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Located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada
Mountains, Nevada County includes the cities of: Grass Valley,
Nevada City, Lake Wildwood, Rough & Ready, Alta Sierra, North San Juan, Lake of
the Pines, Cedar Ridge
and
the outlying rural areas. There
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Nevada County, CA - Quick Facts |
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People QuickFacts |
Nevada County |
California |
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Population, 2013 estimate |
NA |
38,332,521 |
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Population, 2012 estimate |
98,292 |
37,999,878 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base |
98,764 |
37,253,959 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |
NA |
2.9% |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 |
-0.5% |
2.0% |
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Population, 2010 |
98,764 |
37,253,956 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 |
4.2% |
6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 |
18.2% |
24.3% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 |
21.5% |
12.1% |
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Female persons, percent, 2012 |
50.6% |
50.3% |
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White alone, percent, 2012 (a) |
94.0% |
73.7% |
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Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) |
0.5% |
6.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2012 (a) |
1.2% |
1.7% |
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Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) |
1.3% |
13.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) |
0.1% |
0.5% |
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Two or More Races, percent, 2012 |
2.9% |
3.6% |
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Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) |
8.9% |
38.2% |
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White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 |
86.2% |
39.4% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 |
85.8% |
84.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 |
5.4% |
27.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 |
6.6% |
43.5% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 |
95.0% |
81.0% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 |
32.7% |
30.5% |
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Veterans, 2008-2012 |
9,975 |
1,952,910 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 |
24.2 |
27.1 |
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Housing units, 2012 |
52,617 |
13,707,386 |
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Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 |
72.7% |
56.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 |
10.1% |
30.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 |
$379,900 |
$383,900 |
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Households, 2008-2012 |
41,626 |
12,466,331 |
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Persons per household, 2008-2012 |
2.34 |
2.93 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 |
$31,899 |
$29,551 |
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Median household income, 2008-2012 |
$57,382 |
$61,400 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 |
11.6% |
15.3% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Nevada County |
California |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 |
2,978 |
849,3161 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 |
26,399 |
12,698,4271 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 |
0.9% |
1.3%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2011 |
11,588 |
2,887,014 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 |
14,492 |
3,425,510 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
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4.0% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
S |
1.3% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
S |
14.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
F |
0.3% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
S |
16.5% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
28.7% |
30.3% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |
664,601 |
491,372,092 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) |
D |
598,456,486 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) |
1,077,159 |
455,032,270 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 |
$11,111 |
$12,561 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) |
199,443 |
80,852,787 |
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Building permits, 2012 |
92 |
58,549 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Nevada County |
California |
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Land area in square miles, 2010 |
957.77 |
155,779.22 |
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Persons per square mile, 2010 |
103.1 |
239.1 |
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FIPS Code |
057 |
06 |
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Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area |
Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area |
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