Alpine County, California

Alpine County population, land area and income

Alpine County had 1,099 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 738.3 square miles of land. It ranks 58th of 58 in California by population and 49th by land area. That works out to 1.5 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in California has 187,274 residents, so Alpine County has 1% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $83,265 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Alpine County's population changed since 2020

Alpine County lost 80 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 6.8%. That ranks 57th of 58 in California for growth. The median California county changed by -0.6%, and the state as a whole by -0.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Alpine County recorded 36 births and 83 deaths, a natural change of -47. Net international migration added +10 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -39. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 47 people.

Where Alpine County is

The Census internal point of Alpine County is at 38.621800, -119.798400. It sits in UTM zone 11N. The map shades California's 58 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Alpine County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Alpine County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Alpine County. Its 1,099 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Alpine County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Alpine County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is El Dorado County, CA, with 192,823 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• El Dorado County

  192,823 people

  41 mi WNW

• Tuolumne County

  53,893 people

  42 mi SSW

• NV

  Douglas County, NV

  49,564 people

  22 mi NNE

• Calaveras County

  46,505 people

  51 mi SW

• Amador County

  42,026 people

  48 mi WSW

• Mono County

  12,991 people

  70 mi SE

Distance to Sacramento and the nearest big city

Sacramento is 91.6 miles W of Alpine County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Reno, NV (population 281,714), 64.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is South Lake Tahoe, CA (population 21,225), 23.4 miles away.

Alpine County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Alpine County is 06003: state code 06 for California plus county code 003. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $83,265.