# San Diego County, California demographics

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San Diego County, California (county FIPS 06073) has a median household income of $106,268 (±$949) and a total population of 3,288,774 in the American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020-2024.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level. The figures describe 2020-2024 (dollars in 2024 dollars), not the present. 116 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap the county (Census 2020).

Notes:

- Values are ACS 5-year estimates for 2020-2024 (dollars in 2024 dollars), not current figures.
- ZCTA-county overlaps come from the Census 2020 relationship file and use 2020 counties, by land area; Connecticut uses its legacy counties, not the planning regions in ACS 2022+.

## ACS 5-year estimates, 2020-2024

Census American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020-2024, with 90% margins of error as published by the Census Bureau.

| Metric | Estimate | Margin of error (90%) | ACS table |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Total population | 3,288,774 | none (controlled estimate) | B01003 |
| Median age | 37.3 years | ±0.1 years | B01002 |
| Households | 1,171,278 | ±2,902 | B11001 |
| Median household income (inflation-adjusted to the final ACS year) | $106,268 | ±$949 | B19013 |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units | $854,700 | ±$3,996 | B25077 |
| Median gross rent | $2,246 | ±$11 | B25064 |
| Owner-occupied share of occupied housing units | 54.6% | none (derived from several estimates) | B25003 (derived) |
| Renter-occupied share of occupied housing units | 45.4% | none (derived from several estimates) | B25003 (derived) |
| High school graduate or higher (age 25+) | 89.1% | none (derived from several estimates) | B15003 (derived) |
| Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+) | 43.2% | none (derived from several estimates) | B15003 (derived) |
| Share of people below the poverty level | 10.3% | none (derived from several estimates) | B17001 (derived) |
| Unemployment rate (civilian labor force) | 6.1% | none (derived from several estimates) | B23025 (derived) |

- Dollar values are in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.
- Percentages' margins of error are in percentage points (pp).

## Geography

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| County FIPS | 06073 |
| Land area | 4,210.46 sq mi |
| Water area | 315.27 sq mi |
| Population density | 781 per sq mi of land |
| Geography vintage | 2024 Gazetteer |

## ZIP codes (ZCTAs) in this county

ZCTAs that overlap the county in the Census 2020 ZCTA to county relationship file, largest share of the county's land first.

| ZCTA | Share of county land | Share of ZCTA land | County is the ZCTA's primary county |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [92004](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92004) | 12.6% | 58% | Yes |
| [92036](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92036) | 12% | 100% | Yes |
| [92086](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92086) | 5.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [92065](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92065) | 4% | 100% | Yes |
| [92055](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92055) | 3.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92070](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92070) | 3.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92082](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92082) | 3% | 100% | Yes |
| [92028](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92028) | 2.8% | 99.3% | Yes |
| [91935](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91935) | 2.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [91906](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91906) | 2.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [91905](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91905) | 2% | 100% | Yes |
| [91901](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91901) | 1.8% | 100% | Yes |
| [92060](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92060) | 1.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [92040](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92040) | 1.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [91916](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91916) | 1.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [92027](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92027) | 1.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [91962](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91962) | 1.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [91917](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91917) | 1.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [91934](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91934) | 1.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92154](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92154) | 1.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92058](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92058) | 1.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92064](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92064) | 1% | 100% | Yes |
| [91963](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91963) | 1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92131](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92131) | 0.9% | 100% | Yes |
| [92026](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92026) | 0.9% | 100% | Yes |
| [91948](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91948) | 0.8% | 100% | Yes |
| [92061](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92061) | 0.8% | 100% | Yes |
| [92019](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92019) | 0.8% | 100% | Yes |
| [92084](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92084) | 0.7% | 100% | Yes |
| [92021](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92021) | 0.7% | 100% | Yes |
| [92059](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92059) | 0.7% | 100% | Yes |
| [92672](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92672) | 0.6% | 76.4% | Yes |
| [92127](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92127) | 0.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [92029](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92029) | 0.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [92067](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92067) | 0.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [92025](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92025) | 0.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [92066](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92066) | 0.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [92562](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92562) | 0.5% | 18.5% |  |
| [92071](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92071) | 0.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [92130](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92130) | 0.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [92069](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92069) | 0.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [92024](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92024) | 0.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [92078](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92078) | 0.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [92003](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92003) | 0.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [92057](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92057) | 0.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [92129](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92129) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [91911](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91911) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [91910](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91910) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [92121](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92121) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [92056](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92056) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [92009](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92009) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [92037](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92037) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [91978](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91978) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [92128](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92128) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [92126](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92126) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [91902](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91902) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [92020](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92020) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [92145](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92145) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [92008](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92008) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [91977](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91977) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92124](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92124) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [91913](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91913) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92081](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92081) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92117](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92117) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92123](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92123) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92111](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92111) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92114](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92114) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92010](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92010) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [91941](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91941) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [91931](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91931) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [91915](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91915) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92118](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92118) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92120](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92120) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92109](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92109) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92054](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92054) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [91950](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91950) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [91914](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91914) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92119](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92119) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92011](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92011) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [92014](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92014) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92115](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92115) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [91942](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91942) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92105](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92105) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92106](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92106) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92083](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92083) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92101](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92101) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92122](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92122) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92110](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92110) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92113](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92113) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92102](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92102) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92108](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92108) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [91932](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91932) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [91945](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91945) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [91980](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/91980) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92104](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92104) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92103](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92103) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92139](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92139) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92075](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92075) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92116](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92116) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92107](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92107) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92173](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92173) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92007](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92007) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [92091](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92091) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92136](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92136) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92093](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92093) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92140](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92140) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92135](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92135) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92155](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92155) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92096](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92096) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92179](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92179) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92182](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92182) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92092](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92092) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92147](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92147) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92161](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92161) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92134](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92134) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [92132](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/92132) | 0% | 100% | Yes |

## Sources

- American Community Survey 5-year estimates (Census Data API) (U.S. Census Bureau), ACS 5-year 2020-2024 (release acs5-2024:county), source date 2025-09-02: https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5?get=NAME,B01003_001E,B01003_001M,B01002_001E,B01002_001M,B11001_001E,B11001_001M,B19013_001E,B19013_001M,B25077_001E,B25077_001M,B25064_001E,B25064_001M,B25003_001E,B25003_002E,B25003_003E,B15003_001E,B15003_017E,B15003_018E,B15003_019E,B15003_020E,B15003_021E,B15003_022E,B15003_023E,B15003_024E,B15003_025E,B17001_001E,B17001_002E,B23025_003E,B23025_005E&for=county:073&in=state:06
- Published by Olympus: Oct 22, 2026 (2026-10-22T13:59:21.446Z)
- Source data: U.S. Census Bureau. Works of the U.S. government are not subject to copyright in the United States.
- This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

## Get this data from the API

```sh
curl -s "https://api.olympus.new-odyssey.com/v1/geo-demographics/counties/06073" -H "X-API-Key: $OLYMPUS_API_KEY"
```

MCP tool: `get_us_demographics {"county_fips":"06073"}`

API reference: https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/docs/geo-demographics

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