Okanogan County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 27,099 62.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,128 21.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 559 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 261 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,521 5.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,587 8.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 17 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 253 0.6%

• Under 18 9,387 21.6%
• 18–24 2,773 6.4%
• 25–44 10,345 23.8%
• 45–64 10,846 25.0%
• 65 and over 10,074 23.2%

Median household income

$59,401

90% interval $53,436–$65,366

−$39,908 vs WA · 39th of 39

Below poverty line

21.7%

90% interval 18.9%–24.5%

+11.7 pp vs WA · 2nd of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.34 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.4B

0.27% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,515

Establishments

1,640

• Education & health services 4,608 26.3%
• Natural resources & mining 3,712 21.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,852 16.3%
• Public administration 1,779 10.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,507 8.6%
• Manufacturing 776 4.4%
• Professional & business services 617 3.5%
• Construction 561 3.2%
• Financial activities 285 1.6%
• Other services 283 1.6%
• Information 181 1.0%

The sectors listed cover 97.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.4%

+8.6 pp vs WA · 19th of 39

Median gross rent

$887

−$873 vs WA · 33rd of 39

Owner-occupied

12,698

Renter-occupied

4,842

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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, $80,228/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,077/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 11,555 56.0%
• Democratic 8,466 41.1%
• Other / third-party 596 2.9%

• Spanish 6,913 16.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 96 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 81 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 38 0.1%
• Korean 30 0.1%
• Tagalog 14 0.0%
• Chinese 5 0.0%

Households

17,540

Family households

11,836

67.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,689

22.7% of families

Single-mother families

1,162

9.8% of families

Veterans

3,040

9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 7,315 17.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,107 9.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,668 6.3%
• Mainline Protestant 636 1.5%

Health insured

85.1%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

14.9%

±1.1 pp

2nd of 39

With a disability

16.7%

±1.4 pp

18th of 39

Bachelor's or higher

24.7%

±2 pp

−14.9 pp vs WA · 25th of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.4%

90% interval 15.0%–17.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

23rd Superior Court District

Judges

2 (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

Okanogan

Traffic fatalities

11

32.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9