Calaveras County, California

Calaveras County population, land area and income

Calaveras County had 46,505 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,020.0 square miles of land. It ranks 44th of 58 in California by population and 40th by land area. That works out to 45.6 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in California has 187,274 residents, so Calaveras County has 25% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $77,041 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Calaveras County's population changed since 2020

Calaveras County gained 1,155 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.5%. That ranks 10th 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, Calaveras County recorded 1,537 births and 2,511 deaths, a natural change of -974. Net international migration added +194 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +2,047. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 2,047 people.

Where Calaveras County is

The Census internal point of Calaveras County is at 38.191100, -120.554100. It sits in UTM zone 10N. The map shades California's 58 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Calaveras County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Calaveras County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Calaveras County, 3,728 people together, or 8% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Calaveras County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Angels with 3,728.

Counties bordering Calaveras County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Calaveras County. The most populous is San Joaquin County, CA, with 816,108 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• San Joaquin County

  816,108 people

  43 mi WSW

• Stanislaus County

  556,972 people

  50 mi SSW

• Tuolumne County

  53,893 people

  34 mi ESE

• Amador County

  42,026 people

  18 mi NNW

• Alpine County

  1,099 people

  51 mi NE

Distance to Sacramento and the nearest big city

Sacramento is 57.5 miles WNW of Calaveras County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Stockton, CA (population 324,975), 43.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Oakdale, CA (population 23,209), 33.7 miles away.

Calaveras County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Calaveras County is 06009: state code 06 for California plus county code 009. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $77,041.