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Yuba County

California · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
84,507
Median household income
$76,373
People below poverty
14.2%
Median home value
$412,300

Income

The median income of households in Yuba County, California was $76,373. An estimated 4.6% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 8.2% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 4.6
$10,000 to $14,999 3.1
$15,000 to $24,999 7.8
$25,000 to $34,999 6.7
$35,000 to $49,999 9.7
$50,000 to $74,999 17.4
$75,000 to $99,999 14
$100,000 to $149,999 18.9
$150,000 to $199,999 9.6
$200,000 or more 8.2

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 65463
Female 51313

An estimated 78.1% of households received earnings. An estimated 31.2% of households received Social Security and an estimated 22.9 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $20,992. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 78.1
Social Security 31.2
Retirement income 22.9
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 8.7
Cash public assistance income 6.1

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 14.2 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 20% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 10.6% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 12.3% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 14.2
Children under 18 years below poverty 20
People 65 years old and over below poverty 10.6
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 12.3

In 2020-2024, 19.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 53.2% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 33% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 32.8% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024, 93.6% had health insurance coverage and 6.4% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 59.9% and public coverage was 48.4%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 4.6%.


In 2020-2024, Yuba County, California had a total population of 84,507 - 41,682 (49.3%) females and 42,825 (50.7%) males. The median age was 34.2 years. An estimated 27.2% of the population was under 18 years, 35.6% was 19 to 44 years, 21.5% was 45 to 64 years, and 13.1 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 3177 2994
5 to 9 3555 3233
10 to 14 3099 3331
15 to 19 3160 2685
20 to 24 2936 2549
25 to 29 3140 2887
30 to 34 3337 3244
35 to 39 3676 3261
40 to 44 2376 2702
45 to 49 2257 2187
50 to 54 2235 2184
55 to 59 2301 2148
60 to 64 2384 2409
65 to 69 1966 1844
70 to 74 1425 1720
75 to 79 790 1087
80 to 84 520 676
85 and over 491 541

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 53.8% were White; 4% were Black or African American; 8.2% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 8% were Asian; 1.5% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 19.7% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 30.8% of the people in Yuba County, California were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 49% of the people in Yuba County, California were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 28,635 households in Yuba County, California. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Married-couple households made up 47.8% of the households in Yuba County, California while cohabiting couple households made up 9% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 24.8% of all households, while 18.4% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 11.8% of households were male householders living alone, and 10.6% were female householders living alone, for a total of 22.4% of all households.

In Yuba County, California, 39.8% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 28.6% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 47.8
Cohabiting Couples 9
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
18.4
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
24.8

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 48.2% of males and 47.8% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 37.9 30.8
Now married, except separated 48.2 47.8
Separated 1.9 2.2
Widowed 2.2 7.8
Divorced 9.8 11.4

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In Yuba County, California, 2,101 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 21.7% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 88.5% of the people living in Yuba County, California were U.S. natives. 69.6% of the Yuba County, California population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 11.5% of Yuba County, California residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 57.1% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 84.6 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of Yuba County, California come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for Yuba County, California.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 59.9
Asia 27.7
Europe 7.9
Africa 1.8
Northern America 1.4
Oceania 1.4

Language

Among people at least five years old living in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024, 25.4 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 17.7% of people at least five years old; 8.9% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 17.7
Other Indo-European languages 2.1
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 5.2
Other languages 0.3

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 86.2 % of the people at least one year old living in Yuba County, California were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 86.2
Different house, same county 4.4
Different county, same state 7.1
Different state 1.7
Abroad 0.5

Education

In 2020-2024, 85.7 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 17.7% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 14.3% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in Yuba County, California was 22,635 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 1,317 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 16,493. College or graduate school enrollment was 4,825.

Educational Attainment of People in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 14.3
High school diploma or equivalency 27.3
Some college, no degree 29.4
Associate's degree 11.3
Bachelor's degree 11.8
Graduate or professional degree 5.9

Disability

In Yuba County, California, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 16.7 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 6.9% of people under 18 years old, to 15.5% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 42.6% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In Yuba County, California, 53.7 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 38.5% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 72% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 20.6% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 7.3 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 24,668 72
Federal, state, or local government workers 7,066 20.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 2,502 7.3

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in Yuba County, California worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 4.3
Construction 9.1
Manufacturing 7.2
Wholesale trade 1.6
Retail trade 11.2
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 6.2
Information 1.5
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 4.6
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 8.2
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 24.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 7.8
Other Services, except public administration 5.1
Public administration 8.5

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 11,155 32.6
Service occupations 6,213 18.1
Sales and office occupations 6,619 19.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 5,182 15.1
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 5,077 14.8

Commuting to Work

An estimated 76.7% of Yuba County, California workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 12% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 32.4 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 76.7
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 12
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.5
Walked 1.2
Other means 0.8
Worked from home 8.7

In 2020-2024, Yuba County, California had a total of 30,661 housing units. Of these housing units, 74.1% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 17.8% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 8% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 74.1
Apartments in multi-unit structures 17.8
Mobile homes 8
Boat, RV, van, etc 0.2

12.4% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 4.4% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in Yuba County, California was 5.4 rooms, and of these housing units 65.1% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, Yuba County, California had 28,635 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 2,026 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 63.5% while renters occupied 36.5%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 3.06 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.62.

5.8% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 6.1% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 6.4% and another 30.1% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in Yuba County, California:

House Heating Fuel Used in Yuba County, California in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 57
Electricity 33.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0
All other fuels 8.1
No fuel used 1.1

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in Yuba County, California was $412,300.

Of the owner-occupied households, 68.9 % had a mortgage. 31.1% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,231 and for owners without a mortgage it was $675.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for Yuba County, California was $1,311. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.