Wasco County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,810 70.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,470 20.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 114 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 185 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,371 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 469 1.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 87 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 46 0.2%

• Under 18 5,682 21.4%
• 18–24 1,961 7.4%
• 25–44 6,815 25.7%
• 45–64 6,409 24.1%
• 65 and over 5,685 21.4%

Median household income

$63,941

90% interval $57,490–$70,392

−$20,956 vs OR · 26th of 36

Below poverty line

12.8%

90% interval 9.7%–15.9%

+1.1 pp vs OR · 21st of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.4B

0.72% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,525

Establishments

1,062

• Education & health services 3,180 27.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,251 19.5%
• Natural resources & mining 1,512 13.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,349 11.7%
• Professional & business services 694 6.0%
• Public administration 569 4.9%
• Manufacturing 481 4.2%
• Construction 466 4.0%
• Other services 355 3.1%
• Information 260 2.3%
• Financial activities 208 1.8%

The sectors listed cover 98.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.5%

+4.2 pp vs OR · 22nd of 36

Median gross rent

$1,008

−$517 vs OR · 24th of 36

Owner-occupied

7,131

Renter-occupied

3,432

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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 (Information, $231,278/yr) pays 8.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,911/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 6,754 51.2%
• Democratic 6,005 45.5%
• Other / third-party 426 3.2%

• Spanish 4,231 16.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 126 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 38 0.2%
• Tagalog 37 0.1%
• Korean 28 0.1%
• Chinese 27 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 17 0.1%

Households

10,563

Family households

6,084

57.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,546

25.4% of families

Single-mother families

473

7.8% of families

Veterans

1,857

8.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,572 9.6%
• Catholic 2,517 9.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 955 3.6%
• Mainline Protestant 673 2.5%

Health insured

91.5%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

8.5%

±1.5 pp

5th of 36

With a disability

17.5%

±1.8 pp

21st of 36

Bachelor's or higher

22.4%

±2.2 pp

−14.4 pp vs OR · 20th of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.8%

90% interval 7.8%–9.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

7th 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

Condon, Fossil, Hood River, Moro, The Dalles

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

9

43.12 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8