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San Bernardino County, CA

2,157,404 Population
20,057.3 square miles 107.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,666 ±$365 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $35,046 ±$168
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$60,420 ±$1,081 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $71,805 ±$294
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

16.2% ±0.8% (338,341  ±17,711) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 13.3% 5,160,208 (±0.2% / ±71,947)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

31.8 minutes ±0.7 (26,956,035  ±684,664) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.8 512,692,140 (±0.1 / ±2,043,214)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

626,223 ±4,247 Number of households
  • California: 13,005,097 ±17,539
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
3.4 ±0 (2,096,778  ±5,162) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 3 38,718,791
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

4.9% ±0.6% (26,696  ±3,150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.8% 468,957 (±0.1% / ±11,405)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

719,259 ±1,542 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,177,270 ±934
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$326,600 ±$4,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $509,400 ±$2,199
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

13.1% ±0.8% (278,757  ±17,666.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in California: 13% 5,076,653 (±0.2% / ±65,525)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

79.9% ±1.3% (1,085,304  ±17,081.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in California: 83.3% 22,229,971 (±0.3% / ±72,665.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
20.5% ±0.7% (278,419  ±8,901.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 33.7% 8,976,247 (±0.2% / ±45,115.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

40.9% ±0.8% (819,109  ±16,230.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 44.5% 16,479,654 (±0.2% / ±61,748.9)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

19.9% ±0.5% (429,411  ±11,718) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 27% 10,653,414 (±0.1% / ±47,294)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

5.8% ±0.3% (91,222  ±4,634) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 5.2% 1,564,913 (±0.1% / ±17,321)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
91,222 Total veterans ±4,634 83,457 Male ±4,114 7,765 Female ±1,788

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