Plumas County, California

Plumas County population, land area and income

Plumas County had 18,834 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,553.1 square miles of land. It ranks 51st of 58 in California by population and 22nd by land area. That works out to 7.4 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 Plumas County has 10% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $64,121 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Plumas County's population changed since 2020

Plumas County lost 927 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 4.7%. That ranks 55th 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, Plumas County recorded 571 births and 885 deaths, a natural change of -314. Net international migration added +105 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -758. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 758 people.

Where Plumas County is

The Census internal point of Plumas County is at 39.992300, -120.824400. 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 Plumas County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Plumas County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Plumas County, 2,086 people together, or 11% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Plumas County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Portola with 2,086.

Counties bordering Plumas County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Plumas County. The most populous is Butte County, CA, with 208,334 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Butte County

  208,334 people

  47 mi WSW

• Shasta County

  181,121 people

  83 mi NW

• Yuba County

  87,469 people

  57 mi SSW

• Tehama County

  64,451 people

  75 mi W

• Lassen County

  28,340 people

  51 mi NNE

• Sierra County

  3,113 people

  33 mi SSE

Distance to Sacramento and the nearest big city

Sacramento is 104.1 miles SSW of Plumas County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Chico, CA (population 102,911), 55.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Susanville, CA (population 12,359), 32.2 miles away.

Plumas County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Plumas County is 06063: state code 06 for California plus county code 063. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $64,121.