San Juan County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,743 85.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,409 7.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 45 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 248 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 847 4.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 78 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 43 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 65 0.4%

• Under 18 2,323 12.6%
• 18–24 815 4.4%
• 25–44 3,526 19.1%
• 45–64 5,158 27.9%
• 65 and over 6,656 36.0%

Median household income

$84,476

90% interval $77,139–$91,813

−$14,833 vs WA · 13th of 39

Below poverty line

10.6%

90% interval 9.0%–12.2%

+0.6 pp vs WA · 28th of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−1.12 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,901

Establishments

1,052

• Leisure & hospitality 1,199 19.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,082 17.6%
• Education & health services 965 15.7%
• Construction 708 11.5%
• Professional & business services 660 10.7%
• Public administration 410 6.7%
• Financial activities 327 5.3%
• Other services 261 4.2%
• Manufacturing 251 4.1%
• Information 156 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 86 1.4%

The sectors listed cover 99.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.0%

+14.2 pp vs WA · 10th of 39

Median gross rent

$1,512

−$248 vs WA · 11th of 39

Owner-occupied

7,031

Renter-occupied

1,984

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% 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 (Information, $101,361/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Natural resources & mining, $39,003/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 5.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 9,539 73.7%
• Republican 2,890 22.3%
• Other / third-party 510 3.9%

• Spanish 623 3.5%
• German or other West Germanic 97 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 88 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 85 0.5%
• Chinese 63 0.3%
• Tagalog 18 0.1%
• Korean 16 0.1%
• Arabic 8 0.0%
• Vietnamese 2 0.0%

Households

9,015

Family households

5,388

59.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

944

17.5% of families

Single-mother families

295

5.5% of families

Veterans

1,211

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,423 8.0%
• Catholic 1,222 6.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 843 4.7%
• Mainline Protestant 712 4.0%

Health insured

94.0%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

6.0%

±1.1 pp

23rd of 39

With a disability

12.8%

±1 pp

35th of 39

Bachelor's or higher

53.9%

±2 pp

+14.3 pp vs WA · 2nd of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.4%

90% interval 9.3%–11.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

28th 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

Friday Harbor

Traffic fatalities

1

6.19 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1