California Census Data: Occupied Housing

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California Census Data: Occupied Housing

Occupied Housing statistics for California counties are shown in this easy-to-read table and chart combination.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Census.

California Census Data: Occupied Housing
Location	Total population	Occupied housing units							Location
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Percent
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Owner	1-person households	With householder 65 years and over
United States	281,421,906	105,480,101	69,815,753	35,664,348	2.59	66.2	25.8	21.0	United States
California	33,871,648	11,502,870	6,546,334	4,956,536	2.87	56.9	23.5	18.8	California
Alameda Co.	1,443,741	523,366	286,277	237,089	2.71	54.7	26.0	16.9	Alameda Co.
Alpine Co.	1,208	483	330	153	2.50	68.3	27.7	16.8	Alpine Co.
Amador Co.	35,100	12,759	9,629	3,130	2.39	75.5	23.9	31.1	Amador Co.
Butte Co.	203,171	79,566	48,336	31,230	2.48	60.7	27.2	25.8	Butte Co.
Calaveras Co.	40,554	16,469	12,967	3,502	2.44	78.7	23.3	28.8	Calaveras Co.
Colusa Co.	18,804	6,097	3,853	2,244	3.01	63.2	21.5	22.6	Colusa Co.
Contra Costa Co.	948,816	344,129	238,449	105,680	2.72	69.3	22.9	19.2	Contra Costa Co.
Del Norte Co.	27,507	9,170	5,852	3,318	2.58	63.8	25.3	24.3	Del Norte Co.
El Dorado Co.	156,299	58,939	44,019	14,920	2.63	74.7	20.1	20.5	El Dorado Co.
Fresno Co.	799,407	252,940	142,795	110,145	3.09	56.5	20.6	19.2	Fresno Co.
Glenn Co.	26,453	9,172	5,855	3,317	2.84	63.8	22.0	24.6	Glenn Co.
Humboldt Co.	126,518	51,238	29,534	21,704	2.39	57.6	28.9	20.3	Humboldt Co.
Imperial Co.	142,361	39,384	22,975	16,409	3.33	58.3	17.1	21.9	Imperial Co.
Inyo Co.	17,945	7,703	5,076	2,627	2.31	65.9	31.4	29.3	Inyo Co.
Kern Co.	661,645	208,652	129,609	79,043	3.03	62.1	20.3	18.7	Kern Co.
Kings Co.	129,461	34,418	19,253	15,165	3.18	55.9	17.0	16.9	Kings Co.
Lake Co.	58,309	23,974	16,914	7,060	2.39	70.6	29.0	31.2	Lake Co.
Lassen Co.	33,828	9,625	6,575	3,050	2.59	68.3	24.5	20.8	Lassen Co.
Los Angeles Co.	9,519,338	3,133,774	1,499,744	1,634,030	2.98	47.9	24.6	17.2	Los Angeles Co.
Madera Co.	123,109	36,155	23,934	12,221	3.18	66.2	16.5	22.7	Madera Co.
Marin Co.	247,289	100,650	64,024	36,626	2.34	63.6	29.8	21.5	Marin Co.
Mariposa Co.	17,130	6,613	4,615	1,998	2.37	69.8	26.5	29.4	Mariposa Co.
Mendocino Co.	86,265	33,266	20,383	12,883	2.53	61.3	27.0	23.0	Mendocino Co.
Merced Co.	210,554	63,815	37,483	26,332	3.25	58.7	17.7	19.3	Merced Co.
Modoc Co.	9,449	3,784	2,675	1,109	2.39	70.7	28.1	28.8	Modoc Co.
Mono Co.	12,853	5,137	3,084	2,053	2.43	60.0	26.6	12.6	Mono Co.
Monterey Co.	401,762	121,236	66,213	55,023	3.14	54.6	21.2	20.4	Monterey Co.
Napa Co.	124,279	45,402	29,554	15,848	2.62	65.1	25.8	25.4	Napa Co.
Nevada Co.	92,033	36,894	27,958	8,936	2.47	75.8	22.8	27.3	Nevada Co.
Orange Co.	2,846,289	935,287	574,456	360,831	3.00	61.4	21.1	17.7	Orange Co.

Location	Total population	Occupied housing units							Location
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Percent
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Owner	1-person households	With householder 65 years and over
United States	281,421,906	105,480,101	69,815,753	35,664,348	2.59	66.2	25.8	21.0	United States
California	33,871,648	11,502,870	6,546,334	4,956,536	2.87	56.9	23.5	18.8	California
Placer Co.	248,399	93,382	68,372	25,010	2.63	73.2	21.3	21.5	Placer Co.
Plumas Co.	20,824	9,000	6,301	2,699	2.29	70.0	27.5	26.7	Plumas Co.
Riverside Co.	1,545,387	506,218	348,532	157,686	2.98	68.9	20.7	23.7	Riverside Co.
Sacramento Co.	1,223,499	453,602	263,819	189,783	2.64	58.2	26.7	18.5	Sacramento Co.
San Benito Co.	53,234	15,885	10,830	5,055	3.32	68.2	14.1	16.0	San Benito Co.
San Bernardino Co.	1,709,434	528,594	340,933	187,661	3.15	64.5	18.4	16.6	San Bernardino Co.
San Diego Co.	2,813,833	994,677	551,461	443,216	2.73	55.4	24.2	19.2	San Diego Co.
San Francisco Co.	776,733	329,700	115,391	214,309	2.30	35.0	38.6	20.0	San Francisco Co.
San Joaquin Co.	563,598	181,629	109,667	71,962	3.00	60.4	20.7	20.0	San Joaquin Co.
San Luis Obispo Co.	246,681	92,739	57,001	35,738	2.49	61.5	26.0	24.6	San Luis Obispo Co.
San Mateo Co.	707,161	254,103	156,133	97,970	2.74	61.4	24.6	20.5	San Mateo Co.
Santa Barbara Co.	399,347	136,622	76,611	60,011	2.80	56.1	24.3	23.0	Santa Barbara Co.
Santa Clara Co.	1,682,585	565,863	338,661	227,202	2.92	59.8	21.4	15.8	Santa Clara Co.
Santa Cruz Co.	255,602	91,139	54,681	36,458	2.71	60.0	25.1	17.7	Santa Cruz Co.
Shasta Co.	163,256	63,426	41,910	21,516	2.52	66.1	24.7	25.0	Shasta Co.
Sierra Co.	3,555	1,520	1,074	446	2.32	70.7	29.0	27.6	Sierra Co.
Siskiyou Co.	44,301	18,556	12,472	6,084	2.35	67.2	28.6	29.1	Siskiyou Co.
Solano Co.	394,542	130,403	84,994	45,409	2.90	65.2	19.6	16.7	Solano Co.
Sonoma Co.	458,614	172,403	110,475	61,928	2.60	64.1	25.7	21.6	Sonoma Co.
Stanislaus Co.	446,997	145,146	89,886	55,260	3.03	61.9	19.4	19.5	Stanislaus Co.
Sutter Co.	78,930	27,033	16,632	10,401	2.87	61.5	21.2	21.7	Sutter Co.
Tehama Co.	56,039	21,013	14,214	6,799	2.62	67.6	24.0	27.7	Tehama Co.
Trinity Co.	13,022	5,587	3,981	1,606	2.29	71.3	29.5	27.1	Trinity Co.
Tulare Co.	368,021	110,385	67,913	42,472	3.28	61.5	17.1	19.8	Tulare Co.
Tuolumne Co.	54,501	21,004	14,978	6,026	2.36	71.3	26.0	30.8	Tuolumne Co.
Ventura Co.	753,197	243,234	164,380	78,854	3.04	67.6	18.9	18.9	Ventura Co.
Yolo Co.	168,660	59,375	31,506	27,869	2.71	53.1	23.3	16.8	Yolo Co.
Yuba Co.	60,219	20,535	11,105	9,430	2.87	54.1	21.7	20.2	Yuba Co.

Reading the Chart:

Total Population counts people. Here the colored bars represent percentages of the highest population of any county in the state. For example, the county with the highest population will have a colored bar that fills the cell. A county with half that many people will have a colored bar that fills half the cell. For small percentages the bar does not appear.

Under the Occupied housing units heading, the Total, Owner, and Renter subheadings are counts of housing units. The Owner and Renter values add up to the Total value. Similarly to Total Population, the colored bars represent percentages of the highest housing count of any county in the state.

The entries under the Average household size heading are averages of the number of people in each housing unit. Here the colored bars indicate a percentage of an arbitrary maximum (5). For example, the colored bar for an average family size of 2.5 fills half of the table cell.

The entries under the Percent heading are percentages. The colored bars fill the cells in proportion to the percentage value.

Census Department definitions:

Housing unit. A housing unit may be a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or, if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters.

Occupied housing unit. A housing unit is occupied if it is the usual place of residence of the person or group of people living in it at the time of enumeration or if the occupants are only temporarily absent; that is, away on vacation or business. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated people who share living quarters.

Abbreviations used in location names: Co.=County, C.A.=Census Area, Pa.=Parish, Mu.=Municipio.

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