Population of Merced County, California:
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| Merced County, California - Overview | 2010 Census | 2000 Census | 2000-2010 Change | ||||||
| Counts | Percentages | Counts | Percentages | Change | Percentages | ||||
| Total Population | |||||||||
| Total Population | 255,793 | 100.00% | 210,554 | 100.00% | 45,239 | 21.49% | |||
| Population by Race | |||||||||
| American Indian and Alaska native alone | 3,473 | 1.36% | 2,510 | 1.19% | 963 | 38.37% | |||
| Asian alone | 18,836 | 7.36% | 14,321 | 6.80% | 4,515 | 31.53% | |||
| Black or African American alone | 9,926 | 3.88% | 8,064 | 3.83% | 1,862 | 23.09% | |||
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific native alone | 583 | 0.23% | 396 | 0.19% | 187 | 47.22% | |||
| Some other race alone | 62,665 | 24.50% | 55,013 | 26.13% | 7,652 | 13.91% | |||
| Two or more races | 11,929 | 4.66% | 11,900 | 5.65% | 29 | 0.24% | |||
| White alone | 148,381 | 58.01% | 118,350 | 56.21% | 30,031 | 25.37% | |||
| Population by Hispanic or Latino Origin (of any race) | |||||||||
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin | 140,485 | 54.92% | 95,466 | 45.34% | 45,019 | 47.16% | |||
| Persons Not of Hispanic or Latino Origin | 115,308 | 45.08% | 115,088 | 54.66% | 220 | 0.19% | |||
| Population by Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 128,737 | 50.33% | 104,931 | 49.84% | 23,806 | 22.69% | |||
| Female | 127,056 | 49.67% | 105,623 | 50.16% | 21,433 | 20.29% | |||
| Population by Age | |||||||||
| Persons 0 to 4 years | 22,226 | 8.69% | 18,693 | 8.88% | 3,533 | 18.90% | |||
| Persons 5 to 17 years | 58,472 | 22.86% | 53,991 | 25.64% | 4,481 | 8.30% | |||
| Persons 18 to 64 years | 151,135 | 59.08% | 117,866 | 55.98% | 33,269 | 28.23% | |||
| Persons 65 years and over | 23,960 | 9.37% | 20,004 | 9.50% | 3,956 | 19.78% | |||