2024 population: 483,546 ( 10,425 from 2020)
Land area: 4823.9 square miles
Population density: 100.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	121,410	25.11%	6.8%
Black:	6,760	1.40%	10.3%
Indian:	3,235	0.67%	2.6%
Asian:	17,526	3.62%	5.6%
2+ races:	7,145	1.48%	2.9%
Hispanic:	327,470	67.72%	5.7%

Total non-White:	362,136	74.89%	5.6%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	28,491	15.1
Deaths:	16,319	8.6
Net Migration:	-6,238	-3.3
Net Immigration:	4,032	2.1

Change in White population:	-8,804	-1.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	19,229	4.1

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
473,121
130,214	27.52%
6,130	1.30%
3,321	0.70%
16,591	3.51%
6,945	1.47%
309,920	65.51%
342,907	72.48%

2010
442,179
143,935	32.55%
5,497	1.24%
3,323	0.75%
14,574	3.30%
6,144	1.39%
268,065	60.62%
298,244	67.45%

2000
368,021
153,916	41.82%
5,122	1.39%
3,011	0.82%
11,714	3.18%
6,968	1.89%
186,846	50.77%
214,105	58.18%

1990
311,921
171,756	55.06%
4,298	1.38%
3,499	1.12%
13,145	4.21%
n/a
119,223	38.22%
140,165	44.94%

1980
245,738
160,749	65.41%
3,496	1.42%
2,443	0.99%
5,157	2.10%
n/a
73,225	29.80%
84,989	34.59%

1970
188,322
130,214	69.14%
2,348	1.25%
1,004	0.53%
2,345	1.25%
n/a
49,296	26.18%
58,108	30.86%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
69,462	15.7
27,477	6.2
-17,296	-3.9
-636	-0.1

-13,721	-3.1
44,663	10.1

Number	Rate
2000's
73,748	20.0
25,133	6.8
-719	-0.2
16,328	4.4

-9,981	-2.7
84,139	22.9

Number	Rate
1990's
71,819	23.0
25,503	8.2
-19,749	-6.3
22,219	7.1

-17,840	-5.7
73,940	23.7

Number	Rate
1980's
58,245	23.7
21,926	8.9
31,444	12.8
n/a

11,007	4.5
55,176	22.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
32,177	17.1
n/a

30,535	16.2
26,881	14.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Visalia, 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
31.5
142,992	29.6%
340,554	70.4%
54,353	11.2%

140,670
3.32

110,113	78.3%
72,778	66.1%
14,094	12.8%
30,557	21.7%

2010
Number	Percent
29.6
144,124	32.6%
298,055	67.4%
41,779	9.4%

130,352
3.36

102,856	78.9%
71,349	69.4%
12,654	12.3%
27,496	21.1%

2000
Number	Percent
29.2
124,188	33.7%
243,833	66.3%
35,775	9.7%

110,356
3.28

87,712	79.5%
65,362	74.5%
9,916	11.3%
22,644	20.5%

1990
Number	Percent
29.3
103,474	33.2%
208,447	66.8%
33,337	10.7%

97,726
3.13

77,542	79.3%
60,472	78.0%
8,598	11.1%
20,184	20.7%

1980
Number	Percent
28.1
80,342	32.7%
165,396	67.3%
26,275	10.7%

81,089
2.97

64,175	79.1%
54,208	84.5%
5,114	8.0%
16,914	20.9%

2022 Housing Data for Visalia, CA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	7,690	5.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,425	3.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,197	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,537	3.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,393	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	6,112	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,381	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,312	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,870	4.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	10,810	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	15,379	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	18,493	13.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,939	9.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	8,780	6.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	10,237	7.3%
$200,000 or more	9,115	6.5%

Median Household Income	64,474
Per Capita Income	26,282

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	11,117	7.9%
Public Assistance	8,869	6.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	34,054	24.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	62,127	63.8%
Unemployed	4,907	5.0%
In Armed Forces	448	0.5%

Total Labor Force	67,482	69.3%
Not in Labor Force	29,830	30.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	75,690	49,423	60.5%
Non-Profit	4,679	8,136	36.5%
Self-Employed	12,836	6,254	67.2%

Local Government	8,178	12,728	39.1%
State Government	4,790	5,507	46.5%
Federal Government	1,385	1,103	55.7%

Total Private + Self	88,526	55,677	61.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	19,032	27,474	40.9%
Total	107,558	83,151	56.4%

Pct. Govt.	17.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	19,590	10.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	35,924	18.8%
Professional, Technical	31,212	16.4%
Service Occupations	35,821	18.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	22,618	11.8%
All others	68,336	35.8%

White Collar		45.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	28,574	15.0%
Health care and social assistance	25,032	13.1%
Retail trade	19,391	10.2%
Educational services	17,412	9.1%
Manufacturing	15,820	8.3%
Accommodation and food services	13,049	6.8%
Construction	12,604	6.6%
Public administration	11,829	6.2%
Transportation and warehousing	8,873	4.6%
Other services	8,149	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	8,046	4.2%
Wholesale trade	5,548	2.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,478	2.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,982	1.6%
Finance and insurance	2,637	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,556	1.3%
Information	1,654	0.9%
Utilities	994	0.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	134	0.1%
Management	121	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	294,695	62.24%
Puerto Rican	1,505	0.32%
Cuban	729	0.15%
Dominican	83	0.02%

Total Central American	6,053	1.28%
Costa Rican	123	0.03%
Guatemalan	1,966	0.42%
Honduran	573	0.12%
Nicaraguan	440	0.09%
Panamanian	117	0.02%
Salvadoran	2,834	0.60%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,782	0.38%
Argentinean	259	0.05%
Bolivian	33	0.01%
Chilean	209	0.04%
Colombian	374	0.08%
Ecuadorian	31	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	831	0.18%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	21	0.00%
Other South American	24	0.01%

Other Hispanic	8,107	1.71%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	5,429	1.15%
Chinese	1,917	0.40%
Laotian	1,651	0.35%
Hmong	1,590	0.34%
Indian	1,524	0.32%
Korean	791	0.17%
Japanese	499	0.11%
Vietnamese	443	0.09%
Mien	161	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	217,763	49.7%
Spanish	202,651	46.3%
Other Indo-European	4,766	1.1%
Other Asian	4,479	1.0%
Tagalog	2,398	0.5%
Arabic	1,774	0.4%
Chinese	1,438	0.3%
Other	635	0.1%
Korean	581	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	21,046	4.4%
English	20,203	4.3%
Irish	17,572	3.7%
Portuguese	10,228	2.2%
American	9,192	1.9%
Italian	7,339	1.6%
Dutch	4,533	1.0%
French	2,883	0.6%
Scottish	2,839	0.6%
European	2,765	0.6%
Norwegian	2,226	0.5%
Swedish	2,102	0.4%
Scotch-Irish	1,560	0.3%
Polish	1,295	0.3%
Welsh	1,201	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	407,518	86.1%
Not a citizen	65,928	13.9%

Native	368,988	77.9%
Foreign-born	104,458	22.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
46,776	16.7%	27,683	9.9%	74,036	26.4%	88,546	31.5%	28,337	10.1%	15,533	5.5%
Average years of education: 11.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	46,776	16.7%
9-12 Years	27,683	9.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	74,036	26.4%
Some College	88,546	31.5%
Bach. Degree	28,337	10.1%
Grad Degree	15,533	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	291,408	255,546	35,862	12.3%
1991	306,700	250,524	56,176	18.3%
1992	308,348	254,200	54,148	17.6%
1993	315,346	257,974	57,372	18.2%
1994	323,174	269,762	53,412	16.5%
1995	319,546	266,334	53,212	16.7%
1996	318,148	266,122	52,026	16.4%
1997	320,234	270,784	49,450	15.4%
1998	325,642	274,532	51,110	15.7%
1999	330,360	275,298	55,062	16.7%

2000	343,254	307,972	35,282	10.3%
2001	349,920	309,708	40,212	11.5%
2002	361,192	317,684	43,508	12.0%
2003	362,672	317,808	44,864	12.4%
2004	359,512	317,826	41,686	11.6%
2005	366,654	332,128	34,526	9.4%
2006	375,392	343,500	31,892	8.5%
2007	383,472	348,388	35,084	9.1%
2008	398,026	354,812	43,214	10.9%
2009	409,158	345,952	63,206	15.4%

2010	406,996	335,364	71,632	17.6%
2011	406,756	336,044	70,712	17.4%
2012	402,156	336,176	65,980	16.4%
2013	400,980	342,700	58,280	14.5%
2014	395,826	343,260	52,566	13.3%
2015	404,252	356,982	47,270	11.7%
2016	406,584	361,006	45,578	11.2%
2017	409,194	366,166	43,028	10.5%
2018	406,102	366,192	39,910	9.8%
2019	404,300	364,456	39,844	9.9%

2020	398,302	345,704	52,598	13.2%
2021	402,458	359,784	42,674	10.6%
2022	414,938	381,052	33,886	8.2%
2023	426,606	383,966	42,640	10.0%
2024	441,952	396,276	45,676	10.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	151,190
Median Value	$280,900

Occupied	140,670	93.0%
Vacant	10,520	7.0%

Owned	82,078	58.3%
Rented	58,592	41.7%
Median Rent	$1,137

Single-Family Units	117,775	77.9%
Detached	113,339	75.0%
Attached	4,436	2.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	11,576	7.7%
Mobile Homes	10,062	6.7%

Visalia, CA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2022 Housing Data for Visalia, CA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Visalia, CA Metro Area

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Visalia, CA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Visalia, CA Metro Area