Contra Costa County, California
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State Health Department
- California Department of Health Services: 1501 Capitol Avenue Suite 6001, Sacramento
( Sandra Shewry: 916-440-7400 / sshewry@dhs.ca.gov)
Local Health Departments
- Contra Costa Health Services: 597 Center Ave., Suite 200, Martinez
( Wendel Brunner: 925-313-6712 / wbrunner@hsd.co.contra-costa.ca.us)
Population:
- Total Population: 948,816
- Males: 462,369
- Females: 486,447
Ethnicity:
- White: 547,837
- Black/African American: 85,496
- Hispanic: 168,059
- Native American/Eskimo: 3,697
- Asian: 102,065
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 3,094
- Other: 2,657
- 2 or more: 35,911
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (654,280)
- Spanish (115,740)
- Tagalog (22,855)
- Chinese (13,585)
- Persian (6,920)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 180,488
- Mexico (50,366)
- Philippines (23,671)
- El Salvador (7,989)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7,923)
- India (7,155)
- United Kingdom (5,293)
- Vietnam (4,930)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (204,070)
- Baptist General Conference (24,803)
- Jewish Estimate (22,000)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The (18,562)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (11,799)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 263,497
- Sensory: 22,941
- Physical: 61,821
- Mental: 37,184
- Self-care: 19,851
- Go outside home: 54,796
- Employment: 63,424
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 7,482
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 344,129
- Utility gas: 258,765
- Bottled or LP gas: 5,024
- Electricity: 76,315
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 325
- Coal or Coke: 7
- Wood: 2,308
- Solar Energy: 140
- Other fuel: 406
- No fuel used: 839
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 613,798
- No vehicle: 37,558
- 1 or more vehicle: 576,240
Education Attainment:
- No School: 8,538
- No High School: 24,266
- Some High School: 49,063
- High School: 123,956
- Some College: 152,680
- Associate's Degree: 48,090
- College Degree: 142,909
- Master's Degree: 48,873
- Professional Degree: 17,358
- Doctoral Degree: 9,908
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 344,129
- Owners with phone: 237,640
- Owners without phone: 773
- Renters with phone: 103,566
- Renters without phone: 2,150
10 closest counties:
- Alameda County, California
- Solano County, California
- San Francisco County, California
- San Mateo County, California
- Napa County, California
- Marin County, California
- Santa Clara County, California
- Yolo County, California
- San Joaquin County, California
- Sonoma County, California
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
94506, 94507, 94509, 94511, 94513, 94514, 94516, 94517, 94518, 94519, 94520, 94521, 94522, 94523, 94524, 94525, 94526, 94527, 94528, 94529, 94530, 94531, 94547, 94548, 94549, 94553, 94556, 94561, 94563, 94564, 94565, 94569, 94570, 94572, 94575, 94583, 94595, 94596, 94597, 94598, 94801, 94802, 94803, 94804, 94805, 94806, 94807, 94808, 94820, 94850
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- KECG (88.1 FM) EL CERRITO, CA
- KSMC (89.5 FM) MORAGA, CA
- KVHS (90.5 FM) CONCORD, CA
- KATD (990 AM) CONCORD, CA
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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