Economic Profile for
Contra Costa County

Information provided by
California Department of Finance
Economic Research

					Population			Population
Land area (acres):		460,980		Cities	1-1-95	Cities		1-1-95
Population, 7-1-94		874,700		Concord	114,500	Lafayette		24,100
Percent of California		2.7		Richmond	93,000	El Cerrito		23,800
Population, 1-1-95		883,400		Antioch	74,900	Hercules		19,050
				Walnut Creek	63,400	Pinole		18,550
1-1-95				Pittsburg	51,600	Orinda		17,250
Population in households		872,077		San Ramon	40,900	Moraga		16,650
Population/household		2.713		Danville	36,550	Brentwood		11,850
				Martinez	35,900	Clayton		8,950
				Pleasant Hill	32,250	Unincorporated		173,600
				San Pablo	26,600

EDUCATION					1993-94
					($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 ***		14.3		Spending on education:
				School districts*	722.9
Enrollment, Fall 1994				Community colleges**	106.1
Kindergarten-12		151,988
				* Not including community college districts.
Enrollment, Fall 1987				** Includes governmental, proprietary and fiduciary group funds.
College/University		35,943		*** May not be comparable to the 1980 census. The 1990 median was computed on the
Community colleges		33,228		basis of educational attainment. The 1980 median was based on actual years of school
Private colleges		2,715		completed.

LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT				Total employment, 1993	397,129		Number of establishments
				(BEA series)			by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 1994		448,800		Percent of California	2.4
Civilian employment		420,200		Wage and salary	312,015		1-4	11,201
Unemployment		28,600		Proprietors	85,114		5-9	3,981
Unemployment rate		6.4		Farm	794		10-19	2,593
				Non-Farm	84,320		20-49	1,612
Nonagricultural wage & salary							50-99	537
employment, 1993 (BLS series)		283,900		Farm	1,813		100-249	255
Percent of California		2.4		Agricultural services	4,682		250-499	58
Mining		2,900		Mining	3,251		500-999	27
Construction		16,900		Construction	25,975		1000 +	14
Manufacturing		27,300		Manufacturing	30,306		Total	20,278
Transportation-utility		19,200		Transportation-utility	22,693						Check:
Trade		66,700		Wholesale trade	13,498						0
Finance-insurance-				Retail trade	70,462
real estate		27,700		Finance, insurance,
Services		80,200		real estate	46,471
Federal government		6,400		Services	129,469
State-local government		36,600		Federal civilian	6,847
				Military	4,688
Totals may not add due to rounding.				State and local	36,974

INCOME AND SALES						1979	1989
Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.)		23,690.3		Median family income, Census		26,513	51,651
Percent of California		3.5		Median household income, Census		22,875	45,087
Per capita income, 1993		27,757
Percent of California		126.8				1993	1994
Avg. earnings per job, 1993		32,713		Total taxable sales, ($ mill.)		7,476.4	7,818.2
Avg. wages per job, 1993		31,244		Percent of California		2.8	2.7
Avg. earnings per nonfarm				Taxable retail sales		5,266.4	5,353.4
proprietor, 1993		23,267

HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION		4-1-90	1-1-95				Valuation
						Units	($ mill.)
Housing stock		316,170	336,438	Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California		2.8	2.9	Total		3,867	$696.3
Single family		228,792	244,138	Percent of California		4.0	4.7
Multiple family		77,195	84,811	Single family		3,678	591.9
Mobile homes, trailers, etc.		10,183	7,489	Multi-family		189	16.4
Vacancy rate (percent):		5.0	4.5
				Nonresidential permits		--	$184.6
				Percent of California			2.4

INDUSTRY			1982		1987				($ mill.)
Value added by manufacture, ($ mill.)			2,479.3		2,596.7		Capital expenditures:
Percent of California			2.6		2.0			1982	629.0
								1987	488.0
Leading industries:
Petroleum and coal products					1,004.1		Payroll in manufacturing:
Chemicals and allied products					421.0			1987	855.9
Printing and publishing					215.2			1990*	995.2
Food and kindred products					143.0
Fabricated metal products					117.9		Number of mfg. establishments:
								1987	759
								1990*	792
							* Not comparable with 1987 because of
							source difference.

AGRICULTURE
Number of farms, 1992		675			Leading commodities with
Acreage in farms, 1992		163,036			value of production, 1994			$ mill.
% of land area		35.4
					Bedding plants			17.5
Agricultural employment, 1994 *		2,700			Tomatoes, all			9.7
					Apples, all			6.6
Value of production, 1994 ($ mill.)		80.1			Milk. all			6.0
Percent of California		0.3			Corn, sweet			5.1
County Rank		35			Roses, all (cut)			3.5
Livestock and livestock products		9.7			Asparagus			3.4
Poultry and poultry products		0.0			Corn, field			3.0
Field crops		11.1			Cattle and calves			2.9
Vegetables		20.2			Rangeland pasture			2.6
Fruits and nuts		13.5
Nursery products		25.4
Seed crops		0.0
Apiary products		0.1			* Includes Alameda County employment.

TRANSPORTATION
Vehicle registrations, 1994
Total		721,504			Miles of streets, roads and
Automobiles		525,834			highways, 1994		3,080.0
Per capita (7-1-94 pop.)		0.60
Trucks		124,163
Motorcycles		17,055
Trailers		54,452

PUBLIC FINANCE
			Per		Per
1993-94		$ mill.	capita*		$1,000 income**		1993-94		$ mill.
County government tax collections, total		106.0	122.92		4.47		Expenditures:
Property tax		93.6	108.53		3.95		Federal		3,151.7
Sales tax		8.4	9.71		0.35		Defense		587.3
							County		830.3
							City		527.7
Total receipts, local government		2,962.7					School districts		722.9
							Special districts		487.0
* 7-1-93 population							Redevelopment agencies		243.0
** 1993 personal income