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Appendix 5-2. County Population Projections

 

Columns a and b are from the California Department of Finance 1997; c and d are derived from b-a; e is from CA-GAP data; f is calculated from d/e.

County

a) Population July 1996

b) Population July 2020

c) Growth Rate (%)

d) Population Change 1996-2020

e) Area of Developable Private Land (kmē)

f) Population Growth on Developable Private Land (#/kmē)

Alameda

1,365,000

1,660,200

21.6

295,200

1,290

228.82

Alpine

1,190

1,900

59.7

710

8

86.17

Amador

32,950

65,300

98.2

32,350

740

43.74

Butte

196,500

294,200

49.7

97,700

2,015

48.48

Calaveras

36,900

91,900

149.1

55,000

927

59.30

Colusa

18,250

31,700

73.7

13,450

478

28.12

Contra Costa

877,900

1,188,300

35.4

310,400

1,424

218.05

Del Norte

27,500

51,300

86.5

23,800

277

86.07

El Dorado

144,700

247,400

71.0

102,700

939

109.40

Fresno

769,700

1,505,500

95.6

735,800

4,757

154.69

Glenn

26,700

45,000

68.5

18,300

697

26.24

Humboldt

125,100

156,500

25.1

31,400

945

33.21

Imperial

141,200

222,600

57.6

81,400

1,823

44.66

Inyo

18,250

27,100

48.5

8,850

21

430.66

Kern

624,100

1,220,300

95.5

596,200

6,186

96.38

Kings

115,700

202,800

75.3

87,100

1,555

56.00

Lake

54,900

99,600

81.4

44,700

1,041

42.93

Lassen

32,650

43,200

32.3

10,550

213

49.45

Los Angeles

9,396,400

12,795,100

36.2

3,398,700

6,112

556.05

Madera

110,300

203,200

84.2

92,900

1,930

48.14

Marin

239,500

239,600

0.0

100

576

0.17

Mariposa

15,950

27,100

69.9

11,150

366

30.50

Mendocino

84,800

129,000

52.1

44,200

630

70.17

Merced

198,400

380,100

91.6

181,700

2,112

86.04

Modoc

10,000

13,500

35.0

3,500

464

7.54

Mono

10,500

18,400

75.2

7,900

5

1,457.56

Monterey

360,200

539,000

49.6

178,800

2,363

75.65

Napa

119,000

148,800

25.0

29,800

701

42.53

Nevada

87,100

156,000

79.1

68,900

917

75.18

Orange

2,649,800

3,282,300

23.9

632,500

1,686

375.24

Placer

209,200

358,500

71.4

149,300

1,528

97.69

Plumas

20,250

25,100

24.0

4,850

808

6.00

Riverside

1,393,300

2,914,700

109.2

1,521,400

5,038

301.99

Sacramento

1,132,100

1,739,200

53.6

607,100

2,030

299.05

San Benito

44,000

83,000

88.6

39,000

315

123.74

San Bernardino

1,592,600

3,095,800

94.4

1,503,200

5,080

295.93

San Diego

2,694,900

3,851,100

42.9

1,156,200

4,030

286.92

San Francisco

768,200

816,300

6.3

48,100

100

482.93

San Joaquin

533,200

920,900

72.7

387,700

2,640

146.83

San Luis Obispo

230,700

336,000

45.6

105,300

2,729

38.58

San Mateo

698,000

827,400

18.5

129,400

912

141.83

Santa Barbara

393,700

521,200

32.4

127,500

1,676

76.08

Santa Clara

1,638,300

2,016,800

23.1

378,500

1,642

230.52

Santa Cruz

243,600

326,700

34.1

83,100

804

103.35

Shasta

161,700

247,000

52.8

85,300

844

101.07

Sierra

3,370

4,000

18.7

630

39

16.21

Siskiyou

44,000

58,200

32.3

14,200

1,210

11.73

Solano

372,400

564,900

51.7

192,500

1,725

111.60

Sonoma

424,500

568,800

34.0

144,300

1,547

93.28

Stanislaus

418,500

793,600

89.6

375,100

2,007

186.94

Sutter

74,600

161,600

116.6

87,000

622

139.92

Tehama

54,400

77,700

42.8

23,300

984

23.67

Trinity

13,350

18,000

34.8

4,650

458

10.15

Tulare

353,600

612,000

73.1

258,400

3,264

79.17

Tuolumne

51,600

87,500

69.6

35,900

676

53.10

Ventura

714,800

1,023,100

43.1

308,300

2,083

148.01

Yolo

152,500

262,400

72.1

109,900

1,124

97.75

Yuba

60,500

109,000

80.2

48,500

745

65.09

California

32,383,000

47,507,000

46.7

15,124,000

89,858

168.31


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