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Sonoma County, California (CA)

County population in 2021: 485,887 (88% urban, 12% rural); it was 458,614 in 2000
County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 83,732
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 28,548
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 110,511
Renter-occupied apartments: 73,545 (it was 61,892 in 2000)
% of renters here:

36%
State:

44%

Land area: 1576 sq. mi.

Water area: 192.3 sq. mi.

Population density: 308 people per square mile   (high).

March 2019 cost of living index in Sonoma County: 135.6 (high, U.S. average is 100)

Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (23.0%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (12.2%), Manufacturing (11.2%), Construction (11.1%), Retail trade (10.1%).

Type of workers:

  • Private wage or salary: 77%
  • Government: 13%
  • Self-employed, not incorporated: 9%
  • Unpaid family work: 0%
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  • Races in Sonoma County, CA (2021)
    • 292,35660.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
    • 137,61028.3%Hispanic or Latino
    • 21,8324.5%Asian alone
    • 21,4784.4%Two or more races
    • 7,6211.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
    • 2,5040.5%Some other race alone
    • 1,8800.4%Native Hawaiian and Other
      Pacific Islander alone
    • 6060.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Median resident age:

42.7 years
California median age:

37.6 years
Males: 238,756  (49.1%)
Females: 247,131  (50.9%)
Average household size:
Sonoma County:

2.0 people
California:

3 people

Estimated median household income in 2021: $94,295 ($53,076 in 1999)
This county:

$94,295
California:

$84,907

Median contract rent in 2021 for apartments: $1,773 (lower quartile is $1,232, upper quartile is $2,340)
This county:

$1773
State:

$1619


Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $718,500 (it was $265,200 in 2000)
Sonoma:

$718,500
California:

$648,100
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $548,300 - $958,700

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $934,628
Here:

$934,628
State:

$881,672

Townhouses or other attached units: $583,421
Here:

$583,421
State:

$745,373

In 2-unit structures: $599,479
Here:

$599,479
State:

$1,121,094

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $486,214
Here:

$486,214
State:

$689,397

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $614,260
Here:

$614,260
State:

$701,962

Mobile homes: $276,831
Here:

$276,831
State:

$174,181

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $30,060
Here:

$30,060
State:

$105,963

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $2,684
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $766

Institutionalized population: 3,882

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

  • Murders: 1
  • Rapes: 56
  • Robberies: 39
  • Assaults: 490
  • Burglaries: 357
  • Thefts: 621
  • Auto thefts: 8

Crime in 2019 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

  • Murders: 1
  • Rapes: 45
  • Robberies: 36
  • Assaults: 415
  • Burglaries: 350
  • Thefts: 733
  • Auto thefts: 6
Sonoma County, CA map from a distance

Single-family new house construction building permits:

  • 2021: 1227 buildings, average cost: $284,600
  • 2020: 1171 buildings, average cost: $312,200
  • 2019: 2079 buildings, average cost: $335,200
  • 2018: 3169 buildings, average cost: $330,000
  • 2017: 840 buildings, average cost: $262,700
  • 2016: 621 buildings, average cost: $261,200
  • 2015: 431 buildings, average cost: $285,400
  • 2014: 419 buildings, average cost: $251,900
  • 2013: 453 buildings, average cost: $262,600
  • 2012: 312 buildings, average cost: $294,500
  • 2011: 449 buildings, average cost: $256,700
  • 2010: 287 buildings, average cost: $235,700
  • 2009: 371 buildings, average cost: $257,200
  • 2008: 544 buildings, average cost: $263,000
  • 2007: 910 buildings, average cost: $244,000
  • 2006: 1357 buildings, average cost: $252,400
  • 2005: 1598 buildings, average cost: $247,500
  • 2004: 1342 buildings, average cost: $225,300
  • 2003: 1503 buildings, average cost: $217,500
  • 2002: 1350 buildings, average cost: $182,200
  • 2001: 1717 buildings, average cost: $156,300
  • 2000: 2013 buildings, average cost: $169,400
  • 1999: 2348 buildings, average cost: $156,800
  • 1998: 2098 buildings, average cost: $150,500
  • 1997: 1785 buildings, average cost: $143,200
Number of permits per 10,000 Sonoma, CA residents
Average permit cost in Sonoma, CA
Presidential Elections Results

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $5,452 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $4,160 (0.6%)

Distribution of median household income in Sonoma, CA in 2021
Distribution of house value in Sonoma, CA in 2021
Distribution of rent paid by renters in Sonoma, CA in 2021
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2021: 9.0%
Sonoma County:

9.0%
California:

12.3%
(7.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 21.9% for Black residents, 11.4% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 8.0% for American Indian residents, 12.7% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 13.5% for other race residents, 11.8% for two or more races residents)

Median age of residents in 2021: 42.7 years old
(Males: 41.3 years old, Females: 44.3 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 52.3 years old, Black residents: 38.8 years old, American Indian residents: 34.4 years old, Asian residents: 42.3 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 30.4 years old, Other race residents: 30.4 years old)

Area name: Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Sonoma County is $912 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1151 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1633 a month.

Cities in this county include: Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Russian River-Coastal, Windsor, Cloverdale-Geyserville, Healdsburg, Sonoma, Sebastopol, Larkfield-Wikiup.

Sonoma County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Zip codeCityNumber of testsNumber of tests >= 4 pCi/L
94927Rohnert Park11
94928Rohnert Park141
94931Cotati70
94951Penngrove30
94952Petaluma312
94954Petaluma150
95401Santa Rosa260
95402Santa Rosa40
95403Santa Rosa100
95404Santa Rosa191
95405Santa Rosa141
95407Santa Rosa180
95409Santa Rosa163
95416Boyes Hot Springs20
95425Cloverdale50
95436Forestville30
95439Fulton40
95442Glen Ellen20
95446Guerneville10
95448Healdsburg173
95452Kenwood20
95471Rio Nido10
95472Sebastopol220
95473Sebastopol30
95476Sonoma300
95486Villa Grande20
95492Windsor150
95497The Sea Ranch10

2019 air pollution in Sonoma County:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.360 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.01 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.022 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual: 5.7 µg/m3(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3). Near U.S. average.

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Neighboring counties: Beaver County, Utah , Jefferson County, Indiana , Lawrence County, Illinois , Wirt County, West Virginia .

Unemployment in March 2023:
Here:

3.6%
California:

4.8%

Unemployment by year in Sonoma, CA
County total employment by year in Sonoma, CA
County average yearly wages by year in Sonoma, CA

Current college students: 32,351
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 38.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 83,299 (49.3% naturalized citizens)

Sonoma County:

17.1%
Whole state:

26.6%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 15,6452010 or later
  • 20,4492000 to 2009
  • 24,1461990 to 1999
  • 18,4161980 to 1989
  • 7,7781970 to 1979
  • 12,456Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 82.0%

Sonoma County marital status for males Sonoma County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 140,677
  • One, attached: 16,199
  • Two: 5,006
  • 3 or 4: 7,717
  • 5 to 9: 6,910
  • 10 to 19: 4,062
  • 20 to 49: 4,915
  • 50 or more: 10,035
  • Mobile homes: 9,765
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 612

Housing units in Sonoma County with a mortgage: 80,404 (11,006 second mortgage, 193 home equity loan, 8,826 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,423

Here:

98.8% with mortgage
State:

98.5% with mortgage

Religion statistics for Sonoma County

Religions Adherents in 2010
Religions Adherents - Change between 2000 and 2010
ReligionAdherentsCongregations
Catholic107,73723
Evangelical Protestant25,820159
Other23,39876
Mainline Protestant11,54649
Orthodox1,3897
Black Protestant1021
None313,886-
Sonoma County Religion Details
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 130
Sonoma County:

2.81 / 10,000 pop.
State:

2.14 / 10,000 pop.

Number of supercenters and club stores: 2
Here:

0.04 / 10,000 pop.
California:

0.04 / 10,000 pop.

Number of convenience stores (no gas): 47
This county:

1.02 / 10,000 pop.
California:

0.62 / 10,000 pop.

Number of convenience stores (with gas): 92
Sonoma County:

1.99 / 10,000 pop.
California:

1.49 / 10,000 pop.

Number of full-service restaurants: 468
This county:

10.12 / 10,000 pop.
State:

7.42 / 10,000 pop.

Adult diabetes rate:
Sonoma County:

6.3%
California:

7.3%

Adult obesity rate:
Sonoma County:

19.8%
State:

21.3%

Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:

16.2%
State:

17.9%

Agriculture in Sonoma County:

Average size of farms: 182 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $165,857
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $4720.06
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 9.89%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 24.43%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $130,839
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 14.59%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 76.13%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $60,466
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 82.65%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 13.01
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 39.20%
Vegetables: 1,388 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 63,690 acres

Earthquake activity:

Sonoma County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above California state average. It is 7340% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/18/1906 at 13:12:21, a magnitude 7.9 (7.9 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 32.9 miles away from Sonoma County center, causing $524,000,000 total damage
On 1/31/1922 at 13:17:28, a magnitude 7.6 (7.6 UK) earthquake occurred 215.6 miles away from the county center
On 10/18/1989 at 00:04:15, a magnitude 7.1 (6.5 MB, 7.1 MS, 6.9 MW, 7.0 ML) earthquake occurred 107.0 miles away from the county center, causing 62 deaths (62 shaking deaths) and 3757 injuries, causing $1,305,032,704 total damage
On 4/25/1992 at 18:06:04, a magnitude 7.2 (6.3 MB, 7.1 MS, 7.2 MW, 7.1 MW, Depth: 9.4 mi) earthquake occurred 149.2 miles away from the county center, causing $75,000,000 total damage
On 11/4/1927 at 13:51:53, a magnitude 7.5 (7.5 UK) earthquake occurred 262.2 miles away from Sonoma County center
On 1/22/1923 at 09:04:18, a magnitude 7.2 (7.2 UK) earthquake occurred 196.6 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Most recent natural disasters:

  • California Wildfires, Incident Period: September 4, 2020 - November 17, 2020, FEMA Id: 4569, Natural disaster type: Fire
  • California Wildfires, Incident Period: August 14, 2020 - September 26, 2020, FEMA Id: 4558, Natural disaster type: Fire
  • California Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4482, Natural disaster type: Other
  • California Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 24, 2019 - March 1, 2019, FEMA Id: 4434, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
  • California Wildfires, Incident Period: October 8, 2017 - October 31, 2017, FEMA Id: 4344, Natural disaster type: Fire
  • California Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, Incident Period: February 1, 2017 - February 23, 2017, FEMA Id: 4308, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Flood
  • California Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides, Incident Period: January 3, 2017 - January 12, 2017, FEMA Id: 4301, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Flood
  • California Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: March 29, 2006 to April 16, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1646: June 05, 2006, FEMA Id: 1646, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
  • California Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides, Incident Period: December 17, 2005 to January 03, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1628: February 03, 2006, FEMA Id: 1628, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
  • California Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3248: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3248, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
  • 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

The number of natural disasters in Sonoma County (23) is greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 13
Emergencies Declared: 2

Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 15, Storms: 8, Winter Storms: 7, Landslides: 6, Mudslides: 6, Fires: 4, Drought: 1, Freeze: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Hurricane: 1, Tornado: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work in 2021 - Sonoma

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 141,922 (64.3%)
  • Carpooled: 20,089 (9.1%)
  • Bus: 912 (0.4%)
  • Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 64 (0.0%)
  • Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 2,684 (1.2%)
  • Bicycle: 1,991 (0.9%)
  • Walked: 5,216 (2.4%)
  • Worked at home: 47,845 (21.7%)
Class of Workers in 2021
Most common industries in 2021 (%)
Males Females
Most common industries for males in 2021


  • Health care and social assistance (22%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Retail trade (10%)
  • Manufacturing (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Other services, except public administration (6%)

Most common industries for females in 2021


  • Health care and social assistance (24%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Retail trade (11%)
  • Manufacturing (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Other services, except public administration (7%)

Most common occupations in 2021 (%)
Males Females
Most common occupations for males in 2021


  • Construction and extraction occupations (15%)
  • Management occupations (14%)
  • Sales and related occupations (8%)
  • Production occupations (6%)
  • Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
  • Business and financial operations occupations (5%)
  • Material moving occupations (4%)

Most common occupations for females in 2021


  • Office and administrative support occupations (18%)
  • Management occupations (13%)
  • Sales and related occupations (8%)
  • Educational instruction, and library occupations (8%)
  • Healthcare support occupations (8%)
  • Business and financial operations occupations (7%)
  • Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (6%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents


  • Mexico (53%)
  • Philippines (4%)
  • El Salvador (3%)
  • Canada (2%)
  • India (2%)
  • Germany (2%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Sonoma County


  • English (7%)
  • German (6%)
  • Irish (6%)
  • Italian (6%)
  • European (5%)
  • American (4%)
  • Scottish (1%)

Owners and renters by unit type
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

People in group quarters in Sonoma County, California in 2010:

  • 2,287 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
  • 2,112 people in college/university student housing
  • 1,065 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
  • 995 people in other noninstitutional facilities
  • 962 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
  • 574 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
  • 515 people in residential treatment centers for adults
  • 510 people in group homes intended for adults
  • 390 people in military barracks and dormitories (nondisciplinary)
  • 204 people in residential schools for people with disabilities
  • 179 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
  • 111 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
  • 81 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
  • 38 people in hospitals with patients who have no usual home elsewhere
  • 20 people in correctional residential facilities

People in group quarters in Sonoma County, California in 2000:

  • 2,125 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 1,637 people in nursing homes
  • 1,299 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 1,297 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 1,083 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 636 people in other group homes
  • 632 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
  • 450 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 399 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 315 people in military barracks, etc.
  • 310 people in other workers' dormitories
  • 153 people in unknown juvenile institutions
  • 130 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
  • 124 people in other types of correctional institutions
  • 123 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 99 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
  • 91 people in religious group quarters
  • 80 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
  • 50 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 48 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
  • 46 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
  • 31 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
  • 29 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
  • 19 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
  • 17 people in homes for the physically handicapped
  • 9 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the intellectually disabled
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2020 was $96,571.

5.11% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($125,984 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

5.11%
California average:

5.19%


10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.91% relocated from other counties in California ($101,989 average AGI)
1.21% relocated from other states ($23,996 average AGI)
Sonoma County:

1.21%
California average:

1.56%

Residents relocating <b>from</b> other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Marin County, CA  0.68% ($115,228 average AGI)
from San Francisco County, CA  0.53% ($327,169)
from Alameda County, CA  0.32% ($127,840)
from Los Angeles County, CA  0.23% ($105,457)
from Contra Costa County, CA  0.22% ($105,763)
from San Mateo County, CA  0.19% ($216,226)
from Napa County, CA  0.17% ($80,311)


5.53% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($94,666 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

5.53%
California average:

6.14%


10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.95% relocated to other counties in California ($43,045 average AGI)
2.57% relocated to other states ($51,621 average AGI)
Sonoma County:

2.57%
California average:

2.55%

Residents relocating <b>to</b> other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Marin County, CA  0.30% ($99,108 average AGI)
to Sacramento County, CA  0.21% ($70,852)
to San Francisco County, CA  0.19% ($126,833)
to Lake County, CA  0.18% ($54,530)
to Alameda County, CA  0.17% ($72,816)
to Los Angeles County, CA  0.15% ($63,900)
to Solano County, CA  0.15% ($68,723)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 9.9

Births per 1000 population in Sonoma County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 8.1

Deaths per 1000 population in Sonoma County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2009: 4.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2010 to 2018: 3.6

Infant deaths per 1000 population in Sonoma County
Population without health insurance coverage in 2018: 8.2%
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 3.4%
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Sonoma County
All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19
Population without health insurance coverage in Sonoma County
18-64 population without health insurance coverage in Sonoma County
40-64 population without health insurance coverage in Sonoma County
50-64 population without health insurance coverage in Sonoma County
Population under 19 years without health insurance coverage in Sonoma County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 68,042 (57,793 aged, 10,249 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 13,718 (13%)
Persons enrolled in Medicare
Aged persons enrolled in Medicare
Disabled persons enrolled in Medicare

Most common underlying causes of death in Sonoma County, California in 1999 - 2019:

  • Atherosclerotic heart disease (5,808)
  • Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (4,553)
  • Alzheimer disease, unspecified (4,332)
  • Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (3,888)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (3,069)
  • Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (2,765)
  • Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (1,826)
  • Breast, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (1,523)
  • Pancreas, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (1,320)
  • Colon, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (1,313)

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 25.0. This is less than state average.

Mechanisms of homicide
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
  • Firearm - 12.1
  • Other - 13.0

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 106.3. This is less than state average.

Mechanisms of suicide
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
  • Firearm - 50.4
  • Suffocation - 27.8
  • Poisoning - 18.5
  • Other - 9.6

Household type by relationship:

Households: 485,887
  • Male householders: 88,142 (20,090 living alone), Female householders: 102,444 (29,769 living alone)
  • 94,735 spouses (91,749 opposite-sex spouses), 17,471 unmarried partners, (15,739 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 124,808 children (117,588 natural, 3,045 adopted, 4,175 stepchildren), 5,476 grandchildren, 5,815 brothers or sisters, 8,278 parents, 349 foster children, 9,719 other relatives, 20,591 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 8,059

Size of family households: 55,441 2-persons, 24,969 3-persons, 25,763 4-persons, 9,789 5-persons, 4,157 6-persons, 2,321 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 49,859 1-person, 15,211 2-persons, 1,291 3-persons, 805 4-persons, 879 5-persons, 101 6-persons.

61,244 married couples with children.
21,919 single-parent households (6,560 men, 15,359 women).

73.6% of residents of Sonoma speak English at home.
19.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $2,197,529,000 ($4,691 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $116,391,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $988,218,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $533,368,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,500,000
Federal grants: $410,189,000
Federal procurement contracts: $101,142,000 ($57,630,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $154,111,000 ($7,193,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $64,253,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $74,681,000
Federal Government insurance: $715,954,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Births: 29,872
Here:

64 per 1000 residents
State:

77 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 20,324
Here:

44 per 1000 residents
State:

34 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +13,055
Here:

+28 per 1000 residents
State:

+39 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -14,168
Here -30 per 1000 residents
State -18 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Sonoma County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 56.17 millions of gallons per day (99% from ground, 1% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

5.8
State:

6.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:

4.2
State:

3.9

Year house built in Sonoma County, California
  • Year house built in Sonoma County, California
  • 3,0152020 or later
  • 11,6542010 to 2019
  • 18,2512000 to 2009
  • 26,0961990 to 1999
  • 38,5451980 to 1989
  • 42,1761970 to 1979
  • 22,1151960 to 1969
  • 18,3081950 to 1959
  • 8,7291940 to 1949
  • 17,0091939 or earlier
Rooms in houses/apartments in Sonoma County, California
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sonoma County, California
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sonoma County, California
  • 4201 room
  • 1,2322 rooms
  • 4,2793 rooms
  • 15,4004 rooms
  • 30,0825 rooms
  • 24,8286 rooms
  • 18,0547 rooms
  • 13,6038 rooms
  • 11,7599+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sonoma County, California
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sonoma County, California
  • 3,9071 room
  • 6,8302 rooms
  • 12,3063 rooms
  • 18,5004 rooms
  • 14,3545 rooms
  • 7,8606 rooms
  • 2,7917 rooms
  • 2,9328 rooms
  • 1,4499+ rooms
Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Sonoma County, California
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Sonoma County, California
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Sonoma County, California
  • 619no bedroom
  • 3,4481 bedroom
  • 25,7722 bedrooms
  • 58,9553 bedrooms
  • 26,5614 bedrooms
  • 4,3025+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sonoma County, California
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sonoma County, California
  • 4,847no bedroom
  • 15,8101 bedroom
  • 26,6922 bedrooms
  • 17,1943 bedrooms
  • 5,0004 bedrooms
  • 1,3865+ bedrooms
Cars and other vehicles available in Sonoma County, California in houses/condos/apartments
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Sonoma County in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Sonoma County in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 1,965no vehicle
  • 27,1041 vehicle
  • 49,7432 vehicles
  • 25,2923 vehicles
  • 10,1184 vehicles
  • 5,4355+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Sonoma County in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Sonoma County in renter-occupied apartments
  • 5,731no vehicle
  • 27,1601 vehicle
  • 24,3182 vehicles
  • 8,1473 vehicles
  • 3,7964 vehicles
  • 1,7775+ vehicles

86.9% of Sonoma County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in California.

Sonoma County:

86.9%
State average:

88.0%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 308,448
  • Other state: 89,664
  • Northeast: 21,297
  • Midwest: 29,854
  • South: 20,388
  • West: 18,125
Year householders moved into unit in Sonoma County, CA
Most commonly used house heating fuel in Sonoma County
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos
  • 66.7%Utility gas
  • 20.5%Electricity
  • 6.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 4.1%Wood
  • 1.4%Solar energy
  • 0.5%No fuel used
  • 0.3%Other fuel
  • 0.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments
  • 52.7%Utility gas
  • 37.5%Electricity
  • 5.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.8%Wood
  • 1.7%No fuel used
  • 0.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 0.6%Other fuel

Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3,797
Here:

9.1%
California:

10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,812
Here:

10.7%
California:

8.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,591
Here:

6.1%
California:

15.6%

Educational Attainment
School Enrollment by Level of School
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability

Sonoma County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:

  • Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $58,816,000
    Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $52,670,000
  • Charges - Other: $54,850,000
    Other: $53,693,000
    Sewerage: $35,077,000
    Sewerage: $32,166,000
    Parks and Recreation: $16,382,000
    Parks and Recreation: $15,615,000
    Solid Waste Management: $8,336,000
    Solid Waste Management: $7,220,000
    Air Transportation: $6,884,000
    Air Transportation: $5,885,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,477,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,162,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,468,000
    Regular Highways: $2,253,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,147,000
    Regular Highways: $1,874,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $1,083,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $976,000
  • Construction - Parks and Recreation: $8,606,000
    Parks and Recreation: $7,154,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $5,144,000
    Sewerage: $3,879,000
    Sewerage: $3,784,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,935,000
    Water Utilities: $2,770,000
    Water Utilities: $2,655,000
    Electric Utilities: $36,000
    Electric Utilities: $34,000
  • Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $167,704,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $158,555,000
    Electric Utilities: $154,358,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $149,860,000
    Health - Other: $142,129,000
    Health - Other: $125,664,000
    Water Utilities: $115,757,000
    General - Other: $91,366,000
    Water Utilities: $86,712,000
    Police Protection: $82,947,000
    Correctional Institutions: $76,061,000
    Correctional Institutions: $74,806,000
    Police Protection: $74,514,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $59,860,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $56,666,000
    General - Other: $56,513,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $52,724,000
    Parks and Recreation: $51,977,000
    Parks and Recreation: $45,601,000
    Regular Highways: $44,886,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $38,195,000
    Corrections - Other: $36,072,000
    Regular Highways: $30,131,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $28,021,000
    Sewerage: $26,814,000
    Sewerage: $23,756,000
    Financial Administration: $23,194,000
    Financial Administration: $22,235,000
    Corrections - Other: $21,377,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $19,714,000
    Central Staff Services: $19,065,000
    Central Staff Services: $18,313,000
    General Public Buildings: $15,602,000
    Transit Utilities: $15,520,000
    Transit Utilities: $14,586,000
    Air Transportation: $6,392,000
    Local Fire Protection: $5,573,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $5,376,000
    Air Transportation: $5,248,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $4,917,000
    Solid Waste Management: $3,437,000
    Solid Waste Management: $2,336,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,125,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $1,776,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Other: $46,331,000
    Other: $36,119,000
    Transit Utilities: $9,035,000
    Highways: $8,945,000
    Air Transportation: $5,080,000
    Transit Utilities: $3,191,000
    Water Utilities: $2,673,000
    Water Utilities: $2,378,000
    Air Transportation: $2,261,000
    Highways: $1,684,000
    Sewerage: $341,000
    Sewerage: $276,000
    Education: $155,000
    General Local Government Support: $69,000
    General Local Government Support: $60,000
    Education: $38,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $31,368,000
    Interest on Debt: $26,903,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $64,164,000
    Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $63,219,000
    Other - Water Utilities: $3,098,000
    Other - Parks and Recreation: $1,278,000
    Other - Water Utilities: $842,000
    Other - Parks and Recreation: $307,000
    Other - Health - Other: $30,000
  • Intergovernmental to State - Judicial and Legal Services: $8,499,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $8,488,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - Other: $37,804,000
    Education: $26,434,000
    Education: $26,072,000
    Other: $20,974,000
    Transit Utilities: $2,322,000
    Transit Utilities: $1,736,000
    Electric Utilities: $1,021,000
    Sewerage: $842,000
    Electric Utilities: $761,000
    Water Utilities: $55,000
    Water Utilities: $49,000
  • Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $705,958,000
    Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $665,055,000
    Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $635,125,000
    Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $586,679,000
    Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $58,480,000
    Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $54,592,000
    Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $13,689,000
    Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $10,034,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $20,769,000
    Special Assessments: $19,247,000
    General Revenue - Other: $14,833,000
    Interest Earnings: $12,391,000
    Fines and Forfeits: $11,013,000
    Fines and Forfeits: $9,402,000
    General Revenue - Other: $7,465,000
    Special Assessments: $3,828,000
    Sale of Property: $2,114,000
    Rents: $1,192,000
    Rents: $1,080,000
    Sale of Property: $486,000
    Donations From Private Sources: $53,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $23,374,000
    General - Other: $22,083,000
    General - Other: $21,929,000
    Parks and Recreation: $15,253,000
    Police Protection: $7,452,000
    Regular Highways: $6,943,000
    Air Transportation: $6,778,000
    Parks and Recreation: $6,281,000
    Air Transportation: $6,192,000
    Correctional Institutions: $5,608,000
    General Public Building: $2,998,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $2,348,000
    Central Staff Services: $1,653,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,408,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $664,000
    Health - Other: $534,000
    Police Protection: $459,000
    Solid Waste Management: $397,000
    Solid Waste Management: $374,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $340,000
    Health - Other: $185,000
    Corrections - Other: $137,000
    Financial Administration: $83,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $65,000
    Sewerage: $64,000
    Water Utilities: $61,000
    Water Utilities: $56,000
    Electric Utilities: $48,000
    Electric Utilities: $41,000
    Sewerage: $39,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $35,000
  • Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $472,195,000
    Cash and Securities: $375,455,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $174,703,000
    Electric Utilities: $173,849,000
    Water Utilities: $96,769,000
    Water Utilities: $69,566,000
    Transit Utilities: $3,238,000
    Transit Utilities: $129,000
  • Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $48,070,000
    Cash and Securities: $37,581,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $226,439,000
    Public Welfare: $221,920,000
    Other: $203,777,000
    Other: $163,441,000
    Education: $81,976,000
    Education: $75,804,000
    Health and Hospitals: $48,106,000
    Health and Hospitals: $40,217,000
    Highways: $12,856,000
    Highways: $11,644,000
    Transit Utilities: $11,068,000
    Transit Utilities: $9,336,000
    Water Utilities: $4,891,000
    Water Utilities: $4,481,000
    General Local Government Support: $1,629,000
    General Local Government Support: $1,546,000
    Sewerage: $109,000
    Sewerage: $65,000
  • Tax - Property: $324,157,000
    Property: $283,332,000
    Other: $27,948,000
    Other Selective Sales: $23,518,000
    General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,489,000
    General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,035,000
    Occupation and Business License - Other: $16,392,000
    Other: $16,360,000
    Other Selective Sales: $16,234,000
    Occupation and Business License - Other: $12,887,000
    Public Utilities Sales: $9,583,000
    Public Utilities Sales: $8,976,000
    Other License: $8,911,000
    Other License: $8,705,000
    Documentary and Stock Transfer: $6,817,000
    Documentary and Stock Transfer: $6,201,000
  • Total Salaries and Wages: $30,609,000
    : $28,790,000
  • Transit Utilities - Interest on Debt: $953,000
    Interest on Debt: $797,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $5,000,000
    Interest on Debt: $4,527,000

Sonoma County government finances - Revenue in 2018:

  • Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $58,816,000
    Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $52,670,000
  • Charges - Other: $54,850,000
    Other: $53,693,000
    Sewerage: $35,077,000
    Sewerage: $32,166,000
    Parks and Recreation: $16,382,000
    Parks and Recreation: $15,615,000
    Solid Waste Management: $8,336,000
    Solid Waste Management: $7,220,000
    Air Transportation: $6,884,000
    Air Transportation: $5,885,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,477,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,162,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,468,000
    Regular Highways: $2,253,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,147,000
    Regular Highways: $1,874,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $1,083,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $976,000
  • Construction - Parks and Recreation: $8,606,000
    Parks and Recreation: $7,154,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $5,144,000
    Sewerage: $3,879,000
    Sewerage: $3,784,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,935,000
    Water Utilities: $2,770,000
    Water Utilities: $2,655,000
    Electric Utilities: $36,000
    Electric Utilities: $34,000
  • Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $167,704,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $158,555,000
    Electric Utilities: $154,358,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $149,860,000
    Health - Other: $142,129,000
    Health - Other: $125,664,000
    Water Utilities: $115,757,000
    General - Other: $91,366,000
    Water Utilities: $86,712,000
    Police Protection: $82,947,000
    Correctional Institutions: $76,061,000
    Correctional Institutions: $74,806,000
    Police Protection: $74,514,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $59,860,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $56,666,000
    General - Other: $56,513,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $52,724,000
    Parks and Recreation: $51,977,000
    Parks and Recreation: $45,601,000
    Regular Highways: $44,886,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $38,195,000
    Corrections - Other: $36,072,000
    Regular Highways: $30,131,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $28,021,000
    Sewerage: $26,814,000
    Sewerage: $23,756,000
    Financial Administration: $23,194,000
    Financial Administration: $22,235,000
    Corrections - Other: $21,377,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $19,714,000
    Central Staff Services: $19,065,000
    Central Staff Services: $18,313,000
    General Public Buildings: $15,602,000
    Transit Utilities: $15,520,000
    Transit Utilities: $14,586,000
    Air Transportation: $6,392,000
    Local Fire Protection: $5,573,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $5,376,000
    Air Transportation: $5,248,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $4,917,000
    Solid Waste Management: $3,437,000
    Solid Waste Management: $2,336,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,125,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $1,776,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Other: $46,331,000
    Other: $36,119,000
    Transit Utilities: $9,035,000
    Highways: $8,945,000
    Air Transportation: $5,080,000
    Transit Utilities: $3,191,000
    Water Utilities: $2,673,000
    Water Utilities: $2,378,000
    Air Transportation: $2,261,000
    Highways: $1,684,000
    Sewerage: $341,000
    Sewerage: $276,000
    Education: $155,000
    General Local Government Support: $69,000
    General Local Government Support: $60,000
    Education: $38,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $31,368,000
    Interest on Debt: $26,903,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $64,164,000
    Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $63,219,000
    Other - Water Utilities: $3,098,000
    Other - Parks and Recreation: $1,278,000
    Other - Water Utilities: $842,000
    Other - Parks and Recreation: $307,000
    Other - Health - Other: $30,000
  • Intergovernmental to State - Judicial and Legal Services: $8,499,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $8,488,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - Other: $37,804,000
    Education: $26,434,000
    Education: $26,072,000
    Other: $20,974,000
    Transit Utilities: $2,322,000
    Transit Utilities: $1,736,000
    Electric Utilities: $1,021,000
    Sewerage: $842,000
    Electric Utilities: $761,000
    Water Utilities: $55,000
    Water Utilities: $49,000
  • Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $705,958,000
    Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $665,055,000
    Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $635,125,000
    Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $586,679,000
    Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $58,480,000
    Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $54,592,000
    Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $13,689,000
    Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $10,034,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $20,769,000
    Special Assessments: $19,247,000
    General Revenue - Other: $14,833,000
    Interest Earnings: $12,391,000
    Fines and Forfeits: $11,013,000
    Fines and Forfeits: $9,402,000
    General Revenue - Other: $7,465,000
    Special Assessments: $3,828,000
    Sale of Property: $2,114,000
    Rents: $1,192,000
    Rents: $1,080,000
    Sale of Property: $486,000
    Donations From Private Sources: $53,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $23,374,000
    General - Other: $22,083,000
    General - Other: $21,929,000
    Parks and Recreation: $15,253,000
    Police Protection: $7,452,000
    Regular Highways: $6,943,000
    Air Transportation: $6,778,000
    Parks and Recreation: $6,281,000
    Air Transportation: $6,192,000
    Correctional Institutions: $5,608,000
    General Public Building: $2,998,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $2,348,000
    Central Staff Services: $1,653,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,408,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $664,000
    Health - Other: $534,000
    Police Protection: $459,000
    Solid Waste Management: $397,000
    Solid Waste Management: $374,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $340,000
    Health - Other: $185,000
    Corrections - Other: $137,000
    Financial Administration: $83,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $65,000
    Sewerage: $64,000
    Water Utilities: $61,000
    Water Utilities: $56,000
    Electric Utilities: $48,000
    Electric Utilities: $41,000
    Sewerage: $39,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $35,000
  • Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $472,195,000
    Cash and Securities: $375,455,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $174,703,000
    Electric Utilities: $173,849,000
    Water Utilities: $96,769,000
    Water Utilities: $69,566,000
    Transit Utilities: $3,238,000
    Transit Utilities: $129,000
  • Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $48,070,000
    Cash and Securities: $37,581,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $226,439,000
    Public Welfare: $221,920,000
    Other: $203,777,000
    Other: $163,441,000
    Education: $81,976,000
    Education: $75,804,000
    Health and Hospitals: $48,106,000
    Health and Hospitals: $40,217,000
    Highways: $12,856,000
    Highways: $11,644,000
    Transit Utilities: $11,068,000
    Transit Utilities: $9,336,000
    Water Utilities: $4,891,000
    Water Utilities: $4,481,000
    General Local Government Support: $1,629,000
    General Local Government Support: $1,546,000
    Sewerage: $109,000
    Sewerage: $65,000
  • Tax - Property: $324,157,000
    Property: $283,332,000
    Other: $27,948,000
    Other Selective Sales: $23,518,000
    General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,489,000
    General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,035,000
    Occupation and Business License - Other: $16,392,000
    Other: $16,360,000
    Other Selective Sales: $16,234,000
    Occupation and Business License - Other: $12,887,000
    Public Utilities Sales: $9,583,000
    Public Utilities Sales: $8,976,000
    Other License: $8,911,000
    Other License: $8,705,000
    Documentary and Stock Transfer: $6,817,000
    Documentary and Stock Transfer: $6,201,000
  • Total Salaries and Wages: $30,609,000
    : $28,790,000
  • Transit Utilities - Interest on Debt: $953,000
    Interest on Debt: $797,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $5,000,000
    Interest on Debt: $4,527,000

Sonoma County government finances - Debt in 2018:

  • Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $58,816,000
    Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $52,670,000
  • Charges - Other: $54,850,000
    Other: $53,693,000
    Sewerage: $35,077,000
    Sewerage: $32,166,000
    Parks and Recreation: $16,382,000
    Parks and Recreation: $15,615,000
    Solid Waste Management: $8,336,000
    Solid Waste Management: $7,220,000
    Air Transportation: $6,884,000
    Air Transportation: $5,885,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,477,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,162,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,468,000
    Regular Highways: $2,253,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,147,000
    Regular Highways: $1,874,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $1,083,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $976,000
  • Construction - Parks and Recreation: $8,606,000
    Parks and Recreation: $7,154,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $5,144,000
    Sewerage: $3,879,000
    Sewerage: $3,784,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,935,000
    Water Utilities: $2,770,000
    Water Utilities: $2,655,000
    Electric Utilities: $36,000
    Electric Utilities: $34,000
  • Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $167,704,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $158,555,000
    Electric Utilities: $154,358,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $149,860,000
    Health - Other: $142,129,000
    Health - Other: $125,664,000
    Water Utilities: $115,757,000
    General - Other: $91,366,000
    Water Utilities: $86,712,000
    Police Protection: $82,947,000
    Correctional Institutions: $76,061,000
    Correctional Institutions: $74,806,000
    Police Protection: $74,514,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $59,860,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $56,666,000
    General - Other: $56,513,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $52,724,000
    Parks and Recreation: $51,977,000
    Parks and Recreation: $45,601,000
    Regular Highways: $44,886,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $38,195,000
    Corrections - Other: $36,072,000
    Regular Highways: $30,131,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $28,021,000
    Sewerage: $26,814,000
    Sewerage: $23,756,000
    Financial Administration: $23,194,000
    Financial Administration: $22,235,000
    Corrections - Other: $21,377,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $19,714,000
    Central Staff Services: $19,065,000
    Central Staff Services: $18,313,000
    General Public Buildings: $15,602,000
    Transit Utilities: $15,520,000
    Transit Utilities: $14,586,000
    Air Transportation: $6,392,000
    Local Fire Protection: $5,573,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $5,376,000
    Air Transportation: $5,248,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $4,917,000
    Solid Waste Management: $3,437,000
    Solid Waste Management: $2,336,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,125,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $1,776,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Other: $46,331,000
    Other: $36,119,000
    Transit Utilities: $9,035,000
    Highways: $8,945,000
    Air Transportation: $5,080,000
    Transit Utilities: $3,191,000
    Water Utilities: $2,673,000
    Water Utilities: $2,378,000
    Air Transportation: $2,261,000
    Highways: $1,684,000
    Sewerage: $341,000
    Sewerage: $276,000
    Education: $155,000
    General Local Government Support: $69,000
    General Local Government Support: $60,000
    Education: $38,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $31,368,000
    Interest on Debt: $26,903,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $64,164,000
    Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $63,219,000
    Other - Water Utilities: $3,098,000
    Other - Parks and Recreation: $1,278,000
    Other - Water Utilities: $842,000
    Other - Parks and Recreation: $307,000
    Other - Health - Other: $30,000
  • Intergovernmental to State - Judicial and Legal Services: $8,499,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $8,488,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - Other: $37,804,000
    Education: $26,434,000
    Education: $26,072,000
    Other: $20,974,000
    Transit Utilities: $2,322,000
    Transit Utilities: $1,736,000
    Electric Utilities: $1,021,000
    Sewerage: $842,000
    Electric Utilities: $761,000
    Water Utilities: $55,000
    Water Utilities: $49,000
  • Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $705,958,000
    Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $665,055,000
    Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $635,125,000
    Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $586,679,000
    Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $58,480,000
    Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $54,592,000
    Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $13,689,000
    Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $10,034,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $20,769,000
    Special Assessments: $19,247,000
    General Revenue - Other: $14,833,000
    Interest Earnings: $12,391,000
    Fines and Forfeits: $11,013,000
    Fines and Forfeits: $9,402,000
    General Revenue - Other: $7,465,000
    Special Assessments: $3,828,000
    Sale of Property: $2,114,000
    Rents: $1,192,000
    Rents: $1,080,000
    Sale of Property: $486,000
    Donations From Private Sources: $53,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $23,374,000
    General - Other: $22,083,000
    General - Other: $21,929,000
    Parks and Recreation: $15,253,000
    Police Protection: $7,452,000
    Regular Highways: $6,943,000
    Air Transportation: $6,778,000
    Parks and Recreation: $6,281,000
    Air Transportation: $6,192,000
    Correctional Institutions: $5,608,000
    General Public Building: $2,998,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $2,348,000
    Central Staff Services: $1,653,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,408,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $664,000
    Health - Other: $534,000
    Police Protection: $459,000
    Solid Waste Management: $397,000
    Solid Waste Management: $374,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $340,000
    Health - Other: $185,000
    Corrections - Other: $137,000
    Financial Administration: $83,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $65,000
    Sewerage: $64,000
    Water Utilities: $61,000
    Water Utilities: $56,000
    Electric Utilities: $48,000
    Electric Utilities: $41,000
    Sewerage: $39,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $35,000
  • Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $472,195,000
    Cash and Securities: $375,455,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $174,703,000
    Electric Utilities: $173,849,000
    Water Utilities: $96,769,000
    Water Utilities: $69,566,000
    Transit Utilities: $3,238,000
    Transit Utilities: $129,000
  • Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $48,070,000
    Cash and Securities: $37,581,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $226,439,000
    Public Welfare: $221,920,000
    Other: $203,777,000
    Other: $163,441,000
    Education: $81,976,000
    Education: $75,804,000
    Health and Hospitals: $48,106,000
    Health and Hospitals: $40,217,000
    Highways: $12,856,000
    Highways: $11,644,000
    Transit Utilities: $11,068,000
    Transit Utilities: $9,336,000
    Water Utilities: $4,891,000
    Water Utilities: $4,481,000
    General Local Government Support: $1,629,000
    General Local Government Support: $1,546,000
    Sewerage: $109,000
    Sewerage: $65,000
  • Tax - Property: $324,157,000
    Property: $283,332,000
    Other: $27,948,000
    Other Selective Sales: $23,518,000
    General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,489,000
    General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,035,000
    Occupation and Business License - Other: $16,392,000
    Other: $16,360,000
    Other Selective Sales: $16,234,000
    Occupation and Business License - Other: $12,887,000
    Public Utilities Sales: $9,583,000
    Public Utilities Sales: $8,976,000
    Other License: $8,911,000
    Other License: $8,705,000
    Documentary and Stock Transfer: $6,817,000
    Documentary and Stock Transfer: $6,201,000
  • Total Salaries and Wages: $30,609,000
    : $28,790,000
  • Transit Utilities - Interest on Debt: $953,000
    Interest on Debt: $797,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $5,000,000
    Interest on Debt: $4,527,000

Sonoma County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:

  • Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $58,816,000
    Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $52,670,000
  • Charges - Other: $54,850,000
    Other: $53,693,000
    Sewerage: $35,077,000
    Sewerage: $32,166,000
    Parks and Recreation: $16,382,000
    Parks and Recreation: $15,615,000
    Solid Waste Management: $8,336,000
    Solid Waste Management: $7,220,000
    Air Transportation: $6,884,000
    Air Transportation: $5,885,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,477,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,162,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,468,000
    Regular Highways: $2,253,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,147,000
    Regular Highways: $1,874,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $1,083,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $976,000
  • Construction - Parks and Recreation: $8,606,000
    Parks and Recreation: $7,154,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $5,144,000
    Sewerage: $3,879,000
    Sewerage: $3,784,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,935,000
    Water Utilities: $2,770,000
    Water Utilities: $2,655,000
    Electric Utilities: $36,000
    Electric Utilities: $34,000
  • Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $167,704,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $158,555,000
    Electric Utilities: $154,358,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $149,860,000
    Health - Other: $142,129,000
    Health - Other: $125,664,000
    Water Utilities: $115,757,000
    General - Other: $91,366,000
    Water Utilities: $86,712,000
    Police Protection: $82,947,000
    Correctional Institutions: $76,061,000
    Correctional Institutions: $74,806,000
    Police Protection: $74,514,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $59,860,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $56,666,000
    General - Other: $56,513,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $52,724,000
    Parks and Recreation: $51,977,000
    Parks and Recreation: $45,601,000
    Regular Highways: $44,886,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $38,195,000
    Corrections - Other: $36,072,000
    Regular Highways: $30,131,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $28,021,000
    Sewerage: $26,814,000
    Sewerage: $23,756,000
    Financial Administration: $23,194,000
    Financial Administration: $22,235,000
    Corrections - Other: $21,377,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $19,714,000
    Central Staff Services: $19,065,000
    Central Staff Services: $18,313,000
    General Public Buildings: $15,602,000
    Transit Utilities: $15,520,000
    Transit Utilities: $14,586,000
    Air Transportation: $6,392,000
    Local Fire Protection: $5,573,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $5,376,000
    Air Transportation: $5,248,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $4,917,000
    Solid Waste Management: $3,437,000
    Solid Waste Management: $2,336,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $2,125,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $1,776,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Other: $46,331,000
    Other: $36,119,000
    Transit Utilities: $9,035,000
    Highways: $8,945,000
    Air Transportation: $5,080,000
    Transit Utilities: $3,191,000
    Water Utilities: $2,673,000
    Water Utilities: $2,378,000
    Air Transportation: $2,261,000
    Highways: $1,684,000
    Sewerage: $341,000
    Sewerage: $276,000
    Education: $155,000
    General Local Government Support: $69,000
    General Local Government Support: $60,000
    Education: $38,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $31,368,000
    Interest on Debt: $26,903,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $64,164,000
    Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $63,219,000
    Other - Water Utilities: $3,098,000
    Other - Parks and Recreation: $1,278,000
    Other - Water Utilities: $842,000
    Other - Parks and Recreation: $307,000
    Other - Health - Other: $30,000
  • Intergovernmental to State - Judicial and Legal Services: $8,499,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $8,488,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - Other: $37,804,000
    Education: $26,434,000
    Education: $26,072,000
    Other: $20,974,000
    Transit Utilities: $2,322,000
    Transit Utilities: $1,736,000
    Electric Utilities: $1,021,000
    Sewerage: $842,000
    Electric Utilities: $761,000
    Water Utilities: $55,000
    Water Utilities: $49,000
  • Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $705,958,000
    Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $665,055,000
    Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $635,125,000
    Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $586,679,000
    Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $58,480,000
    Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $54,592,000
    Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $13,689,000
    Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $10,034,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $20,769,000
    Special Assessments: $19,247,000
    General Revenue - Other: $14,833,000
    Interest Earnings: $12,391,000
    Fines and Forfeits: $11,013,000
    Fines and Forfeits: $9,402,000
    General Revenue - Other: $7,465,000
    Special Assessments: $3,828,000
    Sale of Property: $2,114,000
    Rents: $1,192,000
    Rents: $1,080,000
    Sale of Property: $486,000
    Donations From Private Sources: $53,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $23,374,000
    General - Other: $22,083,000
    General - Other: $21,929,000
    Parks and Recreation: $15,253,000
    Police Protection: $7,452,000
    Regular Highways: $6,943,000
    Air Transportation: $6,778,000
    Parks and Recreation: $6,281,000
    Air Transportation: $6,192,000
    Correctional Institutions: $5,608,000
    General Public Building: $2,998,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $2,348,000
    Central Staff Services: $1,653,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,408,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $664,000
    Health - Other: $534,000
    Police Protection: $459,000
    Solid Waste Management: $397,000
    Solid Waste Management: $374,000
    Public Welfare - Other: $340,000
    Health - Other: $185,000
    Corrections - Other: $137,000
    Financial Administration: $83,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $65,000
    Sewerage: $64,000
    Water Utilities: $61,000
    Water Utilities: $56,000
    Electric Utilities: $48,000
    Electric Utilities: $41,000
    Sewerage: $39,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $35,000
  • Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $472,195,000
    Cash and Securities: $375,455,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $174,703,000
    Electric Utilities: $173,849,000
    Water Utilities: $96,769,000
    Water Utilities: $69,566,000
    Transit Utilities: $3,238,000
    Transit Utilities: $129,000
  • Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $48,070,000
    Cash and Securities: $37,581,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $226,439,000
    Public Welfare: $221,920,000
    Other: $203,777,000
    Other: $163,441,000
    Education: $81,976,000
    Education: $75,804,000
    Health and Hospitals: $48,106,000
    Health and Hospitals: $40,217,000
    Highways: $12,856,000
    Highways: $11,644,000
    Transit Utilities: $11,068,000
    Transit Utilities: $9,336,000
    Water Utilities: $4,891,000
    Water Utilities: $4,481,000
    General Local Government Support: $1,629,000
    General Local Government Support: $1,546,000
    Sewerage: $109,000
    Sewerage: $65,000
  • Tax - Property: $324,157,000
    Property: $283,332,000
    Other: $27,948,000
    Other Selective Sales: $23,518,000
    General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,489,000
    General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,035,000
    Occupation and Business License - Other: $16,392,000
    Other: $16,360,000
    Other Selective Sales: $16,234,000
    Occupation and Business License - Other: $12,887,000
    Public Utilities Sales: $9,583,000
    Public Utilities Sales: $8,976,000
    Other License: $8,911,000
    Other License: $8,705,000
    Documentary and Stock Transfer: $6,817,000
    Documentary and Stock Transfer: $6,201,000
  • Total Salaries and Wages: $30,609,000
    : $28,790,000
  • Transit Utilities - Interest on Debt: $953,000
    Interest on Debt: $797,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $5,000,000
    Interest on Debt: $4,527,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

  • Total number of recipients: 9,757
  • Number of aged recipients: 1,551
  • Number of blind and disabled recipients: 8,206
  • Number of recipients under 18: 628
  • Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 6,496
  • Number of recipients older than 64: 2,633
  • Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 4,716
  • Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 5,446
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009
(Based on 86 full tracts)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans
B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)
G) Loans On Manufactured
Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED1,433$286,2483,233$287,10212,404$292,710422$225,77515$3,240,3332,253$285,92589$152,753
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED106$289,160481$293,4071,292$319,58142$257,6432$11,150,000266$312,01944$121,250
APPLICATIONS DENIED270$295,452637$255,9873,645$351,550159$163,1265$1,190,000616$302,817134$111,582
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN151$294,967463$289,1792,335$320,70690$231,1785$8,730,200353$280,47319$174,105
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS70$291,37191$290,198604$340,49025$130,6401$401,00067$294,95511$123,727
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009
(Based on 82 full tracts)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
B) Refinancings
C) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED355$287,96692$350,6856$296,667
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED137$299,63559$330,8142$300,500
APPLICATIONS DENIED49$299,55118$325,3892$363,500
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN22$299,6368$321,6250$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS6$345,0003$273,3330$0
Conventional Home Purchase Loans in Sonoma, CA
Conventional Home Purchase Loans in Sonoma, CA - Value
Most common first names in Sonoma County, CA among deceased individuals
NameCountLived (average)
John2,66275.6 years
William2,26275.7 years
Mary2,06380.9 years
Robert2,02772.7 years
James1,67173.5 years
George1,36276.9 years
Charles1,30075.8 years
Helen1,13181.3 years
Joseph1,10076.9 years
Frank1,03177.5 years
Most common last names in Sonoma County, CA among deceased individuals
Last nameCountLived (average)
Smith92076.8 years
Johnson72076.6 years
Brown47277.4 years
Anderson44278.8 years
Williams41875.9 years
Miller41578.1 years
Jones39576.8 years
Wilson35476.9 years
Davis33377.9 years
Thompson30177.6 years
Businesses in Sonoma County, CA
NameCountNameCount
24 Hour Fitness2Journeys1
7-Eleven18Justice1
99 Cents Only Stores1KFC8
ALDO1Kmart2
AMF Bowling1Kohl's2
AT&T8Kroger5
Abercrombie & Fitch1La-Z-Boy1
Ace Hardware8Lane Bryant1
Aeropostale2Lane Furniture4
Aerosoles1LensCrafters1
American Eagle Outfitters1Levi Strauss & Co.1
Ann Taylor2Little Caesars Pizza8
Apple Store1Lowe's1
Applebee's5Macy's2
Arby's2Marriott2
Ashley Furniture1Marshalls1
AutoZone4MasterBrand Cabinets37
Avenue2Mazda1
BMW1McDonald's15
Baja Fresh Mexican Grill2Men's Wearhouse1
Banana Republic2Motel 64
Barnes & Noble1Motherhood Maternity4
Baskin-Robbins8New Balance7
Bath & Body Works1Nike31
Bed Bath & Beyond1Nissan2
Ben & Jerry's1Office Depot3
Best Western7Old Navy2
Big O Tires5Olive Garden1
Blockbuster7Outback1
Brooks Brothers1Outback Steakhouse1
Brookstone1Pac Sun3
Budget Car Rental2Panda Express7
Burger King12Papa John's Pizza1
CVS12Payless7
Carl\s Jr.8Penske2
Casual Male XL1PetSmart1
Chevrolet4Pier 1 Imports2
Chico's2Pizza Hut1
Chuck E. Cheese's1Plato's Closet1
Cinnabon 1Popeyes1
Clarks1Quality2
Cold Stone Creamery5Quiznos8
Coldwater Creek2RadioShack11
Comfort Inn1Red Lobster1
Costco2Rite Aid6
Curves11Ryder Rental & Truck Leasing1
DHL6SAS Shoes2
Dairy Queen1Safeway10
Days Inn1Sears6
Decora Cabinetry7Sheraton1
Dennys4Soma Intimates1
Discount Tire1Spencer Gifts1
Domino's Pizza5Sprint Nextel3
Eddie Bauer1Staples2
El Pollo Loco1Starbucks43
Express1Subaru1
Extended Stay America2Subway37
Famous Footwear1Super 81
FedEx71T-Mobile15
Firestone Complete Auto Care1T.J.Maxx1
Foot Locker2Taco Bell13
Ford3Talbots1
Forever 211Target2
Fredericks Of Hollywood1The Room Place2
GNC9Torrid1
GameStop6Toyota2
Gap3Toys"R"Us1
Goodwill13Trader Joe's3
Gymboree2Travelodge3
H&R Block15True Value7
Haagen-Dazs1U-Haul15
Haworth1UPS68
Hilton4Vans9
Holiday Inn2Verizon Wireless3
Home Depot3Victoria's Secret1
Honda2Volkswagen1
Hot Topic1Vons12
IHOP4Walgreens3
J. Jill1Walmart2
JCPenney1Wendy's2
Jack In The Box3Wet Seal1
Jamba Juice5Whole Foods Market5
Jones New York12YMCA1

Sonoma County on our top lists:

  • #5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
  • #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"
  • #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
  • #36 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
  • #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #76 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
  • #76 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #80 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other congregations"
  • #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election"
  • #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations"