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Merced, CA Urban Area

159,942 Population
43.1 square miles 3,712.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±1.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,685 ±$1,857 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,562 ±$6,338 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

22.7% ±4.5% (35,569  ±7,108) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.4 minutes ±3 (1,731,985  ±213,246) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

45,185 ±2,183 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.5 ±0.2 (156,933  ±5,119) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.8% ±2.3% (2,708  ±947) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

47,700 ±2,109 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$368,200 ±$11,109 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±2.9% (18,966  ±4,691.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

74.8% ±4% (68,917  ±4,706.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
19.9% ±2.3% (18,365  ±2,294.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

20.1% ±2.8% (32,144  ±4,570) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.5% ±0.9% (3,943  ±1,061) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,943 Total veterans ±1,061 3,484 Male ±964 459 Female ±279

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