Douglas County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,695 57.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15,729 35.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 177 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 335 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,942 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 236 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 126 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 126 0.3%

• Under 18 10,847 24.4%
• 18–24 3,713 8.4%
• 25–44 11,371 25.6%
• 45–64 10,255 23.1%
• 65 and over 8,180 18.4%

Median household income

$76,714

90% interval $71,690–$81,738

−$22,595 vs WA · 22nd of 39

Below poverty line

10.9%

90% interval 8.7%–13.1%

+0.9 pp vs WA · 22nd of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.36 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.8B

0.33% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,341

Establishments

1,132

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,030 24.4%
• Natural resources & mining 2,390 19.3%
• Education & health services 2,104 16.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,394 11.2%
• Construction 796 6.4%
• Professional & business services 696 5.6%
• Manufacturing 670 5.4%
• Public administration 560 4.5%
• Other services 260 2.1%
• Financial activities 247 2.0%
• Information 175 1.4%

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

Home ownership

69.3%

+5.5 pp vs WA · 24th of 39

Median gross rent

$1,305

−$455 vs WA · 14th of 39

Owner-occupied

11,031

Renter-occupied

4,892

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Public administration, $84,550/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,659/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 13,095 62.2%
• Democratic 7,410 35.2%
• Other / third-party 564 2.7%

• Spanish 10,892 26.2%
• Chinese 83 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 78 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 75 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 54 0.1%
• Tagalog 45 0.1%
• Arabic 5 0.0%
• Vietnamese 3 0.0%

Households

15,923

Family households

11,504

72.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,518

30.6% of families

Single-mother families

1,187

10.3% of families

Veterans

2,448

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,282 10.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,712 8.6%
• Catholic 3,243 7.6%
• Mainline Protestant 770 1.8%
• Black Protestant 150 0.3%

Health insured

86.7%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

13.3%

±1.5 pp

4th of 39

With a disability

16.0%

±1.4 pp

22nd of 39

Bachelor's or higher

21.5%

±1.9 pp

−18.1 pp vs WA · 30th of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.3%

90% interval 12.0%–14.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

24th Superior Court District

Judges

1 (Superior Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + juvenile + probate jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.wa.gov; cross-checked against RCW § 2.08.064. District Court judges (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, traffic, small civil up to $100K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Municipal Court judges (city-level traffic + misdemeanor) also separate.)

Court seats

Waterville

Traffic fatalities

4

11.93 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4