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El Centro, CA Urban Area

72,652 Population
19.3 square miles 3,757 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$25,570 ±$2,349 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,356 ±$8,277 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21% ±5.6% (15,171  ±4,093) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.2 minutes ±1.5 (561,550  ±50,561) 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

21,011 ±1,281 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.4 ±0.3 (72,135  ±3,935) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.7% ±2.2% (586  ±350) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

24,181 ±1,542 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$361,100 ±$22,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7% ±2.8% (5,053  ±2,021.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

73.4% ±5.8% (31,988  ±3,244.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
20.1% ±4% (8,777  ±1,811) 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

29.3% ±4.1% (21,255  ±3,193) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.1% ±1.6% (2,618  ±860) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,618 Total veterans ±860 2,345 Male ±795 273 Female ±297

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