Skagit County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 93,088 70.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25,367 19.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 922 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,708 2.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,818 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,259 1.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 265 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 901 0.7%

• Under 18 27,432 20.9%
• 18–24 9,265 7.1%
• 25–44 33,075 25.2%
• 45–64 31,865 24.3%
• 65 and over 29,691 22.6%

Median household income

$89,774

90% interval $84,449–$95,099

−$9,535 vs WA · 8th of 39

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 8.1%–11.5%

−0.2 pp vs WA · 32nd of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

−0.07 pp vs. state

County GDP

$9.6B

1.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$68,826

Establishments

3,884

• Education & health services 13,869 25.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 10,275 19.0%
• Manufacturing 6,501 12.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 6,064 11.2%
• Construction 4,374 8.1%
• Professional & business services 3,376 6.2%
• Public administration 3,161 5.8%
• Natural resources & mining 2,482 4.6%
• Financial activities 1,976 3.6%
• Other services 1,753 3.2%
• Information 259 0.5%

Home ownership

70.1%

+6.3 pp vs WA · 22nd of 39

Median gross rent

$1,536

−$224 vs WA · 9th of 39

Owner-occupied

36,664

Renter-occupied

15,665

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% 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, $96,012/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $36,275/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 36,956 52.9%
• Republican 30,765 44.1%
• Other / third-party 2,116 3.0%

• Spanish 16,025 12.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 810 0.7%
• Tagalog 508 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 414 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 335 0.3%
• Chinese 259 0.2%
• Korean 100 0.1%
• Vietnamese 100 0.1%
• Arabic 74 0.1%

Households

52,329

Family households

34,849

66.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,615

24.7% of families

Single-mother families

2,960

8.5% of families

Veterans

9,667

9.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 22,477 17.4%
• Catholic 14,892 11.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,511 5.8%
• Mainline Protestant 5,081 3.9%

Health insured

93.6%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±0.5 pp

17th of 39

With a disability

15.3%

±0.8 pp

24th of 39

Bachelor's or higher

30.2%

±1.1 pp

−9.4 pp vs WA · 19th of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.1%

90% interval 8.3%–9.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

11th Superior Court District

Judges

4 (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

Mount Vernon

Traffic fatalities

17

16.36 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

17