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Imperial County
181,724Population
1.1 %Change since 2020
-270Net migration
18.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 181,724 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.1 %
- Net migration
- -270 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 18.9 % (2025)
- State
- California
- Population base, April 2020
- 179,710 (2020)
- Births
- 2,484 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.7
- Deaths
- 1,401 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.7
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,083
- International migration
- 1,077 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -1,347 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -1.5
- Postal code
- CA
- FIPS code
- 06025
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.9 % |
| 2024 | 18.4 % |
| 2023 | 17.6 % |
| 2022 | 15.3 % |
| 2021 | 18.0 % |
| 2020 | 23.2 % |
| 2019 | 21.1 % |
| 2018 | 19.0 % |
| 2017 | 19.9 % |
| 2016 | 24.5 % |
| 2015 | 24.6 % |
| 2014 | 24.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 181,724 |
| 2023 | 180,585 |
| 2022 | 179,767 |
| 2021 | 179,206 |
| 2020 | 179,730 |