Inyo County, California

Inyo County population, land area and income

Inyo County had 18,485 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 10,197.3 square miles of land. It ranks 52nd of 58 in California by population and 2nd by land area. That works out to 1.8 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 Inyo County has 10% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $71,656 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Inyo County's population changed since 2020

Inyo County lost 514 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.7%. That ranks 47th 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, Inyo County recorded 695 births and 900 deaths, a natural change of -205. Net international migration added +60 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -396. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 396 people.

Where Inyo County is

The Census internal point of Inyo County is at 36.562200, -117.404200. 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 Inyo County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Inyo County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Inyo County, 3,746 people together, or 20% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Inyo County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Bishop with 3,746.

Counties bordering Inyo County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Inyo County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Clark County, NV, with 2,398,871 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NV

  Clark County, NV

  2,398,871 people

  135 mi E

• San Bernardino County

  2,214,281 people

  136 mi SSE

• Fresno County

  1,024,125 people

  126 mi W

• Kern County

  922,529 people

  112 mi SW

• Tulare County

  483,546 people

  80 mi WSW

• NV

  Nye County, NV

  55,990 people

  110 mi NNE

• Mono County

  12,991 people

  124 mi NW

• NV

  Esmeralda County, NV

  720 people

  85 mi N

Distance to Sacramento and the nearest big city

Sacramento is 263.7 miles WNW of Inyo County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Visalia, CA (population 146,271), 108.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Ridgecrest, CA (population 28,373), 66.1 miles away.

Inyo County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Inyo County is 06027: state code 06 for California plus county code 027. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $71,656.