Crook County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,553 85.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,071 7.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 138 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 82 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,181 4.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 200 0.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 52 0.2%

• Under 18 5,121 19.5%
• 18–24 1,557 5.9%
• 25–44 5,860 22.3%
• 45–64 7,101 27.0%
• 65 and over 6,638 25.3%

Median household income

$76,704

90% interval $68,540–$84,868

−$8,193 vs OR · 14th of 36

Below poverty line

11.3%

90% interval 8.7%–13.9%

−0.4 pp vs OR · 29th of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.0%

+0.78 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

0.54% of state

Avg. annual pay

$67,329

Establishments

855

• Education & health services 1,275 17.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,265 17.0%
• Construction 924 12.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 911 12.3%
• Professional & business services 629 8.5%
• Public administration 598 8.1%
• Other services 295 4.0%
• Information 239 3.2%
• Natural resources & mining 156 2.1%

The sectors listed cover 84.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.1%

+10.8 pp vs OR · 5th of 36

Median gross rent

$1,283

−$242 vs OR · 14th of 36

Owner-occupied

7,987

Renter-occupied

2,795

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 47% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $220,932/yr) pays 6.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $32,240/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 11,804 74.3%
• Democratic 3,731 23.5%
• Other / third-party 357 2.2%

• Spanish 1,414 5.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 63 0.3%
• Chinese 29 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 27 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 18 0.1%
• Vietnamese 14 0.1%

Households

10,782

Family households

7,620

70.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,639

21.5% of families

Single-mother families

634

8.3% of families

Veterans

2,130

10.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,760 11.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,487 6.0%
• Catholic 1,054 4.3%
• Mainline Protestant 274 1.1%
• Black Protestant 120 0.5%

Health insured

94.3%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±1.4 pp

20th of 36

With a disability

19.8%

±2.5 pp

14th of 36

Bachelor's or higher

21.3%

±2.5 pp

−15.5 pp vs OR · 23rd of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.6%

90% interval 4.9%–6.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

22nd Judicial District Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Madras, Prineville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

9.45 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2