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Plumas County, CA

19,423 Population
2,553.1 square miles 7.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52 ±1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,235 ±$3,857 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,031 ±$6,182 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.6% ±2.8% (2,036  ±536) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±2.7 (124,330  ±19,570) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,054 ±342 Number of households
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (19,057  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±2.9% (130  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,921 ±29 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$360,200 ±$19,837 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.6% ±2.9% (2,618  ±560.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±6.4% (14,217  ±978.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.6% ±3% (3,423  ±453.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.8% (937  ±325) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±1.9% (1,589  ±297) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,589 Total veterans ±297 1,486 Male ±261 103 Female ±88

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