Yuba County, California

Yuba County population, land area and income

Yuba County had 87,469 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 632.0 square miles of land. It ranks 39th of 58 in California by population and 52nd by land area. That works out to 138.4 people per square mile, 1.4 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in California has 187,274 residents, so Yuba County has 47% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $71,493 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Yuba County's population changed since 2020

Yuba County gained 5,468 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 6.7%. That ranks 3rd 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, Yuba County recorded 5,038 births and 3,200 deaths, a natural change of +1,838. Net international migration added +559 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +3,471. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 3,471 people.

Where Yuba County is

The Census internal point of Yuba County is at 39.270100, -121.344300. 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 Yuba County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Yuba County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Yuba County, 16,824 people together, or 19% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Yuba County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Marysville with 12,714.

Counties bordering Yuba County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Yuba County. The most populous is Placer County, CA, with 433,822 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Placer County

  433,822 people

  36 mi ESE

• Butte County

  208,334 people

  31 mi NNW

• Nevada County

  102,195 people

  31 mi E

• Sutter County

  98,545 people

  25 mi SW

• Plumas County

  18,834 people

  57 mi NNE

• Sierra County

  3,113 people

  49 mi ENE

Distance to Sacramento and the nearest big city

Sacramento is 48.6 miles S of Yuba County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Roseville, CA (population 163,304), 34.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Marysville, CA (population 12,714), 15.2 miles away.

Yuba County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Yuba County is 06115: state code 06 for California plus county code 115. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $71,493.