Spokane County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 443,936 80.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 38,877 7.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,556 1.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 12,242 2.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 33,016 6.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,978 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3,891 0.7%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,560 0.5%

• Under 18 118,285 21.5%
• 18–24 48,765 8.9%
• 25–44 155,946 28.4%
• 45–64 130,533 23.8%
• 65 and over 95,527 17.4%

Median household income

$85,192

90% interval $82,315–$88,069

−$14,117 vs WA · 12th of 39

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 9.7%–11.9%

+0.8 pp vs WA · 23rd of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.59 pp vs. state

County GDP

$40.0B

4.68% of state

Avg. annual pay

$68,949

Establishments

16,031

• Education & health services 72,914 29.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 50,875 20.9%
• Professional & business services 27,596 11.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 25,727 10.6%
• Manufacturing 16,057 6.6%
• Construction 13,535 5.6%
• Public administration 12,767 5.2%
• Financial activities 12,765 5.2%
• Other services 6,777 2.8%
• Information 2,775 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 1,816 0.7%

Home ownership

64.5%

+0.7 pp vs WA · 34th of 39

Median gross rent

$1,283

−$477 vs WA · 16th of 39

Owner-occupied

140,832

Renter-occupied

77,563

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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 (Financial activities, $99,448/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $32,854/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 145,338 51.0%
• Democratic 131,163 46.0%
• Other / third-party 8,457 3.0%

• Spanish 13,369 2.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7,523 1.5%
• Arabic 2,213 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 1,709 0.3%
• Chinese 1,576 0.3%
• Vietnamese 1,550 0.3%
• Tagalog 1,204 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,121 0.2%
• Korean 313 0.1%

Households

218,395

Family households

135,696

62.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

38,309

28.2% of families

Single-mother families

11,911

8.8% of families

Veterans

40,421

9.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 139,437 25.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 40,192 7.5%
• Catholic 32,862 6.1%
• Mainline Protestant 14,058 2.6%
• Orthodox 1,269 0.2%
• Black Protestant 910 0.2%

Health insured

94.9%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±0.3 pp

33rd of 39

With a disability

16.1%

±0.4 pp

20th of 39

Bachelor's or higher

33.1%

−6.5 pp vs WA · 13th of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.4%

90% interval 6.8%–8.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

4th Superior Court District

Judges

16 (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

Spokane

Traffic fatalities

55

12.77 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

52