Merced County, California Basics:
Merced County California - Government Site
Population: 261,632
Area: 1935 square miles
County seat: Merced
Area code(s) in use: 209
Time zone: PST
High school graduate or higher: 66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%
Median household income: $43,565
Persons in poverty: 24.6%
Home ownership rate: 54.2%
Mean travel time to work: 26.0 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Fresno Madera Mariposa San Benito Santa Clara Stanislaus Tuolumne