FINAL CENSUS FIGURES

The Census Bureau has released its final figures for the 1990 Census. Here are the statistics for the counties in California, sorted by descending percent change:

COUNTY 1980 1990 % Change RIVERSIDE 663,166 1,170,413 76.5 SAN BERNARDINO 895,016 1,418,380 58.5 AMADOR 19,314 30,039 55.5 CALAVERAS 20,710 31,998 54.5 NEVADA 51,645 78,510 52.0 PLACER 117,247 172,796 47.4 EL DORADO 85,812 125,995 46.8 SAN BENITO 25,005 36,697 46.8 SOLANO 235,203 340,421 44.7 TUOLUMNE 33,928 48,456 42.8 SAN LUIS OBISPO 155,435 217,162 39.7 MADERA 63,116 88,090 39.6 STANISLAUS 265,900 370,522 39.3 LAKE 36,366 50,631 39.2 SAN JOAQUIN 347,342 480,628 38.4 KINGS 73,738 101,469 37.6 KERN 403,089 543,477 34.8 SAN DIEGO 1,861,846 2,498,016 34.2 SACRAMENTO 783,381 1,041,219 32.9 MERCED 134,560 178,403 32.6 FRESNO 514,621 667,490 29.7 SONOMA 299,681 388,222 29.5 DEL NORTE 18,217 23,460 28.8 MARIPOSA 11,108 14,302 28.8 TEHAMA 38,888 49,625 27.6 LASSEN 21,661 27,598 27.4 COLUSA 12,791 16,275 27.2 SHASTA 115,715 147,036 27.1 TULARE 245,738 311,921 26.9 BUTTE 143,851 182,120 26.6 VENTURA 529,174 669,016 26.4 ORANGE 1,932,709 2,410,556 24.7 YOLO 113,374 141,092 24.4 SANTA BARBARA 298,694 369,608 23.7 SUTTER 52,246 64,415 23.3 MONTEREY 290,444 355,660 22.5 CONTRA COSTA 656,380 803,732 22.4 SANTA CRUZ 188,141 229,734 22.1 MENDOCINO 66,738 80,345 20.4 IMPERIAL 92,110 109,303 18.7 LOS ANGELES 7,477,503 8,863,164 18.5 YUBA 49,733 58,228 17.1 GLENN 21,350 24,798 16.1 MONO 8,577 9,956 16.1 ALAMEDA 1,105,379 1,279,182 15.7 SANTA CLARA 1,295,071 1,497,577 15.6 PLUMAS 17,340 19,739 13.8 MODOC 8,610 9,678 12.4 NAPA 99,199 110,765 11.7 SAN MATEO 587,329 649,623 10.6 TRINITY 11,858 13,063 10.2 HUMBOLDT 108,514 119,118 9.8 SISKIYOU 39,732 43,531 9.6 SIERRA 3,073 3,318 8.0 SAN FRANCISCO 678,974 723,959 6.6 MARIN 222,568 230,096 3.4 INYO 17,895 18,281 2.2 ALPINE 1,097 1,113 1.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau