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Demographics of San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County, California had 2,224,091 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +40,891 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

San Bernardino County, in four figures

2,224,091
Population
July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.
+1.9%
Change since July 2020
+40,891 people.
34.7 ±0.1
Median age
ACS 2020–⁠2024.
$85,478 ±$924
Median household income
ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

San Bernardino County, California's population grew 1.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of San Bernardino County, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

San Bernardino County, California's population grew 1.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of San Bernardino County, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1PopulationIndexUnited States
20202,183,200100.0100.0
20212,190,129100.3100.2
20222,196,267100.6100.7
20232,203,706100.9101.6
20242,218,764101.6102.5
20252,224,091101.9103.1

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Population of San Bernardino County, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1PopulationChange
20202,183,200+1,547
20212,190,129+6,929
20222,196,267+6,138
20232,203,706+7,439
20242,218,764+15,058
20252,224,091+5,327

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 34.7 ±0.1: for men 33.8 ±0.2 and for women 35.6 ±0.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in San Bernardino County by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgePeopleShare
Under 5139,323 ±06.3% ±<0.1
5 to 17421,055 ±3,74419.2% ±0.2
18 to 24215,164 ±2,7809.8% ±0.1
25 to 44634,664 ±3,65228.9% ±0.2
45 to 64509,914 ±3,56623.2% ±0.2
65 and over276,984 ±3,40612.6% ±0.2

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $85,478 ±$924, and income per person $34,343 ±$376, in 2024 dollars. The median is $99,122 ±$310 in California and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in San Bernardino County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household incomeHouseholdsShare
Under $25,00087,131 ±2,75212.9% ±0.4
$25,000 to $49,999107,554 ±3,07315.9% ±0.5
$50,000 to $74,999101,490 ±2,87415.0% ±0.4
$75,000 to $99,99990,983 ±2,74613.5% ±0.4
$100,000 to $149,999131,553 ±2,91019.5% ±0.4
$150,000 to $199,99976,610 ±2,34611.4% ±0.3
$200,000 or more79,594 ±2,41811.8% ±0.4

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in San Bernardino County by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgeBelow povertyRate
All ages287,814 ±8,51313.3% ±0.4
Under 1896,967 ±3,46117.6% ±0.6
18 to 59140,747 ±4,49511.6% ±0.4
60 and over50,100 ±2,12312.7% ±0.5

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in San Bernardino County, ACS 2020–2024
MeasureSan Bernardino CountyCalifornia
Housing units743,886 ±27814,644,735 ±1,665
Occupied90.7% ±0.292.5% ±0.1
Vacant9.3% ±0.27.5% ±0.1
Owner occupied62.1% ±0.555.9% ±0.3
Renter occupied37.9% ±0.544.1% ±0.2
Median home value$505,000 ±$4,319$734,700 ±$1,307
Median gross rent$1,801 ±$15$2,036 ±$5
Median year built1983 ±11976 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in San Bernardino County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
OriginPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino1,213,014 ±055.2% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic541,724 ±1,80424.7% ±0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic163,815 ±2,6577.5% ±0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic177,529 ±2,0728.1% ±0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic5,539 ±6110.3% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic6,281 ±6070.3% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic12,686 ±1,5930.6% ±0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic76,516 ±3,7123.5% ±0.2

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in San Bernardino County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
BornPeopleShare
Born in the state1,448,233 ±6,88565.9% ±0.3
Born in another state248,355 ±4,95911.3% ±0.2
Born a citizen outside the states25,803 ±1,6691.2% ±0.1
Born abroad474,713 ±6,19621.6% ±0.3
Naturalized citizens251,956 ±4,01811.5% ±0.2
Not citizens222,757 ±5,74610.1% ±0.3

San Bernardino County among the counties of California

5th of 58 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the California page.

Counties of California near San Bernardino County in population, July 2025
CountyJuly 2025Change since 2020
Los Angeles County9,694,934−3.0%
San Diego County3,282,248−0.6%
Orange County3,149,507−1.2%
Riverside County2,544,916+5.0%
San Bernardino County2,224,091+1.9%
Santa Clara County1,914,391−0.9%
Alameda County1,636,630−2.6%
Sacramento County1,618,460+2.0%
Contra Costa County1,170,070+0.3%
Fresno County1,035,456+2.6%

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Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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