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Merced County, California

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Table

	Merced County, California
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a)	 0.4%

People
Population
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 NA
Population Estimates, July 1, 2021, (V2021)	 286,461
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2022)	 NA
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2021)	 281,202
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 NA
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2021, (V2021)	 1.9%
Population, Census, April 1, 2020	281,202
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	255,793
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent	 7.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent	 29.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	 11.5%
Female persons, percent	 49.2%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent	 81.5%
Black or African American alone, percent(a)	 4.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a)	 2.7%
Asian alone, percent(a)	 7.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a)	 0.4%
Two or More Races, percent	 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b)	 62.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	 24.8%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2017-2021	8,552
Foreign born persons, percent, 2017-2021	26.0%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2021, (V2021)	89,320
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2017-2021	51.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2017-2021	$288,400
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2017-2021	$1,638
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2017-2021	$494
Median gross rent, 2017-2021	$1,125
Building permits, 2021	1,017
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2017-2021	81,618
Persons per household, 2017-2021	3.35
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2017-2021	87.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2017-2021	52.9%
Computer and Internet Use
Households with a computer, percent, 2017-2021	93.1%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2017-2021	88.6%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	14.1%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2017-2021	8.9%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	 10.5%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	59.0%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	50.7%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	320,431
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	944,422
Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	194,637
Total retail sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	2,366,780
Total retail sales per capita, 2017(c)	$8,739
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2017-2021	30.2
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$58,861
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$24,521
Persons in poverty, percent	 21.9%

Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2020	3,273
Total employment, 2020	47,847
Total annual payroll, 2020 ($1,000)	2,005,429
Total employment, percent change, 2019-2020	2.2%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2019	12,261
All employer firms, Reference year 2017	2,617
Men-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	1,471
Women-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	S
Minority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	774
Nonminority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	1,503
Veteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	128
Nonveteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	2,098

Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2020	145.1
Population per square mile, 2010	132.2
Land area in square miles, 2020	1,938.00
Land area in square miles, 2010	1,934.97
FIPS Code	06047

About datasets used in this table

Value Notes

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Fact Notes

(a)Includes persons reporting only one race
(c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
(b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories

Value Flags

-Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.
FFewer than 25 firms
DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
NData for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
FNFootnote on this item in place of data
XNot applicable
SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
NANot available
ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.