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Contra Costa County, CA

1,156,966 Population
716.9 square miles 1,613.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$59,816 ±$1,545 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $46,661 ±$225
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$120,061 ±$3,381 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $91,551 ±$471
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

8.7% ±1% (99,761  ±11,441) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12.2% 4,670,324 (±0.2% / ±66,972)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

34.1 minutes ±0.5 (15,002,040  ±370,589) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 28.3 436,695,300 (±0.1 / ±2,279,997)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

415,194 ±2,740 Number of households
  • California: 13,550,586 ±19,485
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.8 ±0 (1,144,370  ±418) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.8 38,154,104
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.2% ±0.9% (13,909  ±2,475) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 453,850 (±0.1% / ±13,512)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

430,051 ±156 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,627,041 ±997
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$865,800 ±$13,993 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $715,900 ±$2,271
  • more than double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.1% ±1% (127,308  ±11,054.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in California: 11.1% 4,293,993 (±0.2% / ±58,514.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

89.4% ±1.7% (725,932  ±13,728.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,751,090 (±0.3% / ±80,766.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
45.1% ±1.1% (366,230  ±9,005.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 37% 9,935,941 (±0.2% / ±52,591.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

38% ±1.3% (416,505  ±13,837.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 44.4% 16,370,476 (±0.2% / ±70,307.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

27% (312,050  ±10,222) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in California: 26.7% 10,428,025
  • about double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

4.2% ±0.4% (38,220  ±3,547) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.3% 1,292,737 (±0.1% / ±18,307)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
38,220 Total veterans ±3,547 34,412 Male ±3,234 3,808 Female ±1,059

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