Analysis of Election Systems for the Chelan County, Washington Board of County Commissioners

Chelan County had 72,453 residents as of the 2010 Census. Table 1 shows the demographic breakdown of the county by total population, Voting Age Population (VAP) and Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP). Chelan has one sizable minority group: Latino residents constitute 15.6% of CVAP, 20.4% of VAP and 25.8% of total population. We use the term POC (people of color) to refer to residents who are Hispanic or have selected a non-White race in the Census (or both). In total the POC share of CVAP is 19.3%. The distribution of POC residents across the county is show in Figure 1.