DEL NORTE COUNTY
Population
Land area (acres): 645,050 Cities 1-1-95
Population, 7-1-94 28,700 Crescent City 8,475
Percent of California 0.1 Unincorporated 20,800
Population, 1-1-95 29,250
1-1-95
Population in households 25,146
Population/household 2.803
EDUCATION 1993-94
($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 ** 12.7 Spending on education:
School districts* 26.8
Enrollment, Fall 1994
Kindergarten-12 5,430 * Not including community college districts.
** May not be comparable to the 1980 census. The 1990 median was computed on the
basis of educational attainment. The 1980 median was based on actual years of school
completed.
LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT Total employment, 1993 9,763 Number of establishments
(BEA series) by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 1994 10,090 Percent of California 0.1
Civilian employment 8,880 Wage and salary 7,414 1-4 352
Unemployment 1,210 Proprietors 2,349 5-9 122
Unemployment rate 12.0 Farm 82 10-19 66
Non-Farm 2,267 20-49 29
Nonagricultural wage & salary 50-99 8
employment, 1993 (BLS series) 6,540 Farm 367 100-249 3
Percent of California 0.1 Agricultural services 534 250-499 --
Construction/mining 160 Mining (N) 500-999 --
Manufacturing 550 Construction 408 1000 + --
Transportation-utility 270 Manufacturing 576 Total 580
Trade 1,530 Transportation-utility 362 Check:
Finance-insurance- Wholesale trade 134 0
real estate 140 Retail trade 2,085
Services 1,220 Finance, insurance,
Federal government 170 real estate 411
State-local government 2,490 Services 2,280
Federal civilian 177
(N) Data not available for this year. Military 89
Totals may not add due to rounding. State and local 2,338
INCOME AND SALES 1979 1989
Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.) 357.5 Median family income, Census 15,911 26,992
Percent of California 0.1 Median household income, Census 13,783 22,917
Per capita income, 1993 13,320
Percent of California 60.8 1993 1994
Avg. earnings per job, 1993 22,906 Total taxable sales, ($ mill.) 146.3 145.6
Avg. wages per job, 1993 22,512 Percent of California 0.1 0.1
Avg. earnings per nonfarm Taxable retail sales 98.4 97.7
proprietor, 1993 17,478
HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION 4-1-90 1-1-95 Valuation
Units ($ mill.)
Housing stock 9,091 10,163 Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California 0.1 0.1 Total 148 $16.4
Single family 5,321 5,847 Percent of California 0.2 0.1
Multiple family 1,067 1,250 Single family 110 10.4
Mobile homes, trailers, etc. 2,703 3,066 Multi-family 38 2.0
Vacancy rate (percent): 12.1 11.7
Nonresidential permits -- $4.1
Percent of California 0.1