Walla Walla County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 42,088 67.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14,816 23.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 994 1.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,111 1.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,529 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 214 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 139 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 270 0.4%

• Under 18 12,787 20.6%
• 18–24 8,179 13.2%
• 25–44 14,987 24.1%
• 45–64 13,799 22.2%
• 65 and over 12,409 20.0%

Median household income

$72,788

90% interval $66,487–$79,089

−$26,521 vs WA · 25th of 39

Below poverty line

13.0%

90% interval 10.2%–15.8%

+3.0 pp vs WA · 12th of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.67 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.6B

0.54% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,136

Establishments

1,826

• Education & health services 7,845 27.7%
• Manufacturing 4,022 14.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,534 12.5%
• Natural resources & mining 2,976 10.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,478 8.8%
• Public administration 2,429 8.6%
• Professional & business services 2,346 8.3%
• Construction 1,132 4.0%
• Financial activities 798 2.8%
• Other services 428 1.5%
• Information 210 0.7%

Home ownership

65.0%

+1.2 pp vs WA · 31st of 39

Median gross rent

$1,218

−$542 vs WA · 18th of 39

Owner-occupied

15,236

Renter-occupied

8,211

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% 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, $86,116/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,072/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 15,476 52.7%
• Democratic 13,106 44.6%
• Other / third-party 791 2.7%

• Spanish 10,262 17.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 296 0.5%
• Chinese 220 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 161 0.3%
• Tagalog 135 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 121 0.2%
• Korean 58 0.1%
• Vietnamese 45 0.1%
• Arabic 29 0.0%

Households

23,447

Family households

14,302

61.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,744

26.2% of families

Single-mother families

1,208

8.4% of families

Veterans

3,832

7.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 12,253 19.6%
• Catholic 6,300 10.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,831 7.7%
• Mainline Protestant 995 1.6%
• Black Protestant 500 0.8%
• Orthodox 140 0.2%

Health insured

93.1%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

6.9%

±1.1 pp

11th of 39

With a disability

14.3%

±1 pp

29th of 39

Bachelor's or higher

29.8%

±1.9 pp

−9.8 pp vs WA · 21st of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.5%

90% interval 8.5%–10.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

20th 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

Walla Walla

Traffic fatalities

6

12.15 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6