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Merced County, CA Demographics

Merced County, CA is the 24th most populous of 58 counties in California, with 281,202 residents across 1,938 square miles. That is about 145 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 281,202
Land area 1,938 sq mi
Density 145 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

How Merced County compares to the US

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Central Location: Merced County, CA

Measured from the county's main population center using 2020 census blocks.

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Census tracts in Merced County, CA

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 23.01 8,401 3.1 2,704
Census Tract 10.08 7,278 3.0 2,462
Census Tract 20.02 7,099 74.2 96
Census Tract 17 7,032 1.5 4,642
Census Tract 5.05 6,974 17.5 398
Census Tract 22.01 6,720 2.1 3,261
Census Tract 23.03 6,511 2.4 2,754
Census Tract 6.03 6,502 1.6 4,118
Census Tract 5.04 6,475 2.7 2,398
Census Tract 3.05 6,279 1.6 3,810
Census Tract 8.01 6,216 1.3 4,799
Census Tract 22.03 6,155 3.2 1,940
Census Tract 11.01 6,089 0.9 6,473
Census Tract 23.05 6,012 0.8 7,750
Census Tract 22.04 5,895 1.7 3,482
Census Tract 6.01 5,608 1.5 3,701
Census Tract 10.06 5,496 0.7 7,401
Census Tract 18.01 5,397 7.0 775
Census Tract 12 5,365 1.6 3,272
Census Tract 19.01 5,279 101.7 52
Census Tract 24.04 5,132 2.0 2,568
Census Tract 7.02 5,125 8.9 579
Census Tract 3.01 5,003 10.1 495
Census Tract 9.04 4,945 3.3 1,485
Census Tract 2.04 4,927 1.0 4,988
Census Tract 15.03 4,844 0.5 10,066
Census Tract 14.02 4,813 1.9 2,528
Census Tract 21 4,732 551.4 9
Census Tract 8.02 4,709 0.9 5,253
Census Tract 9.03 4,640 5.0 920
Census Tract 16.04 4,436 2.2 1,977
Census Tract 2.05 4,318 0.8 5,081
Census Tract 4.04 4,239 32.4 131
Census Tract 10.07 4,202 2.8 1,488
Census Tract 10.03 4,190 0.7 5,593
Census Tract 16.01 4,166 0.8 5,101
Census Tract 14.01 4,150 0.7 6,083
Census Tract 26.02 3,978 7.8 513
Census Tract 10.04 3,969 0.8 5,000
Census Tract 3.06 3,856 1.1 3,439
Census Tract 16.03 3,847 1.0 3,785
Census Tract 6.02 3,806 0.5 7,485
Census Tract 4.03 3,617 13.5 269
Census Tract 23.06 3,537 0.4 8,089
Census Tract 9.01 3,512 295.0 12
Census Tract 7.01 3,484 0.6 6,047
Census Tract 24.03 3,416 8.8 386
Census Tract 13.01 3,413 1.0 3,436
Census Tract 2.01 3,325 46.2 72
Census Tract 13.02 3,016 0.6 4,808
Census Tract 5.03 2,903 45.4 64
Census Tract 23.04 2,827 9.9 285
Census Tract 15.02 2,768 0.3 8,289
Census Tract 15.01 2,689 2.5 1,064
Census Tract 26.01 2,489 10.1 247
Census Tract 19.02 2,376 111.8 21
Census Tract 10.05 2,285 1.1 2,090
Census Tract 25 2,197 199.5 11
Census Tract 3.03 1,996 43.7 46
Census Tract 2.02 1,807 9.4 192
Census Tract 4.01 1,681 30.2 56
Census Tract 24.01 1,623 89.3 18
Census Tract 20.01 1,431 151.8 9

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