Plumas County, CA
Demographic and economic profile of Plumas County, CA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Plumas County is a small, rural Northern California county of 19,607 residents with an economy oriented around natural-resource and public-sector activity typical of the Sierra Nevada region. The labor force is notably constrained — participation stands at just 47.5% with a 9.7% unemployment rate — and only 20.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, though 94.0% have a high school diploma and median worker earnings of $41,113 align closely with per capita income of $41,604. The county skews older, with a median age of 52.0, and has seen modest population growth of 4.9% over five years; homeownership is high at 74.8%, with a median home value of $327,400 and median rent of $1,034 per month.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
+4.9% since 2018
Plumas County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone16,266 (83.7%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races863 (4.4%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race784 (4.0%)
- American Indian & Alaska Native Alone549 (2.8%)
- Some Other Race Alone449 (2.3%)
- Black or African American Alone315 (1.6%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish728
- 2.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)96
- 3.German or other West Germanic94
- 4.Other Indo-European59
- 5.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)23
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,528
- 2.Retail Trade (Group)776
- 3.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services715
- 4.Public Administration (Group)623
- 5.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining620
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,307
- 2.Service Occupations1,543
- 3.Sales & Office Occupations1,478
- 4.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations913
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations737
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 4.86×)554
- 2.Public Administration (LQ 1.87×)630
- 3.Construction (LQ 1.23×)607
- 4.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.16×)486
- 5.Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, & Accommodation (LQ 1.09×)684
Housing
Education
Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.