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Monterey County
436,251Population
-1.1 %Change since 2020
-3,542Net migration
7.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 436,251 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.1 %
- Net migration
- -3,542 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 7.9 % (2025)
- State
- California
- Population base, April 2020
- 441,012 (2020)
- Births
- 5,574 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.8
- Deaths
- 2,880 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 2,694
- International migration
- 2,731 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -6,273 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -8.1
- Postal code
- CA
- FIPS code
- 06053
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.9 % |
| 2024 | 7.3 % |
| 2023 | 7.0 % |
| 2022 | 6.2 % |
| 2021 | 8.4 % |
| 2020 | 11.2 % |
| 2019 | 6.4 % |
| 2018 | 6.5 % |
| 2017 | 7.3 % |
| 2016 | 7.8 % |
| 2015 | 8.1 % |
| 2014 | 9.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 436,251 |
| 2023 | 435,637 |
| 2022 | 436,427 |
| 2021 | 439,245 |
| 2020 | 440,506 |