Franklin County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 36,696 37.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 54,664 55.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,834 1.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,728 1.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,057 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 179 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 159 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 585 0.6%

• Under 18 30,565 30.9%
• 18–24 10,328 10.4%
• 25–44 28,330 28.6%
• 45–64 19,422 19.6%
• 65 and over 10,257 10.4%

Median household income

$81,405

90% interval $74,931–$87,879

−$17,904 vs WA · 15th of 39

Below poverty line

14.0%

90% interval 11.8%–16.2%

+4.0 pp vs WA · 9th of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.4%

+0.44 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.8B

0.67% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,239

Establishments

2,428

• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,732 25.7%
• Education & health services 7,561 19.9%
• Natural resources & mining 5,319 14.0%
• Manufacturing 3,934 10.4%
• Construction 2,800 7.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,703 7.1%
• Professional & business services 2,011 5.3%
• Public administration 1,905 5.0%
• Other services 775 2.0%
• Financial activities 707 1.9%
• Information 194 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 99.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.0%

+7.2 pp vs WA · 20th of 39

Median gross rent

$1,198

−$562 vs WA · 20th of 39

Owner-occupied

21,209

Renter-occupied

8,681

• 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $87,069/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,621/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 19,086 60.1%
• Democratic 11,884 37.4%
• Other / third-party 769 2.4%

• Spanish 41,763 45.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,317 1.4%
• Vietnamese 591 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 326 0.4%
• Chinese 178 0.2%
• Arabic 167 0.2%
• Tagalog 133 0.1%
• Korean 45 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 16 0.0%

Households

29,890

Family households

24,016

80.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,022

33.4% of families

Single-mother families

3,273

13.6% of families

Veterans

4,004

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 26,603 27.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,859 12.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 9,333 9.6%
• Mainline Protestant 598 0.6%
• Black Protestant 286 0.3%
• Orthodox 41 0.0%

Health insured

86.8%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

13.2%

±1.5 pp

5th of 39

With a disability

10.5%

±0.9 pp

38th of 39

Bachelor's or higher

21.1%

±1.7 pp

−18.5 pp vs WA · 32nd of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.8%

90% interval 13.4%–16.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

10th Superior Court District

Judges

8 (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

Pasco, Prosser

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

16.1 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9