Yamhill County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 79,063 72.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,181 17.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 795 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,104 1.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,856 5.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 753 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 227 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 755 0.7%

• Under 18 22,912 21.1%
• 18–24 10,781 9.9%
• 25–44 28,341 26.1%
• 45–64 26,210 24.1%
• 65 and over 20,490 18.8%

Median household income

$92,193

90% interval $87,379–$97,007

+$7,296 vs OR · 5th of 36

Below poverty line

9.9%

90% interval 8.0%–11.8%

−1.8 pp vs OR · 32nd of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

−0.3 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.2B

1.56% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,280

Establishments

3,611

• Education & health services 11,451 28.6%
• Manufacturing 6,643 16.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,060 12.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,936 9.8%
• Natural resources & mining 3,866 9.7%
• Professional & business services 2,412 6.0%
• Construction 2,246 5.6%
• Public administration 1,600 4.0%
• Other services 1,177 2.9%
• Financial activities 999 2.5%
• Information 312 0.8%
• Unclassified 2 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 99.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.4%

+6.1 pp vs OR · 20th of 36

Median gross rent

$1,480

−$45 vs OR · 5th of 36

Owner-occupied

27,249

Renter-occupied

11,998

• 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 (Information, $120,571/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,611/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 29,484 51.4%
• Democratic 25,971 45.3%
• Other / third-party 1,869 3.3%

• Spanish 11,718 11.3%
• German or other West Germanic 375 0.4%
• Chinese 347 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 249 0.2%
• Vietnamese 152 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 143 0.1%
• Korean 102 0.1%
• Tagalog 58 0.1%

Households

39,247

Family households

27,458

70.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,560

27.5% of families

Single-mother families

2,371

8.6% of families

Veterans

6,738

7.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 14,425 13.4%
• Catholic 7,795 7.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,383 5.9%
• Mainline Protestant 3,071 2.9%

Health insured

94.1%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

5.9%

±0.9 pp

19th of 36

With a disability

16.0%

±1 pp

27th of 36

Bachelor's or higher

29.6%

±1.5 pp

−7.2 pp vs OR · 11th of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.3%

90% interval 6.5%–8.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

25th 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

McMinnville

Traffic fatalities

12

13.98 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12