2024 population: 181,121 ( 1,331 from 2020)
Land area: 3775.5 square miles
Population density: 48.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	137,453	75.89%	4.4%
Black:	2,136	1.18%	10.0%
Indian:	4,076	2.25%	0.5%
Asian:	7,010	3.87%	20.3%
2+ races:	7,536	4.16%	5.7%
Hispanic:	22,910	12.65%	16.1%

Total non-White:	43,668	24.11%	12.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	7,309	10.0
Deaths:	10,866	14.9
Net Migration:	888	1.2
Net Immigration:	1,378	1.9

Change in White population:	-6,270	-3.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	4,939	2.7

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
182,452
143,723	78.77%
1,942	1.06%
4,096	2.24%
5,827	3.19%
7,132	3.91%
19,732	10.81%
38,729	21.23%

2010
177,223
146,044	82.41%
1,438	0.81%
4,162	2.35%
4,529	2.56%
5,960	3.36%
14,878	8.40%
31,179	17.59%

2000
163,256
141,097	86.43%
1,179	0.72%
4,025	2.47%
3,168	1.94%
4,544	2.78%
8,998	5.51%
22,159	13.57%

1990
147,036
134,165	91.25%
1,094	0.74%
3,676	2.50%
2,700	1.84%
n/a
5,401	3.67%
12,871	8.75%

1980
115,715
108,275	93.57%
732	0.63%
2,570	2.22%
588	0.51%
n/a
3,482	3.01%
7,440	6.43%

1970
77,640
72,399	93.25%
614	0.79%
1,271	1.64%
173	0.22%
n/a
2,977	3.83%
5,241	6.75%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
19,093	10.8
20,322	11.5
2,332	1.3
1,965	1.1

-2,321	-1.3
7,550	4.3

Number	Rate
2000's
19,345	11.8
17,279	10.6
15,546	9.5
1,073	0.7

4,947	3.0
9,020	5.5

Number	Rate
1990's
20,909	14.2
15,754	10.7
12,452	8.5
693	0.5

6,932	4.7
9,288	6.3

Number	Rate
1980's
20,042	17.3
11,911	10.3
23,111	20.0
n/a

25,890	22.4
5,431	4.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
31,642	40.8
n/a

35,876	46.2
2,199	2.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Shasta County, CA

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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
41.7
39,190	10.8%
324,383	89.2%
38,339	10.5%

71,107
2.51

45,559	64.1%
33,680	73.9%
3,989	8.8%
25,548	35.9%

2010
Number	Percent
41.8
39,652	22.4%
137,571	77.6%
29,967	16.9%

70,346
2.48

46,981	66.8%
34,435	73.3%
4,715	10.0%
23,365	33.2%

2000
Number	Percent
38.7
42,612	26.1%
120,644	73.9%
24,766	15.2%

63,497
2.52

44,123	69.5%
34,012	77.1%
4,809	10.9%
19,374	30.5%

1990
Number	Percent
34.9
40,203	27.3%
106,833	72.7%
20,765	14.1%

55,940
2.58

40,707	72.8%
33,007	81.1%
3,924	9.6%
15,233	27.2%

1980
Number	Percent
31.2
33,424	28.9%
82,291	71.1%
12,863	11.1%

43,357
2.64

32,662	75.3%
28,062	85.9%
2,642	8.1%
10,695	24.7%

2022 Housing Data for Shasta County, CA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,725	5.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,053	4.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,648	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,280	4.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,911	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,780	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,696	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,559	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,676	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,325	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,758	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,621	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,996	9.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,771	6.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,612	7.9%
$200,000 or more	5,696	8.0%

Median Household Income	68,347
Per Capita Income	36,458

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	80
Compared to U.S.	100

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,958	7.0%
Public Assistance	2,445	3.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	9,456	13.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	62,649	65.3%
Unemployed	4,253	4.4%
In Armed Forces	77	0.1%

Total Labor Force	66,979	69.8%
Not in Labor Force	29,034	30.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	25,426	21,029	54.7%
Non-Profit	2,299	3,950	36.8%
Self-Employed	5,308	3,901	57.6%

Local Government	3,247	4,680	41.0%
State Government	2,107	2,294	47.9%
Federal Government	1,171	754	60.8%

Total Private + Self	30,734	24,930	55.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	8,824	11,678	43.0%
Total	39,558	36,608	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	18.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	10,959	14.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	16,044	21.0%
Professional, Technical	17,334	22.7%
Service Occupations	16,516	21.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	372	0.5%
All others	15,461	20.3%

White Collar		58.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	12,725	16.7%
Retail trade	9,242	12.1%
Construction	6,324	8.3%
Accommodation and food services	6,120	8.0%
Educational services	5,959	7.8%
Public administration	5,869	7.7%
Other services	4,485	5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	4,362	5.7%
Manufacturing	3,901	5.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,360	4.4%
Transportation and warehousing	3,269	4.3%
Finance and insurance	2,873	3.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,762	2.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,464	1.9%
Wholesale trade	1,430	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,216	1.6%
Utilities	897	1.2%
Information	894	1.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	105	0.1%
Management	57	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	14,571	8.01%
Puerto Rican	729	0.40%
Cuban	160	0.09%
Dominican	7	0.00%

Total Central American	1,079	0.59%
Costa Rican	139	0.08%
Guatemalan	159	0.09%
Honduran	23	0.01%
Nicaraguan	331	0.18%
Panamanian	252	0.14%
Salvadoran	175	0.10%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	431	0.24%
Argentinean	31	0.02%
Bolivian	46	0.03%
Chilean	39	0.02%
Colombian	158	0.09%
Ecuadorian	5	0.00%
Paraguayan	9	0.00%
Peruvian	129	0.07%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	14	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,011	1.66%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	841	0.46%
Chinese	808	0.44%
Mien	745	0.41%
Indian	634	0.35%
Laotian	583	0.32%
Korean	437	0.24%
Vietnamese	400	0.22%
Hmong	276	0.15%
Japanese	200	0.11%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	158,441	92.3%
Spanish	7,227	4.2%
Other Asian	1,298	0.8%
Other Indo-European	1,261	0.7%
German, other Germanic	710	0.4%
Chinese	533	0.3%
Tagalog	480	0.3%
Vietnamese	392	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	374	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	26,513	14.6%
English	21,160	11.6%
Irish	20,977	11.5%
American	12,213	6.7%
Italian	10,204	5.6%
European	7,942	4.4%
French	4,864	2.7%
Norwegian	4,351	2.4%
Swedish	3,909	2.1%
Scottish	3,688	2.0%
Polish	2,786	1.5%
Dutch	2,423	1.3%
Portuguese	2,405	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	1,628	0.9%
Danish	1,523	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	177,242	97.5%
Not a citizen	4,610	2.5%

Native	172,440	94.8%
Foreign-born	9,412	5.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,644	2.1%	7,801	6.1%	33,226	25.8%	55,885	43.4%	19,783	15.3%	9,544	7.4%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,644	2.1%
9-12 Years	7,801	6.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	33,226	25.8%
Some College	55,885	43.4%
Bach. Degree	19,783	15.3%
Grad Degree	9,544	7.4%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	67,666	61,845	5,821	8.6%	5.8%
1991	68,390	60,854	7,536	11.0%	7.8%
1992	72,893	63,305	9,588	13.2%	9.4%
1993	73,175	63,919	9,256	12.6%	9.5%
1994	72,574	63,706	8,868	12.2%	8.7%
1995	72,123	63,979	8,144	11.3%	7.9%
1996	71,727	64,448	7,279	10.1%	7.3%
1997	72,649	65,928	6,721	9.3%	6.4%
1998	72,200	65,653	6,547	9.1%	5.9%
1999	72,299	67,152	5,147	7.1%	5.3%

2000	74,781	70,297	4,484	6.0%	4.9%
2001	77,447	72,507	4,940	6.4%	5.5%
2002	81,258	75,398	5,860	7.2%	6.8%
2003	82,394	76,112	6,282	7.6%	6.9%
2004	82,417	76,145	6,272	7.6%	6.2%
2005	81,760	75,847	5,913	7.2%	5.4%
2006	82,575	77,135	5,440	6.6%	4.9%
2007	82,629	76,499	6,130	7.4%	5.3%
2008	82,622	74,279	8,343	10.1%	7.3%
2009	84,524	71,911	12,613	14.9%	11.5%

2010	78,680	65,168	13,512	17.2%	12.5%
2011	76,990	64,507	12,483	16.2%	11.9%
2012	75,904	64,968	10,936	14.4%	10.5%
2013	75,049	66,069	8,980	12.0%	9.0%
2014	74,741	67,469	7,272	9.7%	7.6%
2015	74,122	68,325	5,797	7.8%	6.3%
2016	74,207	69,019	5,188	7.0%	5.5%
2017	73,963	69,642	4,321	5.8%	4.8%
2018	73,897	70,175	3,722	5.0%	4.3%
2019	72,827	69,296	3,531	4.8%	4.2%

2020	72,827	66,484	6,343	8.7%	10.1%
2021	72,994	67,951	5,043	6.9%	7.3%
2022	73,134	69,783	3,351	4.6%	4.2%
2023	73,889	70,091	3,798	5.1%	4.8%
2024	79,261	75,039	4,222	5.3%	5.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	79,626
Median Value	$327,500

Occupied	71,107	89.3%
Vacant	8,519	10.7%

Owned	46,257	65.1%
Rented	24,850	34.9%
Median Rent	$1,232

Single-Family Units	57,281	71.9%
Detached	55,172	69.3%
Attached	2,109	2.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,375	8.0%
Mobile Homes	9,029	11.3%

Shasta County, CA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Shasta County, CA

2022 Housing Data for Shasta County, CA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Shasta County, CA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Shasta County, CA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Shasta County, CA

Historical Labor Force Data for Shasta County, CA