Washington County, Utah

• White (non-Hispanic) 159,646 81.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,790 12.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 767 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,232 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 7,158 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 889 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1,231 0.6%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 718 0.4%

• Under 18 48,021 24.4%
• 18–24 18,112 9.2%
• 25–44 46,402 23.6%
• 45–64 40,093 20.4%
• 65 and over 43,803 22.3%

Median household income

$86,715

90% interval $82,238–$91,192

−$9,683 vs UT · 11th of 29

Below poverty line

9.3%

90% interval 7.7%–10.9%

+0.9 pp vs UT · 16th of 29

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

+0 pp vs. state

County GDP

$11.6B

3.86% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,877

Establishments

8,387

• Education & health services 21,428 23.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 19,901 22.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 14,518 16.2%
• Construction 10,526 11.7%
• Professional & business services 8,588 9.6%
• Manufacturing 4,213 4.7%
• Financial activities 3,354 3.7%
• Public administration 2,956 3.3%
• Other services 2,544 2.8%
• Information 1,142 1.3%
• Natural resources & mining 604 0.7%

Home ownership

71.6%

+1.4 pp vs UT · 22nd of 29

Median gross rent

$1,566

+$70 vs UT · 5th of 29

Owner-occupied

49,994

Renter-occupied

19,792

• 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 (Information, $84,610/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,866/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 73,165 75.2%
• Democratic 22,327 23.0%
• Other / third-party 1,751 1.8%

• Spanish 15,339 8.3%
• German or other West Germanic 607 0.3%
• Chinese 527 0.3%
• Tagalog 386 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 344 0.2%
• Vietnamese 328 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 132 0.1%
• Korean 33 0.0%
• Arabic 16 0.0%

Households

69,786

Family households

52,030

74.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

16,203

31.1% of families

Single-mother families

2,285

4.4% of families

Veterans

10,523

7.1% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 117,827 65.4%
• Catholic 11,000 6.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,471 1.9%
• Mainline Protestant 1,208 0.7%

Health insured

88.9%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

11.1%

±0.9 pp

7th of 29

With a disability

13.2%

±0.8 pp

16th of 29

Bachelor's or higher

35.2%

±1.4 pp

−2.5 pp vs UT · 9th of 29

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.7%

90% interval 11.6%–13.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial District Court

Judges

7 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal trial jurisdiction); vintage 2026 utcourts.gov directory + Utah Code § 78A-5-101. UT has ~89 District Court judges statewide. Justice Court judges (limited jurisdiction: Class B/C misdemeanors, small civil under $20K) are separately allocated at the city + county level and not counted here. Juvenile Court judges (companion court with same district boundaries) are also separately allocated.)

Court seats

Beaver, Parowan, St. George

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

17

11.45 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

17