Contra
Costa County
County Population : 948,816
County Houses : 354,577
Land area : 719.9
sq. mi. Water area :
82.2 sq. mi. Industries providing
employment : Educational,health and social services
(17.7%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste
management services (14.5%), Retail trade (11.8%), Finance,insurance,real
estate,and rental and leasing (10.5%). Races
in Contra Costa County :
- White Non-Hispanic (57.9%)
- Hispanic (17.7%)
- Black (9.4%)
- Other race (8.1%)
- Two or more races (5.1%)
- Filipino (3.6%)
- Chinese (3.1%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Asian Indian (1.2%)
- Other Asian (1.1%)
- Japanese (0.8%)
- Vietnamese (0.5%)
- Korean (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted
in other races) |