Pacific County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 19,059 79.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,378 9.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 131 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 374 1.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,327 5.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 446 1.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 15 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 264 1.1%

• Under 18 3,602 15.0%
• 18–24 1,190 5.0%
• 25–44 4,508 18.8%
• 45–64 6,773 28.2%
• 65 and over 7,921 33.0%

Median household income

$67,828

90% interval $61,858–$73,798

−$31,481 vs WA · 32nd of 39

Below poverty line

11.7%

90% interval 8.6%–14.8%

+1.7 pp vs WA · 19th of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.4%

+1.44 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.0B

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,971

Establishments

701

• Education & health services 1,575 24.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,009 15.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 785 12.1%
• Manufacturing 743 11.5%
• Public administration 617 9.5%
• Natural resources & mining 430 6.6%
• Professional & business services 382 5.9%
• Construction 269 4.2%
• Financial activities 220 3.4%
• Other services 157 2.4%
• Information 46 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 96.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.8%

+18.0 pp vs WA · 3rd of 39

Median gross rent

$1,005

−$755 vs WA · 30th of 39

Owner-occupied

8,980

Renter-occupied

1,997

• 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $74,933/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,671/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 7,010 49.4%
• Democratic 6,825 48.1%
• Other / third-party 343 2.4%

• Spanish 1,646 7.1%
• German or other West Germanic 199 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 103 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 67 0.3%
• Korean 30 0.1%
• Chinese 11 0.0%
• Tagalog 6 0.0%
• Vietnamese 5 0.0%

Households

10,977

Family households

6,670

60.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,151

17.3% of families

Single-mother families

542

8.1% of families

Veterans

2,340

11.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,630 15.5%
• Catholic 1,559 6.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 926 4.0%
• Mainline Protestant 909 3.9%

Health insured

94.3%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±1.3 pp

28th of 39

With a disability

23.2%

±1.8 pp

3rd of 39

Bachelor's or higher

24.9%

±2.4 pp

−14.7 pp vs WA · 23rd of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.9%

90% interval 8.8%–11.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

32nd 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

Cathlamet, South Bend

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

9.81 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2