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Merced County (Northeast)--Merced & Atwater Cities PUMA, CA

176,444 Population
440.1 square miles 400.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,533 ±$1,816 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$55,489 ±$4,914 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

21.3% ±3.6% (37,063  ±6,419) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

27.4 minutes ±2.7 (1,816,720  ±214,121) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

52,160 ±2,301 Number of households
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3.3 ±0.2 (173,171  ±5,583) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.4% ±1.8% (1,935  ±810) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

54,865 ±2,065 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$397,700 ±$15,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.6% ±2.4% (20,114  ±4,181.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

75.2% ±3.5% (78,064  ±4,749.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
17.2% ±2.1% (17,883  ±2,269.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

49.8% ±1.7% (77,744  ±2,794.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 44.1% 16,315,352 (±0.1% / ±51,139.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

22.5% ±2.3% (39,779  ±4,181) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.1% ±1.2% (5,093  ±1,512) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,093 Total veterans ±1,512 4,820 Male ±1,426 273 Female ±219

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