SIERRA National Forest Local Area
List of the 16 Local Area counties with total population, land area, and population density

5-digit FIPS
code
County Population Land area
(square miles)
Persons per
square mile
6003 Alpine, CA 1,190 738.6 1.6
6005 Amador, CA 37,837 593.0 63.8
6009 Calaveras, CA 45,939 1,020.0 45.0
6019 Fresno, CA 866,772 5,962.7 145.4
6027 Inyo, CA 18,244 10,203.1 1.8
6031 Kings, CA 142,561 1,391.0 102.5
6039 Madera, CA 138,951 2,135.9 65.1
6043 Mariposa, CA 18,003 1,451.1 12.4
6047 Merced, CA 237,005 1,928.7 122.9
6051 Mono, CA 12,766 3,044.4 4.2
6053 Monterey, CA 414,629 3,322.0 124.8
6069 San Benito, CA 56,243 1,389.1 40.5
6077 San Joaquin, CA 649,868 1,399.3 464.4
6099 Stanislaus, CA 498,355 1,493.8 333.6
6107 Tulare, CA 401,502 4,824.0 83.2
6109 Tuolumne, CA 56,962 2,235.4 25.5
    3,596,827 43,132.0  

Source: U. S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2004 estimate. Total population includes all ages, not just age 16 and older.



SIERRA National Forest Local Area
Population age 16 and older by stratum and age group

Population stratum Age 16-34 % Age 35-53 % Age 55+ % All Ages 16+ %
Hispanic males 286,132 53.3 183,272 34.1 67,465 12.6 536,869 20.5
Hispanic females 240,198 50.5 164,194 34.5 71,372 15.0 475,764 18.2
White males 187,101 30.2 234,115 37.7 198,970 32.1 620,186 23.7
White females 179,618 27.1 238,756 36.1 243,546 36.8 661,920 25.3
Black males 27,465 44.8 24,917 40.6 8,931 14.6 61,313 2.3
Black females 21,302 41.6 19,488 38.1 10,393 20.3 51,183 2.0
Native American males 4,153 38.3 4,148 38.2 2,547 23.5 10,848 0.4
Native American females 4,086 34.9 4,584 39.2 3,036 25.9 11,706 0.4
Asian & Pacific Islander males 39,958 44.2 31,505 34.9 18,919 20.9 90,382 3.5
Asian & Pacific Islander females 40,320 41.0 34,366 34.9 23,647 24.0 98,333 3.8
  1,030,333   939,345   648,826   2,618,504 100.1

Source: U. S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2004 estimate.
Note: Does not include people who reported being 2 or more races. Hispanics may be of any race, but are included in the two Hispanic rows only. Percentages for the three age groups sum across to 100. May not equal 100.0 exactly due to rounding.