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Humboldt County, CA

135,010 Population
3,568 square miles 37.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$35,883 ±$3,003 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $46,661 ±$225
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$57,883 ±$3,370 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $91,551 ±$471
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

18.4% ±2.5% (24,333  ±3,290) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12.2% 4,670,324 (±0.2% / ±66,972)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

19.2 minutes ±0.6 (986,575  ±43,211) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 29.6 478,871,000 (±0.1 / ±1,246,675)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

56,785 ±1,255 Number of households
  • California: 13,550,586 ±19,485
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (131,004  ±145) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,154,104 (±41 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

3% ±1.7% (929  ±524) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 453,850 (±0.1% / ±13,512)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

62,811 ±69 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,627,041 ±997
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$429,500 ±$28,710 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $715,900 ±$2,271
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

14.2% ±2.7% (18,997  ±3,593.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.1% 4,293,993 (±0.2% / ±58,514.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

90.5% ±4.6% (86,226  ±4,462.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent 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)
32.6% ±2.9% (31,044  ±2,790.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 37% 9,935,941 (±0.2% / ±52,591.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

6.6% ±27,040.7% (8,872  ±1,831) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 26.7% † 10,428,025 (±380.3% / ±57,193)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

6.1% ±1% (6,703  ±1,090) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 4.3% 1,292,737 (±0.1% / ±18,307)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
6,703 Total veterans ±1,090 6,212 Male ±1,130 491 Female ±315

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