Merced

County in California

County

The population development of Merced.

Name	Status	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01	Population Estimate 2024-07-01
Merced	County	178,403	210,554	255,793	282,447	296,774	→
California	State	29,760,021	33,871,648	37,253,956	39,555,674	39,431,263

Contents: Incorporated Places

The population development of the incorporated places in Merced.

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Name	Status	County	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01	Population Estimate 2024-07-01
Atwater	City	Merced	22,452	23,191	28,552	31,975	32,248	→
Dos Palos	City	Merced	4,271	4,395	4,948	5,803	5,759	→
Gustine	City	Merced	4,014	4,705	5,512	6,148	6,138	→
Livingston	City	Merced	7,548	10,484	13,031	14,171	14,767	→
Los Banos	City	Merced	14,749	25,907	35,967	45,566	48,684	→
Merced	City	Merced	57,102	63,651	78,959	86,374	96,073	→

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Explanation: Latest available rebased population figures are used. In case of significant changes, they were recalculated by using census block data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2020)
Males	140,337
Females	140,865

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	80,979
18-64 years	166,742
65+ years	33,481

Age Distribution (C 2020)
80+ years	7,546
70-79 years	14,604
60-69 years	25,473
50-59 years	30,694
40-49 years	32,609
30-39 years	37,430
20-29 years	41,201
10-19 years	48,990
0-9 years	42,655

Urbanization (C 2020)
Rural	47,239
Urban	233,963

»Race« (C 2020)
White	104,534
Black/African American	9,158
Indigenous	7,518
Asian	20,715
Pacific Islander	807
Some other	89,115
2 or more	49,355

Ethnicity (C 2020)
Hispanic or Latino	173,857
Other	107,345