California Natural Population Increase Rate By County in 2017

Updated on June 30, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2017, the natural population increase rate for California was 5.54, and the top three counties that had the highest natural population increase rate were:

  1. Imperial County: 10.73
  2. Kings County: 9.82
  3. Merced County: 9.2

On the other hand, the top 3 counties that had the lowest natural population increase rate were:

  1. Tuolumne County: -4.46
  2. Siskiyou County: -4.2
  3. Mariposa County: -3.95

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the natural population increase rate for each California county in 2017. You can also find links to the historical natural population increase rate for each county below.

Natural Population Increase Rate refers to the natural increase (number of births minus number of deaths) during a year per 1,000 population at midyear.

California Natural Population Increase Rate By County in 2017
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California Natural Population Increase Rate By County in 2017
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County Natural Pop. Increase Rate
Alameda 5.76
Alpine -3.69
Amador -3.87
Butte -0.14
Calaveras -2.53
Colusa 6.97
Contra Costa 3.79
Del Norte -1.82
El Dorado 0.33
Fresno 7.89
Glenn 4.56
Humboldt 0.27
Imperial 10.73
Inyo -3.64
Kern 8.41
Kings 9.82
Lake -2.44
Lassen 2.69
Los Angeles 5.76
Madera 6.87
Marin 1.02
Mariposa -3.95
Mendocino 2.25
Merced 9.2
Modoc -2.13
Mono 5.46
Monterey 7.98
Napa 0.01
Nevada -2.5
Orange 5.82
Placer 1.23
Plumas -1.61
Riverside 5.88
Sacramento 5
San Benito 6.46
San Bernardino 7.63
San Diego 6.28
San Francisco 3.73
San Joaquin 6.15
San Luis Obispo 0.02
San Mateo 5.05
Santa Barbara 5.12
Santa Clara 6.39
Santa Cruz 3.21
Shasta -2.21
Sierra 1.01
Siskiyou -4.2
Solano 4.15
Sonoma 0.98
Stanislaus 6.23
Sutter 4.2
Tehama 1.67
Trinity -2.58
Tulare 8.98
Tuolumne -4.46
Ventura 4.33
Yolo 4.38
Yuba 7.17