Klickitat County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,440 78.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,089 13.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 81 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 179 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,110 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 310 1.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 65 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 137 0.6%

• Under 18 4,250 18.2%
• 18–24 1,447 6.2%
• 25–44 5,505 23.5%
• 45–64 6,331 27.0%
• 65 and over 5,878 25.1%

Median household income

$73,060

90% interval $65,284–$80,836

−$26,249 vs WA · 24th of 39

Below poverty line

12.2%

90% interval 9.5%–14.9%

+2.2 pp vs WA · 17th of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.27% of state

Avg. annual pay

$66,879

Establishments

842

• Education & health services 1,515 21.4%
• Natural resources & mining 1,165 16.4%
• Manufacturing 1,021 14.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 912 12.9%
• Professional & business services 738 10.4%
• Public administration 505 7.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 458 6.5%
• Other services 356 5.0%
• Construction 227 3.2%
• Financial activities 116 1.6%
• Information 40 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 99.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.7%

+12.9 pp vs WA · 13th of 39

Median gross rent

$1,105

−$655 vs WA · 24th of 39

Owner-occupied

7,569

Renter-occupied

2,303

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $134,792/yr) pays 4.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,531/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 7,178 53.1%
• Democratic 5,917 43.7%
• Other / third-party 432 3.2%

• Spanish 2,411 10.8%
• German or other West Germanic 144 0.6%
• Vietnamese 27 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 24 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 17 0.1%
• Chinese 17 0.1%
• Tagalog 15 0.1%
• Arabic 12 0.1%

Households

9,872

Family households

6,292

63.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,342

21.3% of families

Single-mother families

508

8.1% of families

Veterans

1,899

9.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,168 9.5%
• Catholic 1,847 8.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,113 4.9%
• Mainline Protestant 425 1.9%
• Orthodox 104 0.5%

Health insured

93.6%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±1.2 pp

16th of 39

With a disability

18.8%

±1.8 pp

14th of 39

Bachelor's or higher

31.2%

±3.1 pp

−8.4 pp vs WA · 17th of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.5%

90% interval 9.3%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

31st 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

Goldendale, Stevenson

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

5.22 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1