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County · California
Merced County
296,774Population
5.1 %Change since 2020
759Net migration
10.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 296,774 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.1 %
- Net migration
- 759 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 10.2 % (2025)
- State
- California
- Population base, April 2020
- 282,447 (2020)
- Births
- 3,813 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.8
- Deaths
- 2,171 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,642
- International migration
- 1,399 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -640 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 2.6
- Postal code
- CA
- FIPS code
- 06047
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.2 % |
| 2024 | 9.8 % |
| 2023 | 9.0 % |
| 2022 | 7.8 % |
| 2021 | 10.3 % |
| 2020 | 12.5 % |
| 2019 | 8.2 % |
| 2018 | 8.4 % |
| 2017 | 9.5 % |
| 2016 | 10.7 % |
| 2015 | 11.4 % |
| 2014 | 13.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 296,774 |
| 2023 | 294,402 |
| 2022 | 292,034 |
| 2021 | 284,834 |
| 2020 | 282,963 |