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Riverside County (Central)--Palm Desert, La Quinta (West) & Desert Hot Springs Cities PUMA, CA

159,580 Population
642.3 square miles 248.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,574 ±$4,633 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$68,501 ±$4,676 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.5% ±3.3% (18,177  ±5,332) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.4 minutes ±0.7 (1,444,740  ±76,379) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

67,286 ±2,878 Number of households
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (158,103  ±5,950) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

1.7% ±1% (521  ±328) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

92,439 ±3,626 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$483,300 ±$24,988 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.5% ±2.4% (19,849  ±3,807.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.3% ±3.3% (108,169  ±6,169.4) 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)
32.6% ±2.2% (40,437  ±3,259.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

33.6% ±2.9% (51,252  ±4,615.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 44.1% 16,315,352 (±0.1% / ±51,139.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

20.1% ±2.3% (32,087  ±3,876) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.4% ±1.4% (9,815  ±1,908) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,815 Total veterans ±1,908 9,510 Male ±1,908 305 Female ±213

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