Tuolumne County, California

Tuolumne County population, land area and income

Tuolumne County had 53,893 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,220.9 square miles of land. It ranks 43rd of 58 in California by population and 23rd by land area. That works out to 24.3 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in California has 187,274 residents, so Tuolumne County has 29% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $72,329 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Tuolumne County's population changed since 2020

Tuolumne County lost 1,504 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.7%. That ranks 48th 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, Tuolumne County recorded 1,810 births and 3,404 deaths, a natural change of -1,594. Net international migration added +103 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -295. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 1,594 people.

Where Tuolumne County is

The Census internal point of Tuolumne County is at 38.021400, -119.964700. 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 Tuolumne County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Tuolumne County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Tuolumne County, 4,855 people together, or 9% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Tuolumne County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Sonora with 4,855.

Counties bordering Tuolumne County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Tuolumne County. The most populous is Stanislaus County, CA, with 556,972 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Stanislaus County

  556,972 people

  65 mi WSW

• Madera County

  165,432 people

  57 mi SSE

• Calaveras County

  46,505 people

  34 mi WNW

• Mariposa County

  17,048 people

  31 mi S

• Mono County

  12,991 people

  60 mi E

• Alpine County

  1,099 people

  42 mi NNE

Distance to Sacramento and the nearest big city

Sacramento is 91.4 miles WNW of Tuolumne County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Modesto, CA (population 220,592), 62.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Oakdale, CA (population 23,209), 51.3 miles away.

Tuolumne County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Tuolumne County is 06109: state code 06 for California plus county code 109. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $72,329.