Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Sonoma County, CA

481,812 Population
1,575.3 square miles 305.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

43.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,582 ±$1,688 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$100,707 ±$3,474 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.9% ±1.3% (42,456  ±6,122) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25 minutes ±0.8 (5,190,295  ±235,316) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

192,765 ±2,138 Number of households
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (470,927  ±205) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.8% ±1.2% (4,000  ±1,219) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

209,002 ±101 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$784,900 ±$16,445 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.2% ±1.3% (53,360  ±6,239) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.5% ±2.5% (310,366  ±8,921.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
37.4% ±1.5% (132,782  ±5,334.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

16.9% (81,175  ±5,656) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.4% ±0.4% (17,372  ±1,731) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
17,372 Total veterans ±1,731 15,534 Male ±1,616 1,838 Female ±640

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.