Jefferson County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,447 57.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,372 21.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 142 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 118 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,104 8.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,779 11.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 17 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 224 0.9%

• Under 18 5,719 22.7%
• 18–24 1,909 7.6%
• 25–44 6,260 24.8%
• 45–64 6,299 25.0%
• 65 and over 5,016 19.9%

Median household income

$69,959

90% interval $62,995–$76,923

−$14,938 vs OR · 18th of 36

Below poverty line

13.7%

90% interval 10.6%–16.8%

+2.0 pp vs OR · 16th of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.7%

+0.45 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

0.35% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,567

Establishments

652

• Education & health services 1,617 22.8%
• Public administration 1,225 17.3%
• Manufacturing 1,142 16.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 976 13.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 685 9.7%
• Natural resources & mining 350 4.9%
• Professional & business services 250 3.5%
• Other services 216 3.1%
• Construction 201 2.8%
• Financial activities 98 1.4%
• Information 41 0.6%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 96.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.0%

+8.7 pp vs OR · 9th of 36

Median gross rent

$941

−$584 vs OR · 30th of 36

Owner-occupied

6,347

Renter-occupied

2,467

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% 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 (Construction, $70,239/yr) pays 2.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,705/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 7,438 63.8%
• Democratic 3,921 33.6%
• Other / third-party 294 2.5%

• Spanish 3,281 13.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 41 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 37 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 33 0.1%
• Tagalog 26 0.1%
• Korean 8 0.0%

Households

8,814

Family households

6,384

72.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,328

20.8% of families

Single-mother families

727

11.4% of families

Veterans

1,603

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,623 14.8%
• Catholic 1,982 8.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,244 5.1%
• Mainline Protestant 267 1.1%

Health insured

92.7%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

7.3%

±1.3 pp

8th of 36

With a disability

18.1%

±1.9 pp

20th of 36

Bachelor's or higher

21.2%

±2.2 pp

−15.6 pp vs OR · 24th of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.0%

90% interval 7.1%–8.9% · 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

7

35.93 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7