2024 population: 165,432 ( 9,178 from 2020)
Land area: 2136.9 square miles
Population density: 77.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	48,806	29.50%	3.8%
Black:	4,893	2.96%	2.0%
Indian:	1,618	0.98%	0.4%
Asian:	4,771	2.88%	39.5%
2+ races:	2,805	1.70%	10.8%
Hispanic:	102,539	61.98%	10.1%

Total non-White:	116,626	70.50%	10.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	8,858	14.2
Deaths:	5,997	9.6
Net Migration:	5,070	8.1
Net Immigration:	1,305	2.1

Change in White population:	-1,910	-1.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	11,088	7.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
156,254
50,716	32.46%
4,798	3.07%
1,624	1.04%
3,420	2.19%
2,532	1.62%
93,164	59.62%
105,538	67.54%

2010
150,865
57,380	38.03%
5,009	3.32%
1,790	1.19%
2,640	1.75%
2,405	1.59%
80,992	53.69%
93,485	61.97%

2000
123,109
57,391	46.62%
4,710	3.83%
1,694	1.38%
1,640	1.33%
2,872	2.33%
54,515	44.28%
65,718	53.38%

1990
88,090
53,292	60.50%
2,358	2.68%
1,198	1.36%
1,091	1.24%
n/a
30,151	34.23%
34,798	39.50%

1980
63,116
42,182	66.83%
1,967	3.12%
980	1.55%
696	1.10%
n/a
17,081	27.06%
20,934	33.17%

1970
41,519
28,498	68.64%
1,492	3.59%
566	1.36%
307	0.74%
n/a
9,955	23.98%
13,021	31.36%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
20,999	13.9
9,871	6.5
-4,321	-2.9
-383	-0.3

-6,664	-4.4
12,053	8.0

Number	Rate
2000's
22,075	17.9
8,657	7.0
6,793	5.5
6,028	4.9

-11	-0.0
27,767	22.6

Number	Rate
1990's
20,006	22.7
7,835	8.9
11,041	12.5
5,635	6.4

4,099	4.7
30,920	35.1

Number	Rate
1980's
14,244	22.6
5,854	9.3
16,756	26.5
n/a

11,110	17.6
13,864	22.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
16,528	39.8
n/a

13,684	33.0
7,913	19.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Madera, CA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
34.4
42,872	25.9%
122,560	74.1%
22,292	13.5%

43,857
3.43

34,124	77.8%
23,686	69.4%
3,862	11.3%
9,733	22.2%

2010
Number	Percent
33.0
42,849	28.4%
108,016	71.6%
17,262	11.4%

43,317
3.28

34,093	78.7%
25,218	74.0%
3,276	9.6%
9,224	21.3%

2000
Number	Percent
33.0
36,321	29.5%
86,788	70.5%
13,210	10.7%

36,207
3.18

28,890	79.8%
22,781	78.9%
2,479	8.6%
7,317	20.2%

1990
Number	Percent
31.8
27,373	31.1%
60,717	68.9%
10,687	12.1%

28,317
3.05

22,910	80.9%
18,551	81.0%
1,877	8.2%
5,407	19.1%

1980
Number	Percent
29.3
20,141	31.9%
42,975	68.1%
6,878	10.9%

21,222
2.94

17,090	80.5%
14,735	86.2%
1,100	6.4%
4,132	19.5%

2022 Housing Data for Madera, CA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,167	4.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,494	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,742	4.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,549	3.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,533	3.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,891	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,646	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,987	4.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,225	2.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,016	6.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	4,101	9.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,897	15.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,200	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,213	7.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,615	8.2%
$200,000 or more	3,581	8.2%

Median Household Income	73,543
Per Capita Income	28,158

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	99

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,155	7.2%
Public Assistance	2,917	6.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	9,334	21.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	21,615	56.4%
Unemployed	2,394	6.3%
In Armed Forces	79	0.2%

Total Labor Force	24,088	62.9%
Not in Labor Force	14,208	37.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		43.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	23,224	15,908	59.3%
Non-Profit	1,262	2,595	32.7%
Self-Employed	3,729	2,333	61.5%

Local Government	1,908	4,231	31.1%
State Government	1,565	1,785	46.7%
Federal Government	584	576	50.3%

Total Private + Self	26,953	18,241	59.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	5,319	9,187	36.7%
Total	32,272	27,428	54.1%

Pct. Govt.	17.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	7,007	11.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	10,568	17.7%
Professional, Technical	9,836	16.4%
Service Occupations	10,728	17.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,074	11.8%
All others	21,687	36.3%

White Collar		45.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	8,456	14.1%
Health care and social assistance	7,588	12.7%
Educational services	5,832	9.7%
Retail trade	5,514	9.2%
Manufacturing	5,432	9.1%
Construction	4,787	8.0%
Accommodation and food services	3,481	5.8%
Public administration	3,319	5.5%
Transportation and warehousing	2,977	5.0%
Other services	2,441	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,209	3.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,093	3.5%
Finance and insurance	1,553	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,258	2.1%
Wholesale trade	1,095	1.8%
Information	715	1.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	602	1.0%
Utilities	428	0.7%
Management	35	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	11	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	88,423	56.23%
Puerto Rican	516	0.33%
Cuban	76	0.05%
Dominican	54	0.03%

Total Central American	1,900	1.21%
Costa Rican	97	0.06%
Guatemalan	575	0.37%
Honduran	135	0.09%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	5	0.00%
Salvadoran	1,088	0.69%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	420	0.27%
Argentinean	13	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	49	0.03%
Colombian	288	0.18%
Ecuadorian	45	0.03%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	19	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	6	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	2,466	1.57%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	1,440	0.92%
Chinese	681	0.43%
Filipino	423	0.27%
Vietnamese	238	0.15%
Hmong	232	0.15%
Korean	82	0.05%
Japanese	59	0.04%
Thai	46	0.03%
Cambodian	42	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	79,577	54.4%
Spanish	62,248	42.5%
Other Indo-European	2,106	1.4%
Other Asian	564	0.4%
Chinese	482	0.3%
German, other Germanic	298	0.2%
Arabic	289	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	198	0.1%
Tagalog	172	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	11,185	7.1%
English	8,348	5.3%
Irish	8,047	5.1%
Italian	4,026	2.6%
American	2,975	1.9%
European	2,790	1.8%
Portuguese	2,441	1.6%
Scottish	1,759	1.1%
French	1,605	1.0%
Dutch	1,431	0.9%
Swedish	1,325	0.8%
Norwegian	1,118	0.7%
Polish	990	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	697	0.4%
African	629	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	136,490	86.8%
Not a citizen	20,753	13.2%

Native	125,285	79.7%
Foreign-born	31,958	20.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
16,370	16.5%	11,310	11.4%	22,910	23.1%	31,468	31.8%	11,497	11.6%	5,490	5.5%
Average years of education: 11.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	16,370	16.5%
9-12 Years	11,310	11.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	22,910	23.1%
Some College	31,468	31.8%
Bach. Degree	11,497	11.6%
Grad Degree	5,490	5.5%
Average years of education: 11.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	83,052	71,890	11,162	13.4%
1991	88,744	75,324	13,420	15.1%
1992	93,764	78,026	15,738	16.8%
1993	95,740	80,120	15,620	16.3%
1994	97,002	81,980	15,022	15.5%
1995	101,412	86,284	15,128	14.9%
1996	103,880	88,994	14,886	14.3%
1997	104,144	89,990	14,154	13.6%
1998	104,874	91,462	13,412	12.8%
1999	105,840	93,466	12,374	11.7%

2000	109,704	100,272	9,432	8.6%
2001	107,652	97,304	10,348	9.6%
2002	111,130	99,242	11,888	10.7%
2003	118,024	105,718	12,306	10.4%
2004	122,190	110,994	11,196	9.2%
2005	123,784	114,064	9,720	7.9%
2006	125,662	116,898	8,764	7.0%
2007	126,868	117,470	9,398	7.4%
2008	130,108	117,758	12,350	9.5%
2009	133,778	115,182	18,596	13.9%

2010	123,486	102,472	21,014	17.0%
2011	123,948	103,572	20,376	16.4%
2012	124,892	106,564	18,328	14.7%
2013	124,146	108,336	15,810	12.7%
2014	123,424	109,440	13,984	11.3%
2015	119,614	106,960	12,654	10.6%
2016	122,102	110,786	11,316	9.3%
2017	121,902	111,940	9,962	8.2%
2018	122,532	113,782	8,750	7.1%
2019	124,190	115,488	8,702	7.0%

2020	123,476	110,178	13,298	10.8%
2021	124,460	113,512	10,948	8.8%
2022	126,894	119,118	7,776	6.1%
2023	128,412	118,808	9,604	7.5%
2024	139,276	128,766	10,510	7.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	49,880
Median Value	$340,300

Occupied	43,857	87.9%
Vacant	6,023	12.1%

Owned	28,719	65.5%
Rented	15,138	34.5%
Median Rent	$1,185

Single-Family Units	40,457	81.1%
Detached	39,484	79.2%
Attached	973	2.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	3,514	7.0%
Mobile Homes	3,218	6.5%

Madera, CA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Madera, CA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Madera, CA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Madera, CA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Madera, CA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Madera, CA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Madera, CA Metro Area