Ridgecrest, CA Urban Area - Profile data - Census Reporter
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Ridgecrest, CA Urban Area

29,233 Population
14.3 square miles 2,043.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Economics

$39,685 ±$2,260 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$83,476 ±$6,431 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

11.2% ±2.4% (3,232  ±702) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

15.9 minutes ±1.3 (183,420  ±20,144) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Social

91.1% ±4.6% (17,595  ±1,108.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
33.6% ±3.2% (6,491  ±,673.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.2% ±1.6% (2,102  ±470) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

16.6% ±1.6% (3,531  ±363) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
3,531 Total veterans ±363 2,982 Male ±336 549 Female ±164

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