Union County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,439 85.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,441 5.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 222 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 300 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,008 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 137 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 391 1.5%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 206 0.8%

• Under 18 5,591 21.4%
• 18–24 2,960 11.3%
• 25–44 6,260 23.9%
• 45–64 5,749 22.0%
• 65 and over 5,584 21.4%

Median household income

$67,339

90% interval $60,503–$74,175

−$17,558 vs OR · 21st of 36

Below poverty line

14.3%

90% interval 11.8%–16.8%

+2.6 pp vs OR · 13th of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.04 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.41% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,965

Establishments

1,008

• Education & health services 2,963 28.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,913 18.3%
• Manufacturing 1,195 11.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,032 9.9%
• Professional & business services 588 5.6%
• Public administration 568 5.4%
• Financial activities 463 4.4%
• Natural resources & mining 145 1.4%
• Construction 120 1.1%
• Other services 12 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 86.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

65.5%

+2.2 pp vs OR · 28th of 36

Median gross rent

$982

−$543 vs OR · 28th of 36

Owner-occupied

7,141

Renter-occupied

3,759

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $111,103/yr) pays 4.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,268/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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.

• Republican 9,872 68.7%
• Democratic 4,043 28.1%
• Other / third-party 449 3.1%

• Spanish 522 2.1%
• Chinese 112 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 66 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 65 0.3%
• Tagalog 22 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 10 0.0%
• Korean 10 0.0%

Households

10,900

Family households

6,851

62.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,723

25.1% of families

Single-mother families

436

6.4% of families

Veterans

1,622

7.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,111 15.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,118 11.9%
• Catholic 1,240 4.7%
• Mainline Protestant 526 2.0%

Health insured

93.1%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

6.9%

±1.5 pp

11th of 36

With a disability

18.6%

±1.8 pp

18th of 36

Bachelor's or higher

26.1%

±2.2 pp

−10.7 pp vs OR · 16th of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 5.8%–7.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

10th Judicial District Circuit Court

Judges

1 (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

Enterprise, La Grande

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

24.33 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5