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Merced, CA Metro Area

296,774 Population
1,938 square miles 153.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,218 ±$1,176 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$64,980 ±$3,226 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.7% ±2.6% (54,854  ±7,500) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.8 minutes ±2.2 (3,659,875  ±288,778) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

87,632 ±1,434 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.4 ±0.1 (293,343  ±127) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±1.6% (3,865  ±1,180) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

92,947 ±57 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$397,800 ±$11,367 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.1% ±2.1% (29,670  ±6,232.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

70.1% ±3.3% (125,522  ±6,008.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
15.7% ±1.5% (28,098  ±2,724.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

25.5% (75,711  ±5,385) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3% ±0.6% (6,360  ±1,252) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,360 Total veterans ±1,252 5,753 Male ±1,118 607 Female ±340

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