Benton County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 73,428 76.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,031 9.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,103 1.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,365 6.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,249 5.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 381 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 196 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 550 0.6%

• Under 18 15,150 15.7%
• 18–24 20,858 21.7%
• 25–44 23,029 23.9%
• 45–64 19,948 20.7%
• 65 and over 17,318 18.0%

Median household income

$79,863

90% interval $73,127–$86,599

−$5,034 vs OR · 10th of 36

Below poverty line

14.3%

90% interval 12.4%–16.2%

+2.6 pp vs OR · 11th of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.87 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.3B

1.9% of state

Avg. annual pay

$69,821

Establishments

2,984

• Education & health services 15,178 39.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,765 12.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,492 11.6%
• Professional & business services 4,240 11.0%
• Manufacturing 2,527 6.6%
• Other services 1,551 4.0%
• Public administration 1,369 3.6%
• Construction 1,318 3.4%
• Financial activities 1,187 3.1%
• Natural resources & mining 1,119 2.9%
• Information 532 1.4%
• Unclassified 4 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 99.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

56.9%

−6.4 pp vs OR · 35th of 36

Median gross rent

$1,410

−$115 vs OR · 8th of 36

Owner-occupied

21,945

Renter-occupied

16,592

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Manufacturing, $105,095/yr) pays 4.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,163/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 33,579 68.1%
• Republican 14,041 28.5%
• Other / third-party 1,716 3.5%

• Spanish 4,821 5.2%
• Chinese 1,793 1.9%
• Korean 750 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 485 0.5%
• Vietnamese 448 0.5%
• Arabic 425 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 413 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 242 0.3%
• Tagalog 67 0.1%

Households

38,537

Family households

21,008

54.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,295

25.2% of families

Single-mother families

1,637

7.8% of families

Veterans

4,290

5.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 12,881 13.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,306 6.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,668 4.9%
• Mainline Protestant 2,485 2.6%
• Orthodox 290 0.3%

Health insured

95.2%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±0.7 pp

31st of 36

With a disability

12.8%

±0.8 pp

33rd of 36

Bachelor's or higher

54.2%

±2 pp

+17.4 pp vs OR · 1st of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.9%

90% interval 5.1%–6.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

21st Judicial District Circuit Court

Judges

3 (Circuit Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.oregon.gov; cross-checked against ORS § 3.041. Justice Courts (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, traffic, small claims under $10K) operate per county and are not counted here. Multnomah County operates a separate County Court for probate / juvenile matters.)

Court seats

Corvallis

Traffic fatalities

10

12.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8