Demographics of Shasta County, California

Shasta County, California had 181,648 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −543 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.

Shasta County, in four figures

181,648
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −0.3%
Change since July 2020: −543 people.; 41.7 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $72,636 ±$1,972
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.

Shasta County, California's population shrank 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Shasta 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).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Shasta County, California's population shrank 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Shasta 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 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	182,191	100.0	100.0
2021	182,323	100.1	100.2
2022	180,957	99.3	100.7
2023	180,695	99.2	101.6
2024	181,392	99.6	102.5
2025	181,648	99.7	103.1

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Population of Shasta County, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	182,191	−261	−109	+1	−168
2021	182,323	+132	−792	+95	+725
2022	180,957	−1,366	−971	+273	−562
2023	180,695	−262	−630	+326	+96
2024	181,392	+697	−469	+365	+825
2025	181,648	+256	−493	+205	+544

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.7 ±0.3: for men 40.5 ±0.3 and for women 42.9 ±0.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Shasta County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	9,628 ±80	5.3% ±<0.1	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	29,520 ±819	16.3% ±0.5	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	13,391 ±737	7.4% ±0.4	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	45,738 ±940	25.2% ±0.5	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	44,150 ±1,011	24.3% ±0.6	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	39,009 ±1,171	21.5% ±0.6	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $72,636 ±$1,972, and income per person $39,574 ±$1,351, 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 Shasta County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	11,842 ±864	16.6% ±1.2	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	13,056 ±919	18.3% ±1.3	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	11,656 ±822	16.4% ±1.1	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	9,900 ±750	13.9% ±1.0	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	11,523 ±731	16.2% ±1.0	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	5,971 ±541	8.4% ±0.8	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	7,284 ±605	10.2% ±0.8	20.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

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 Shasta County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	23,705 ±2,150	13.3% ±1.2	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	5,256 ±670	13.8% ±1.7	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	11,584 ±1,192	13.0% ±1.3	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	6,865 ±724	13.4% ±1.4	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Shasta County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Shasta County	California	United States
Housing units	80,068 ±91	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.0% ±0.9	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	11.0% ±0.9	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	65.6% ±1.2	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	34.4% ±1.4	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$366,400 ±$6,326	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,317 ±$39	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1982 ±1	1976 ±1	1980 ±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 Shasta County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	21,346 ±0	11.8% ±<0.1	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	136,633 ±788	75.3% ±0.4	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,502 ±335	0.8% ±0.2	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	6,169 ±431	3.4% ±0.2	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	2,361 ±387	1.3% ±0.2	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	292 ±125	0.2% ±0.1	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	946 ±411	0.5% ±0.2	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	12,187 ±1,083	6.7% ±0.6	4.4% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

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 Shasta County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	130,565 ±1,767	72.0% ±1.0	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	40,439 ±1,636	22.3% ±0.9	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1,290 ±279	0.7% ±0.2	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	9,142 ±974	5.0% ±0.5	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	4,840 ±519	2.7% ±0.3	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	4,302 ±866	2.4% ±0.5	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Shasta County among the counties of California

30th of 58 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the California page.

Counties of California near Shasta County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Santa Cruz County	258,852	−4.7%
Marin County	253,694	−2.9%
Yolo County	224,410	+3.1%
Butte County	209,211	−0.5%
El Dorado County	192,323	+0.6%
Shasta County	181,648	−0.3%
Imperial County	181,411	+1.0%
Madera County	167,927	+7.4%
Kings County	154,327	+1.0%
Napa County	132,949	−3.3%
Humboldt County	131,647	−3.4%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026