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El Centro, CA Metro Area

181,724 Population
4,175.5 square miles 43.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,065 ±$1,597 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,749 ±$3,917 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.6% ±3.5% (34,406  ±6,089) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.1 minutes ±0.9 (1,247,890  ±60,123) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

51,165 ±1,316 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.4 ±0.1 (175,473  ±294) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.3% ±1.6% (2,145  ±659) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

59,001 ±98 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$352,800 ±$13,975 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.4% ±2.3% (15,145  ±4,087.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

72.3% ±4.4% (82,081  ±5,042) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
18.9% ±2.4% (21,485  ±2,774.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

31.5% (57,204  ±3,903) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.9% ±0.8% (5,068  ±1,006) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,068 Total veterans ±1,006 4,716 Male ±991 352 Female ±299

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