Sierra County, CA Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

California



Sierra County, California

People QuickFactsSierra CountyCalifornia
Population, 2005 estimate 3,43436,132,147
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -3.4%6.7%
Population, 2000 3,55533,871,648
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 3.8%7.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 20.6%26.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 17.0%10.7%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.6%50.1%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)96.9%77.0%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.8%1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.1%12.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.0%2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)8.4%35.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 89.0%43.8%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 61.1%50.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 3.0%26.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 6.3%39.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 85.2%76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 17.2%26.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 7305,923,361
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 29.027.7
Housing units, 2005 2,26812,989,254
Homeownership rate, 2000 70.7%56.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 5.0%31.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $128,600$211,500
Households, 2000 1,52011,502,870
Persons per household, 2000 2.322.87
Median household income, 2003 $36,417$48,440
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,815$22,711
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 9.2%13.8%
Business QuickFactsSierra CountyCalifornia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 84841,7741
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 32413,264,9181
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -50.9%3.0%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 2412,508,801
Total number of firms, 2002 3262,908,758
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA3.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA12.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA14.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA29.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA378,661,414
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) NA655,954,708
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 11,757359,120,365
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $3,360$10,264
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 4,89555,559,669
Building permits, 2005 13205,020
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 26,765232,387,1681
Geography QuickFactsSierra CountyCalifornia
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 953155,959
Persons per square mile, 2000 3.7217.2
FIPS Code 09106
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:03:42 EST
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