Grays Harbor County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 58,592 76.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,617 11.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,137 1.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,021 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,041 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,916 3.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 310 0.4%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 419 0.5%

• Under 18 15,217 19.7%
• 18–24 5,194 6.7%
• 25–44 18,385 23.9%
• 45–64 20,277 26.3%
• 65 and over 17,980 23.3%

Median household income

$62,481

90% interval $57,213–$67,749

−$36,828 vs WA · 36th of 39

Below poverty line

15.9%

90% interval 13.3%–18.5%

+5.9 pp vs WA · 6th of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.8%

+0.85 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.8B

0.45% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,001

Establishments

1,860

• Education & health services 6,054 25.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,031 16.9%
• Public administration 3,137 13.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,806 11.8%
• Manufacturing 2,542 10.7%
• Construction 1,486 6.2%
• Professional & business services 1,166 4.9%
• Financial activities 748 3.1%
• Natural resources & mining 667 2.8%
• Other services 636 2.7%
• Information 152 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 98.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.2%

+9.4 pp vs WA · 18th of 39

Median gross rent

$1,062

−$698 vs WA · 27th of 39

Owner-occupied

22,424

Renter-occupied

8,204

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% 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, $80,180/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,265/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 19,432 51.6%
• Democratic 17,161 45.6%
• Other / third-party 1,045 2.8%

• Spanish 5,502 7.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 241 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 240 0.3%
• Chinese 197 0.3%
• Tagalog 179 0.2%
• Arabic 179 0.2%
• Korean 143 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 72 0.1%
• Vietnamese 10 0.0%

Households

30,628

Family households

18,417

60.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,668

19.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,606

8.7% of families

Veterans

6,769

10.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 11,069 14.6%
• Catholic 5,060 6.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,600 4.8%
• Mainline Protestant 1,765 2.3%

Health insured

92.4%

±1 pp

Uninsured

7.6%

±1 pp

10th of 39

With a disability

22.0%

±1.3 pp

4th of 39

Bachelor's or higher

18.2%

±1.2 pp

−21.4 pp vs WA · 36th of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.4%

90% interval 9.4%–11.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

16th Superior Court District

Judges

3 (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

Montesano

Traffic fatalities

10

16.17 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9