Plumas County Demographics

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People QuickFacts

Plumas County

California

Population, 2000

20,824

33,871,648

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

5.5%

13.6%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

4.5%

7.3%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

22.7%

27.3%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

17.9%

10.6%

High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990

11,413

14,244,971

College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990

2,090

4,366,674

Housing units, 2000

13,386

12,214,549

Homeownership rate, 2000

70.0%

56.9%

Households, 2000

9,000

11,502,870

Persons per household, 2000

2.29

2.87

Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000

28.5%

39.7%

Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate

$35,154

$39,595

 

Geography QuickFacts

Plumas County

California

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

2,554

155,959

Persons per square mile, 2000

8.2

217.2

Metropolitan Area

None

 

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments

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