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People QuickFacts |
Contra Costa County |
California |
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Population, 2011 estimate |
1,066,096 |
37,691,912 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base |
1,049,025 |
37,253,956 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 |
1.6% |
1.2% |
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Population, 2010 |
1,049,025 |
37,253,956 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 |
6.3% |
6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 |
24.4% |
24.6% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 |
12.8% |
11.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 |
51.2% |
50.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) |
68.8% |
74.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) |
9.7% |
6.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) |
1.0% |
1.7% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) |
15.2% |
13.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) |
0.6% |
0.5% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 |
4.8% |
3.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) |
24.8% |
38.1% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 |
47.3% |
39.7% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 |
85.1% |
84.0% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 |
23.6% |
27.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 |
32.4% |
43.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 |
88.4% |
80.7% |
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Bachelor’s degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 |
38.2% |
30.1% |
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Veterans, 2006-2010 |
63,557 |
2,051,959 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 |
32.0 |
26.9 |
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Housing units, 2011 |
401,328 |
13,720,462 |
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Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 |
69.5% |
57.4% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 |
23.8% |
30.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 |
$548,200 |
$458,500 |
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Households, 2006-2010 |
368,087 |
12,392,852 |
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Persons per household, 2006-2010 |
2.75 |
2.89 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 |
$37,818 |
$29,188 |
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Median household income 2006-2010 |
$78,385 |
$60,883 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 |
9.0% |
13.7% |