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San Diego County, California; California; United States

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Table

	San Diego County, California	California	United States
Population Estimates, July 1, 2021, (V2021)	 3,286,069	 39,142,991	 332,031,554

People
Population
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 NA	 39,029,342	 333,287,557
Population Estimates, July 1, 2021, (V2021)	 3,286,069	 39,142,991	 332,031,554
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2022)	 NA	 39,538,245	 331,449,520
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2021)	 3,298,634	 39,538,245	 331,449,520
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 NA	 -1.3%	 0.6%
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2021, (V2021)	 -0.4%	 -1.0%	 0.2%
Population, Census, April 1, 2020	3,298,634	39,538,223	331,449,281
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	3,095,313	37,253,956	308,745,538
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent	 5.7%	 5.7%	 5.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent	 21.3%	 22.4%	 22.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	 14.9%	 15.2%	 16.8%
Female persons, percent	 49.3%	 50.0%	 50.5%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent	 74.6%	 71.1%	 75.8%
Black or African American alone, percent(a)	 5.6%	 6.5%	 13.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a)	 1.4%	 1.7%	 1.3%
Asian alone, percent(a)	 12.9%	 15.9%	 6.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a)	 0.6%	 0.5%	 0.3%
Two or More Races, percent	 4.9%	 4.2%	 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b)	 34.8%	 40.2%	 18.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	 43.8%	 35.2%	 59.3%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2017-2021	200,573	1,467,026	17,431,290
Foreign born persons, percent, 2017-2021	22.7%	26.5%	13.6%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2021, (V2021)	1,237,638	14,512,281	142,153,010
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2017-2021	54.1%	55.5%	64.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2017-2021	$627,200	$573,200	$244,900
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2017-2021	$2,776	$2,548	$1,697
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2017-2021	$695	$664	$538
Median gross rent, 2017-2021	$1,842	$1,698	$1,163
Building permits, 2021	10,048	119,436	1,736,982
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2017-2021	1,139,899	13,217,586	124,010,992
Persons per household, 2017-2021	2.81	2.92	2.60
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2017-2021	85.5%	88.0%	86.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2017-2021	36.7%	43.9%	21.7%
Computer and Internet Use
Households with a computer, percent, 2017-2021	96.5%	95.2%	93.1%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2017-2021	93.0%	90.4%	87.0%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	88.3%	84.2%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	40.3%	35.3%	33.7%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2017-2021	6.3%	6.8%	8.7%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	 8.2%	 8.1%	 9.8%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	63.3%	63.4%	63.1%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	59.3%	57.9%	58.7%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	14,854,705	133,716,870	938,237,077
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	26,431,322	311,312,156	2,527,903,275
Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	4,096,762	99,160,737	895,225,411
Total retail sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	46,665,943	594,861,377	4,949,601,481
Total retail sales per capita, 2017(c)	$14,060	$15,122	$15,224
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2017-2021	26.3	29.5	26.8
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$88,240	$84,097	$69,021
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$42,696	$41,276	$37,638
Persons in poverty, percent	 10.7%	 12.3%	 11.6%

Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2020	88,654	981,369	8,000,178
Total employment, 2020	1,333,731	15,710,859	134,163,349
Total annual payroll, 2020 ($1,000)	84,082,978	1,132,425,660	7,564,809,878
Total employment, percent change, 2019-2020	1.5%	1.3%	0.9%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2019	292,558	3,458,667	27,104,006
All employer firms, Reference year 2017	69,875	742,139	5,744,643
Men-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	40,383	435,455	3,480,438
Women-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	14,015	150,552	1,134,549
Minority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	16,665	237,419	1,014,958
Nonminority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	46,760	449,317	4,371,152
Veteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	4,323	34,619	351,237
Nonveteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	59,110	655,275	4,968,606

Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2020	783.5	253.7	93.8
Population per square mile, 2010	735.8	239.1	87.4
Land area in square miles, 2020	4,210.23	155,858.33	3,533,038.28
Land area in square miles, 2010	4,206.63	155,779.22	3,531,905.43
FIPS Code	06073	06	1

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.