Klamath County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 52,278 74.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,748 13.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 507 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 650 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,848 6.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,643 2.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 190 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 383 0.5%

• Under 18 15,216 21.7%
• 18–24 5,531 7.9%
• 25–44 17,113 24.4%
• 45–64 16,692 23.8%
• 65 and over 15,695 22.3%

Median household income

$64,076

90% interval $59,407–$68,745

−$20,821 vs OR · 25th of 36

Below poverty line

16.6%

90% interval 13.7%–19.5%

+4.9 pp vs OR · 5th of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

7.3%

+2.06 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.6B

1.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,944

Establishments

2,254

• Education & health services 7,366 30.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,752 19.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,928 12.3%
• Professional & business services 1,578 6.6%
• Manufacturing 1,538 6.4%
• Construction 1,362 5.7%
• Public administration 1,292 5.4%
• Natural resources & mining 1,243 5.2%
• Other services 947 4.0%
• Financial activities 640 2.7%
• Information 103 0.4%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 99.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.4%

+6.1 pp vs OR · 19th of 36

Median gross rent

$991

−$534 vs OR · 27th of 36

Owner-occupied

20,130

Renter-occupied

8,869

• 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $77,458/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,159/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 24,613 69.8%
• Democratic 9,829 27.9%
• Other / third-party 839 2.4%

• Spanish 4,755 7.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 204 0.3%
• Chinese 112 0.2%
• Tagalog 112 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 108 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 97 0.1%
• Vietnamese 15 0.0%
• Arabic 5 0.0%

Households

28,999

Family households

17,532

60.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,491

25.6% of families

Single-mother families

1,592

9.1% of families

Veterans

5,436

10% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 9,187 13.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,587 8.0%
• Catholic 4,740 6.8%
• Mainline Protestant 1,239 1.8%
• Black Protestant 220 0.3%

Health insured

93.2%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

6.8%

±0.9 pp

12th of 36

With a disability

20.3%

±1.2 pp

11th of 36

Bachelor's or higher

22.7%

±1.5 pp

−14.1 pp vs OR · 18th of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.6%

90% interval 6.7%–8.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

13th 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

Klamath Falls

Traffic fatalities

26

47.25 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

17