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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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