Stanislaus

			STANISLAUS COUNTY



				Population			Population
Land area (acres):	956,520		Cities	1-1-95	Cities		1-1-95
									STANISLAUS		393,400
Population, 7-1-94	417,200		Modesto	181,800	Newman		5,850			Modesto	174,200
Percent of California	1.3		Turlock	49,750	Hughson		3,590			Turlock	45,450
Population, 1-1-95	420,000		Ceres	31,250	Unincorporated		104,300			Ceres	28,400
			Oakdale	14,300						Oakdale	13,050
1-1-95			Riverbank	12,950						Riverbank	10,700
Population in households	413,636		Patterson	9,700						Patterson	9,250
Population/household	3.020		Waterford	6,245						Waterford	5,525
										Newman		4,600
										Hughson		3,380
EDUCATION				1993-94						Unincorporated		98,800
				($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 ***	12.7		Spending on education:
			School districts*	456.1
Enrollment, Fall 1994
Kindergarten-12	90,648			1988-89
				($ mill)
Enrollment, Fall 1987
College/University	17,234		Community colleges**	43.3
CSU Stanislaus	4,971
Community colleges	12,263		* Not including community college districts.
			** Includes governmental, proprietary and fiduciary group funds.
			*** 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	174,010		Number of establishments
			(BEA series)			by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 1994	196,900		Percent of California	1.1
Civilian employment	167,400		Wage and salary	141,039		1-4	4,080
Unemployment	29,500		Proprietors	32,971		5-9	1,513
Unemployment rate	15.0		Farm	4,479		10-19	1,040
			Non-Farm	28,492		20-49	759
Nonagricultural wage & salary						50-99	207
employment, 1993 (BLS series)	120,800		Farm	12,548		100-249	97
Percent of California	1.0		Agricultural services	6,443		250-499	20
Construction	6,600		Mining	87		500-999	11
Manufacturing	23,800		Construction	10,220		1000 +	5
Transportation-utility	5,600		Manufacturing	25,450		Total	7,732
Trade	30,700		Transportation-utility	7,144				Check:
Finance-insurance-			Wholesale trade	6,616				0
real estate	4,900		Retail trade	31,355
Services	27,700		Finance, insurance,
Federal government	800		real estate	10,252
State-local government	20,700		Services	41,968
			Federal civilian	894
			Military	1,001
Totals may not add due to rounding.			State and local	20,032


INCOME AND SALES					1979	1989

Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.)	6,874.9		Median family income, Census		18,656	32,923
Percent of California	1.0		Median household income, Census		16,078	29,793
Per capita income, 1993	17,083
Percent of California	78.0				1993	1994

Avg. earnings per job, 1993	25,175		Total taxable sales, ($ mill.)		3,344.9	3,459.6
Avg. wages per job, 1993	22,411		Percent of California		1.2	1.2
Avg. earnings per nonfarm			Taxable retail sales		2,350.2	2,402.4
proprietor, 1993	23,297


HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION	4-1-90	1-1-95				Valuation
					Units	($ mill.)
Housing stock	132,027	144,477	Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California	1.2	1.2	Total		1,498	$148.0
Single family	97,804	107,872	Percent of California		1.5	1.0
Multiple family	24,204	26,906	Single family		1,424	129.7
Mobile homes, trailers, etc.	10,019	9,699	Multi-family		74	3.1
Vacancy rate (percent):	5.0	5.2
			Nonresidential permits		--	$90.7
			Percent of California			1.2

Last Update: 8/30/96

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