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Contra Costa County, CA

1,155,025 Population
716.9 square miles 1,611.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$60,878 ±$1,626 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$122,794 ±$4,731 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.3% ±0.8% (94,669  ±8,912) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

36.8 minutes ±0.8 (16,959,896  ±508,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

416,172 ±2,488 Number of households
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0 (1,141,589  ±240) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.1% ±0.7% (13,636  ±1,906) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

432,056 ±122 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$829,600 ±$14,445 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9% ±0.8% (102,286  ±8,806.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90% ±1.8% (731,641  ±14,452.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
46.2% ±1.2% (375,428  ±9,749.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

38.8% ±1.1% (424,376  ±11,630.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 45% 16,604,364 (±0.2% / ±70,281.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

28.2% (325,525  ±9,357) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.2% ±0.4% (37,591  ±3,218) 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)
37,591 Total veterans ±3,218 33,975 Male ±2,761 3,616 Female ±1,367

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