SONOMA

			SONOMA COUNTY



				Population			Population
Land area (acres):	1,008,770		Cities	1-1-95	Cities		1-1-95
								SONOMA		407,200
Population, 7-1-94	427,500		Santa Rosa	128,300	Unincorporated		158,500		Santa Rosa	120,200
Percent of California	1.3		Petaluma	48,550					Petaluma	44,750
Population, 1-1-95	432,200		Rohnert Park	39,200					Rohnert Park	38,200
			Windsor	18,900					Healdsburg	9,675
			Healdsburg	9,800					Sonoma	8,400
1-1-95			Sonoma	8,925					Sebastopol	7,275
Population in households	424,553		Sebastopol	7,750					Cotati	6,150
Population/household	2.625		Cotati	6,725					Cloverdale	5,275
			Cloverdale	5,600					Unincorporated	167,200


EDUCATION				1993-94
				($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 ***	13.9		Spending on education:
			School districts*	377.2
Enrollment, Fall 1994			Community colleges**	62.0
Kindergarten-12	73,702

Enrollment, Fall 1987			* Not including community college districts.
College/University	31,062		** Includes governmental, proprietary and fiduciary group funds.
Sonoma State University	6,159		*** May not be comparable to the 1980 census. The 1990 median was computed on the
Community colleges	24,660		basis of educational attainment. The 1980 median was based on actual years of school
Private colleges	243		completed.


LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT			Total employment, 1993	213,321		Number of establishments
			(BEA series)			by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 1994	226,100		Percent of California	1.3
Civilian employment	212,100		Wage and salary	159,604		1-4	7,021
Unemployment	14,000		Proprietors	53,717		5-9	2,264
Unemployment rate	6.2		Farm	2,985		10-19	1,434
			Non-Farm	50,732		20-49	845
Nonagricultural wage & salary						50-99	262
employment, 1993 (BLS series)	143,200		Farm	7,629		100-249	128
Percent of California	1.2		Agricultural services	3,860		250-499	22
Mining	600		Mining	694		500-999	5
Construction	7,500		Construction	14,214		1000 +	9
Manufacturing	20,300		Manufacturing	22,706		Total	11,990
Transportation-utility	5,800		Transportation-utility	7,236				Check:
Trade	36,100		Wholesale trade	7,826				0
Finance-insurance-			Retail trade	38,741
real estate	9,900		Finance, insurance,
Services	38,400		real estate	19,373
Federal government	1,900		Services	65,357
State-local government	22,700		Federal civilian	1,935
			Military	1,651
Totals may not add due to rounding.			State and local	22,099


INCOME AND SALES					1979	1989

Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.)	9,460.7		Median family income, Census		21,269	41,961
Percent of California	1.4		Median household income, Census		17,734	36,299
Per capita income, 1993	23,285
Percent of California	106.3				1993	1994

Avg. earnings per job, 1993	25,381		Total taxable sales, ($ mill.)		3,836.5	3,951.9
Avg. wages per job, 1993	24,366		Percent of California		1.4	1.4
Avg. earnings per nonfarm			Taxable retail sales		2,778.9	2,856.0
proprietor, 1993	20,156


HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION	4-1-90	1-1-95				Valuation
					Units	($ mill.)
Housing stock	161,062	173,464	Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California	1.4	1.5	Total		2,446	$311.5
Single family	119,158	128,888	Percent of California		2.5	2.1
Multiple family	28,109	32,600	Single family		2,112	253.5
Mobile homes, trailers, etc.	13,795	11,976	Multi-family		334	19.0
Vacancy rate (percent):	7.5	6.8
			Nonresidential permits		--	$83.9
			Percent of California			1.1

Last Update: 8/30/96

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