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Merced, CA Metro Area

291,920 Population
1,938 square miles 150.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,260 ±$1,441 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$57,570 ±$3,915 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19.1% ±2.6% (55,144  ±7,388) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

33.5 minutes ±2.3 (3,685,065  ±293,490) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

88,053 ±1,163 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3.3 ±0 (288,291  ±144) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.1% ±1.5% (3,682  ±1,071) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

92,342 ±61 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$409,000 ±$13,979 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.8% ±1.5% (25,311  ±4,436) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

72% ±3.3% (126,680  ±5,874.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
14.5% ±1.6% (25,489  ±2,778) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

25.8% (75,342  ±4,253) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.2% ±0.8% (6,592  ±1,755) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
6,592 Total veterans ±1,755 6,201 Male ±1,730 391 Female ±267

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