Douglas County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 94,380 84.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,444 6.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 373 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 931 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 7,081 6.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 931 0.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 88 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 844 0.8%

• Under 18 21,389 19.1%
• 18–24 7,291 6.5%
• 25–44 25,399 22.7%
• 45–64 28,299 25.3%
• 65 and over 29,694 26.5%

Median household income

$61,341

90% interval $57,629–$65,053

−$23,556 vs OR · 29th of 36

Below poverty line

14.7%

90% interval 12.3%–17.1%

+3.0 pp vs OR · 9th of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.3%

+1.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.4B

1.62% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,333

Establishments

3,384

• Education & health services 10,833 28.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,118 18.6%
• Manufacturing 4,378 11.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,748 9.8%
• Professional & business services 3,144 8.2%
• Public administration 2,034 5.3%
• Construction 1,864 4.9%
• Natural resources & mining 1,768 4.6%
• Other services 1,318 3.4%
• Financial activities 1,005 2.6%
• Information 312 0.8%
• Unclassified 6 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 97.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.7%

+9.4 pp vs OR · 7th of 36

Median gross rent

$1,055

−$470 vs OR · 21st of 36

Owner-occupied

34,567

Renter-occupied

12,952

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% 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 (Public administration, $75,712/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,269/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 41,059 67.6%
• Democratic 18,181 29.9%
• Other / third-party 1,516 2.5%

• Spanish 3,106 2.9%
• German or other West Germanic 424 0.4%
• Tagalog 183 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 162 0.2%
• Korean 95 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 92 0.1%
• Vietnamese 52 0.0%
• Chinese 3 0.0%

Households

47,519

Family households

30,281

63.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,192

20.4% of families

Single-mother families

2,669

8.8% of families

Veterans

11,928

13.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 20,339 18.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,456 5.8%
• Catholic 4,368 3.9%
• Mainline Protestant 1,697 1.5%
• Black Protestant 1,150 1.0%
• Orthodox 30 0.0%

Health insured

94.8%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±0.8 pp

26th of 36

With a disability

22.0%

±1.1 pp

8th of 36

Bachelor's or higher

19.3%

±1.2 pp

−17.5 pp vs OR · 29th of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.8%

90% interval 6.0%–7.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

16th Judicial District Circuit Court

Judges

4 (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

Roseburg

Traffic fatalities

37

40.8 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

36