York County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 365,243 78.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 44,412 9.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 26,685 5.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,728 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 16,710 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 156 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 117 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,873 0.6%

• Under 18 101,294 21.9%
• 18–24 36,265 7.8%
• 25–44 115,877 25.0%
• 45–64 122,375 26.4%
• 65 and over 87,113 18.8%

Median household income

$81,537

90% interval $79,104–$83,970

+$4,005 vs PA · 11th of 67

Below poverty line

9.2%

90% interval 8.0%–10.4%

−2.4 pp vs PA · 58th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−0.37 pp vs. state

County GDP

$28.4B

2.82% of state

Avg. annual pay

$65,071

Establishments

9,419

• Trade, transportation & utilities 42,260 23.1%
• Education & health services 39,847 21.8%
• Manufacturing 31,878 17.4%
• Professional & business services 18,759 10.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 16,252 8.9%
• Construction 11,738 6.4%
• Public administration 7,481 4.1%
• Other services 6,624 3.6%
• Financial activities 5,432 3.0%
• Natural resources & mining 1,018 0.6%
• Information 862 0.5%

Home ownership

76.3%

+7.0 pp vs PA · 27th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,193

−$16 vs PA · 14th of 67

Owner-occupied

138,624

Renter-occupied

42,959

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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, $86,299/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,065/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 154,884 62.1%
• Democratic 91,926 36.9%
• Other / third-party 2,400 1.0%

• Spanish 23,449 5.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,669 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 1,557 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,021 0.2%
• Arabic 954 0.2%
• Vietnamese 944 0.2%
• Chinese 905 0.2%
• Tagalog 597 0.1%
• Korean 167 0.0%

Households

181,583

Family households

123,386

68.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

34,044

27.6% of families

Single-mother families

10,864

8.8% of families

Veterans

26,460

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 55,045 12.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 51,444 11.3%
• Catholic 36,868 8.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,588 2.1%
• Black Protestant 2,128 0.5%
• Orthodox 750 0.2%

Health insured

95.2%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±0.3 pp

42nd of 67

With a disability

14.0%

±0.4 pp

50th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

27.6%

±0.7 pp

−7.6 pp vs PA · 22nd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.7%

90% interval 6.1%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

19th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

13 (Court of Common Pleas judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + orphans' court jurisdiction); vintage 2026 pacourts.us; cross-checked against 42 Pa. C.S. § 911. Magisterial District Judges (limited jurisdiction: preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, small civil up to $12K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Philadelphia Municipal Court (limited civil + minor criminal in Philadelphia only) also separate.)

Court seats

York

Traffic fatalities

41

11.34 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

37