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Merced County (West & South)--Los Banos & Livingston Cities PUMA, CA

122,131 Population
1,497.9 square miles 81.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,436 ±$1,738 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,929 ±$4,574 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.9% ±3.3% (16,914  ±4,074) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

37 minutes ±1.5 (1,576,050  ±89,594) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

37,300 ±2,120 Number of households
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.3 ±0.2 (121,816  ±4,783) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.6% ±2.5% (1,095  ±777) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

39,912 ±2,172 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$443,800 ±$15,859 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.3% ±3.5% (10,058  ±4,305) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

65.4% ±4.5% (50,484  ±4,319.3) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
10.8% ±2.1% (8,318  ±1,674.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

57.4% ±2.5% (63,684  ±2,949.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 44.4% 16,478,818 (±0.2% / ±54,452.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

32.1% ±3.6% (39,179  ±4,610) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.1% ±0.7% (1,878  ±672) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,878 Total veterans ±672 1,730 Male ±585 148 Female ±220

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