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Shasta County, CA

182,139 Population
3,775.6 square miles 48.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,387 ±$2,402 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $42,396 ±$233
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$61,125 ±$4,146 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $84,907 ±$542
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

13.5% ±2.4% (24,204  ±4,221) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.3% 4,733,036 (±0.2% / ±68,101)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

20.7 minutes ±0.8 (1,412,405  ±59,170) 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

71,506 ±1,733 Number of households
  • California: 13,429,063 ±19,170
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0.1 (179,502  ±1,034) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,422,140
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

3.6% ±1.5% (1,377  ±554) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.9% 458,334 (±0.1% / ±13,293)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

79,713 ±415 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,512,149 ±1,218
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$334,600 ±$13,363 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in California: $648,100 ±$2,021
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

11.1% ±2% (20,098  ±3,669.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in California: 11.3% 4,371,473 (±0.1% / ±54,643.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.9% ±4% (118,297  ±5,214.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.5% 22,724,990 (±0.3% / ±77,239)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
23.6% ±2% (30,331  ±2,608.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 36.2% 9,737,817 (±0.2% / ±46,277.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

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

4.3% ±0.7% (7,771  ±1,199) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in California: 26.6% 10,451,810 (±0.1% / ±54,396)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

8.6% ±1% (12,221  ±1,463) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in California: 4.4% 1,342,337 (±0.1% / ±18,280)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
12,221 Total veterans ±1,463 11,039 Male ±1,408 1,182 Female ±530

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