321 0.1%

Households

143,195

Family households

113,185

79.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

34,075

30.1% of families

Single-mother families

15,304

13.5% of families

Veterans

13,196

3.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 172,153 36.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 50,071 10.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 21,137 4.5%
• Mainline Protestant 6,292 1.3%
• Black Protestant 2,514 0.5%
• Orthodox 690 0.1%

Health insured

91.9%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

8.1%

±0.5 pp

10th of 58

With a disability

12.5%

±0.4 pp

36th of 58

Bachelor's or higher

16.6%

±0.6 pp

−20.5 pp vs CA · 52nd of 58

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.6%

90% interval 7.9%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Tulare County Superior Court

Judges

21 (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

Visalia

Traffic fatalities

72

21.41 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

67