Clatsop County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 33,275 80.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,156 10.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 383 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 514 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,814 6.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 120 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 25 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 76 0.2%

• Under 18 7,389 17.9%
• 18–24 2,636 6.4%
• 25–44 10,231 24.7%
• 45–64 10,736 26.0%
• 65 and over 10,371 25.1%

Median household income

$76,494

90% interval $70,011–$82,977

−$8,403 vs OR · 15th of 36

Below poverty line

13.3%

90% interval 10.8%–15.8%

+1.6 pp vs OR · 19th of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.1%

−0.16 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.6B

0.8% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,058

Establishments

1,863

• Leisure & hospitality 5,039 26.1%
• Education & health services 4,028 20.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,630 18.8%
• Manufacturing 2,033 10.5%
• Professional & business services 1,112 5.8%
• Public administration 903 4.7%
• Other services 559 2.9%
• Financial activities 526 2.7%
• Natural resources & mining 67 0.3%
• Construction 47 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 93.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.2%

−0.1 pp vs OR · 30th of 36

Median gross rent

$1,180

−$345 vs OR · 19th of 36

Owner-occupied

11,374

Renter-occupied

6,610

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $95,821/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $33,713/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 12,442 54.1%
• Republican 9,829 42.8%
• Other / third-party 718 3.1%

• Spanish 1,971 5.0%
• German or other West Germanic 162 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 52 0.1%
• Vietnamese 43 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 38 0.1%
• Chinese 34 0.1%
• Tagalog 31 0.1%
• Korean 10 0.0%
• Arabic 1 0.0%

Households

17,984

Family households

10,178

56.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,342

23.0% of families

Single-mother families

563

5.5% of families

Veterans

3,695

11% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,091 17.3%
• Catholic 2,449 6.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,035 5.0%
• Mainline Protestant 1,027 2.5%
• Orthodox 20 0.0%

Health insured

92.9%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

7.1%

±1.4 pp

9th of 36

With a disability

20.0%

±1.9 pp

12th of 36

Bachelor's or higher

28.7%

±2.1 pp

−8.1 pp vs OR · 12th of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.5%

90% interval 6.6%–8.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

18th Judicial District Circuit Court

Judges

17 (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

Astoria

Traffic fatalities

7

20.6 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7