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Alameda County, California

Alameda County, California has a quality-of-life score of 70 out of 100 (high), ranking #952 of 3,143 US counties. Within California it ranks #14 of 58 counties. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), distance to an Amtrak station (low) and adult obesity (low). It ranks worst on home price to income ratio (high), property crime rate (high) and cost of buying a home today (high).

70High

Quality-of-life score: #952 of 3,143 counties
California: #14 of 58 in CA
Population: 1,636,630 (2025)
Land area: 737 mi²
Density: 2,219.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 06001

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety40#1,845/3,096
Economy82#559/3,143
Housing4#3,030/3,140
Health98#77/3,144
Healthcare96#122/3,143
Environment20#2,493/3,108
Education70#954/3,144
Infrastructure93#235/3,144
Community46#1,687/3,144
Leisure & amenities87#408/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Alameda County, California ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Comfortable days · high46.9%
100/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Distance to an Amtrak station · low2 mi
100/100California 10 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Adult obesity · low22.5%
100/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · high7.7%
99/100California 2.9%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Average weekly wage · high$1,961
99/100California $1,865United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Median household income · high$128,031
99/100California $100,130United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Home price to income ratio · high8.4×
1/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Property crime rate · high3,294 /100k
1/100California 1,792 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cost of buying a home today · high58.4%
1/100California 54.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Students per teacher · high21.5×
1/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Severe housing problems · high23.4%
2/100California 25.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Violent crime rate · high761 /100k
2/100California 433 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 0% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−100 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
5 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−80%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Child care cost burdenWorsening
25.2% (2020 & 2021) → 37.3% (2023 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Homicide rateImproving
8.8 /100k (2021) → 4.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−53%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$66,808 (2019) → $96,242 (2024)
+44%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
50.0% (Dec 2021) → 58.4% (Aug 2026)
+8.4 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Alameda County, California improved on 12 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 12 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Commute−3.3 min34.3 min → 31.0 min
Real income+44%$66,808 → $96,242
Firearm deaths−28%9.4 /100k → 6.8 /100k
Bachelor's++4.8 points47.4% → 52.2%
Unemployment−3.8 points8.5% → 4.7%

Declined6

Transit use−8.1 points15.8% → 7.7%
Violent crime+32%577 /100k → 761 /100k
Pharmacies−21%1.3 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Price / income+0.7×7.7× → 8.4×
Inequality+0.0150.462 → 0.477

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Alameda County, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.1 /10k2020	4.9 /10k2025	+20%	Improved	72%
Average commute time	34.3 min2015-2019	31.0 min2020-2024	−3.3 min	Improved	95%
Average weekly wage	$1,6982020	$1,9612025	+15%	Improved	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%2015-2019	52.2%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Improved	83%
Broadband subscriptions	88.9%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Improved	13%
Child poverty rate	9.8%2019	8.0%2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Distance to an airport	10 mi2020	10 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	18.6 /100k2020	16.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−11%	Within the margin of error	34%
Effective property tax rate	0.78%2015-2019	0.76%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Firearm deaths	9.4 /100k2020	6.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Improved	86%
Grocery stores	2.1 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	80%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	65%
High school diploma or higher	88.4%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Little change	18%
Home price to income ratio	7.7×2015-2019	8.4×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	23%
Homicide rate	8.5 /100k2020	4.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−52%	Improved	74%
Income adjusted for local prices	$66,8082019	$96,2422024	+44%	Improved	92%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4622015-2019	0.4772020-2024	+0.015	Declined	29%
Median household income	$107,5892019	$128,0312024	+19%	Improved	21%
New business applications	10.7 /1k2020	12.9 /1k2025	+20%	Improved	22%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−21%	Declined	23%
Poverty rate	8.9%2019	8.8%2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Property crime rate	3,409 /100k2020	3,294 /100k2025	−3.4%	Improved	13%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	+6.2%	Within the margin of error	84%
Public transit commuters	15.8%2015-2019	7.7%2020-2024	−8.1 points	Declined	1%
Rent as share of income	29.8%2015-2019	30.2%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	49.6%2015-2019	50.4%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Restaurants and bars	10.1 /10k2020	10.2 /10k2025	+0.9%	Within the margin of error	52%
Suicide rate	8.4 /100k2020	8.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6%	Within the margin of error	43%
Traffic deaths	5.4 /100k2015-2019	6.3 /100k2020-2024	+16%	Declined	36%
Unemployment rate	8.5%2020	4.7%2025	−3.8 points	Improved	79%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.1%2019	4.6%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Violent crime rate	577 /100k2020	761 /100k2025	+32%	Declined	14%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Alameda County, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Alameda County, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Alameda County, California itself moved +0.4 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,649,473 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−1.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,649,473 residents

Alameda County, California
California share

White27%452,099
Black9.3%154,136
Hispanic or Latino23%386,114
Asian33%539,370
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%3,417
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.7%11,533
Other or two or more races6.2%102,804

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−4.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,192,437 residents

Alameda County, California
California share

No high school diploma11%133,545
High school or GED15%183,660
Some college15%176,604
Associate degree6.3%75,628
Bachelor's degree29%343,484
Graduate degree23%279,516

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+3.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

598,246 households (±1,734)

Alameda County, California
California share

Under $25k11%65,345
$25k–50k9.9%58,933
$50k–75k9.8%58,553
$75k–100k9.4%56,169
$100k–150k16%96,171
$150k–200k12%70,712
$200k or more32%192,363

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+12.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

598,246 households (±1,734)

Alameda County, California
California share

Own54%325,509
Rent46%272,737

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

265,256 households (±2,759)

Alameda County, California
California share

Under $7507.2%19,093
$750–1,0003.1%8,136
$1,000–1,5009.3%24,589

Home values

325,509 homes (±3,198)

Alameda County, California
California share

Under $150k3.1%9,998
$150k–250k1.5%4,845
$250k–400k1.8%5,858

Age of homes

637,212 homes (±385)

Alameda County, California
California share

2010 or later8.2%52,206
2000–20097.1%45,453
1980–199919%123,238

Size of homes

637,212 homes (±385)

Alameda County, California
California share

Studio5.5%35,117
1 bedroom16%102,881
2 bedrooms28%179,737

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

837,261 workers (±4,145)

Alameda County, California
California share

Drive alone53%440,471
Carpool8.3%69,273
Public transit7.7%64,325
Walk2.8%23,559
Bike1.2%10,379
Work from home26%215,368
Other1.7%13,886

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+19.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

621,893 workers (±4,695)

Alameda County, California
California share

Under 15 min18%113,133
15–29 min33%203,723
30–44 min24%151,524

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Alameda County has 42,318 employer establishments, 259 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248; 0.99× California's), with 749,124 paid employees at an average annual pay of $101,250. The Census Bureau also counts 148,108 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 42,318; 148,108 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 259; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 749,124
Average annual pay: $101,250; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Alameda County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	3,688	22.6	1.23×About typical	52,750	$29,829	694
Ambulatory health care services	3,667	22.5	1.08×About typical	55,461	$90,723	7,406
Lessors of real estate	2,267	13.9	1.13×About typical	9,226	$76,728	12,451
Specialty trade contractors	1,866	11.4	0.74×Fewer than typical	34,646	$101,751	4,255
Computer systems design and related services	1,655	10.1	2.34×More than typical	15,570	$122,742	3,433
Full-service restaurants	1,564	9.6	1.25×About typical	23,420	$34,259	245
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,519	9.3	1.39×More than typical	13,340	$92,666	9,064
Limited-service restaurants	1,496	9.2	1.14×About typical	21,745	$27,150	302
Construction of buildings	1,187	7.3	0.96×About typical	8,735	$97,943	3,958
Schools, colleges and instruction	1,092	6.7	1.91×More than typical	18,482	$50,251	6,357
Offices of other health practitioners	1,032	6.3	1.04×About typical	5,499	$46,073	4,334
Offices of dentists	981	6	1.49×More than typical	6,598	$59,922	309

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,633,055 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $6B on contracts performed in Alameda County, California: $3,674 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $6B; +2.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3,674; US $1,995
Sole-source: 2.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 23%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Energy$5.1B84%
U.S. Coast Guard$121.2M2.0%
Department of the Army$104.8M1.7%
Maritime Administration$80.3M1.3%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$67.2M1.1%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$58.4M1.0%
Defense Logistics Agency$48.4M0.8%
USTRANSCOM$40.1M0.7%

Top recipients

LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$3.7B62%
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$1.3B22%
NEW TECH SOLUTIONS, INC.$227.6M3.8%
PERFORMANT RECOVERY, INC.$67.8M1.1%
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$50.4M0.8%

Spending by fiscal year

3.6BFY2017
4.2BFY2018
4.1BFY2019
4.5BFY2020
5BFY2021
5.1BFY2022
5.3BFY2023
5.7B

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$5.1B85%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$257.7M4.3%
Deep sea, coastal, and Great Lakes water transportation · 4831$120.1M2.0%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$78M1.3%
Business support services · 5614$67.6M1.1%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419

Largest awards

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $36.4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Alameda County, California: $22,246 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $36.4B; −0.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $22,246; US $12,957
Loan face value: $254.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$15B41%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$9.6B26%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$5B14%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$3.3B9.2%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$638.1M1.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$368.5M1.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$328.3M0.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$315.6M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA$373.9M1.0%
OAKLAND, CA
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$370.8M1.0%
BERKELEY, CA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY$172.5M0.5%
HAYWARD, CA
PORT DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND$98.4M0.3%
OAKLAND, CA
INSIGHT TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$28B77%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$6B16%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$656.2M1.8%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$355.6M1.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Institutes of Health

Assistance by fiscal year

22BFY2021
31.7BFY2022
32.7BFY2023
32.3BFY2024
36.6BFY2025
36.4BFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Alameda County, California compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Alameda County, California
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alameda County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alameda County, California	United States
FY2017	$2,190	$1,436
FY2018	$2,502	$1,552
FY2019	$2,464	$1,654
FY2020	$2,687	$1,880
FY2021	$3,031	$1,810
FY2022	$3,148	$1,917
FY2023	$3,261	$2,079
FY2024	$3,466	$2,047
FY2025	$3,598	$2,165
FY2026	$3,674 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alameda County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alameda County, California	United States
FY2017	$22.95	$93.28
FY2018	$34.92	$105
FY2019	$19.75	$128
FY2020	$29.68	$145
FY2021	$28.80	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alameda County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alameda County, California	United States
FY2021	$4,027	$5,748
FY2022	$3,701	$5,221
FY2023	$3,918	$5,364
FY2024	$4,394	$5,501
FY2025	$4,391	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alameda County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alameda County, California	United States
FY2021	$107	$298
FY2022	$159	$357
FY2023	$143	$301
FY2024	$103	$319
FY2025	$107	$360
FY2026	$110

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alameda County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alameda County, California	United States
FY2021	$541	$239
FY2022	$477	$185
FY2023	$566	$229
FY2024	$556	$229
FY2025	$600	$249
FY2026	$534

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alameda County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alameda County, California	United States
FY2021	$331	$2,304
FY2022	$134	$2,197
FY2023	$178	$2,274
FY2024	$239	$2,267
FY2025	$219	$2,397
FY2026	$219

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alameda County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alameda County, California	United States
FY2021	$1,561	$1,186
FY2022	$610	$465
FY2023	$78.60	$76.52
FY2024	$118	$120
FY2025	$143	$148
FY2026	$113

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Alameda County, California
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Alameda County, California and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Alameda County, California	United States
2014	3.0%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/06001

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Alameda County, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Alameda County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA83Central county

Cities and towns in Alameda County

Places whose residents live mostly in Alameda County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-07
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/06001

Calendar years	Alameda County, California	United States
2014	−6.9%	−4.2%
2015	−2.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.7%	+3.3%
2018	+8.0%	+6.8%
2019	+12.8%	+10.5%
2020	+25.1%	+19.4%
2021	+31.0%	+26.1%
2022	+31.8%	+30.6%
2023	+34.3%	+35.0%
2024	+38.9%	+41.0%
2025	+44.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Alameda County, California	United States
2014	−12.6%	−5.5%
2015	−5.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.2%	+4.1%
2018	+13.8%	+8.9%
2019	+22.7%	+13.5%
2020	+35.2%	+20.8%
2021	+51.3%	+32.1%
2022	+53.5%	+35.4%
2023	+60.2%	+42.9%
2024	+70.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Alameda County, California	United States
2014	2.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.7/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Alameda County, California	United States
2014	−13.9%	−6.9%
2015	−9.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.8%	+4.7%
2018	+13.7%	+7.5%
2019	+20.2%	+14.0%
2020	+26.9%	+16.9%
2021	+21.8%	+21.0%
2022	+35.5%	+29.7%
2023	+33.3%	+34.9%
2024	+43.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Alameda County, California	United States
2014	−18.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+9.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+19.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+25.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+47.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+48.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+51.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+55.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+47.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Alameda County, California	United States
2014	5.9%	6.2%
2015	4.8%	5.3%
2016	4.1%	4.9%
2017	3.5%	4.4%
2018	2.9%	3.9%
2019	2.8%	3.7%
2020	8.5%	8.1%
2021	5.8%	5.4%
2022	3.2%	3.7%
2023	3.8%	3.6%
2024	4.4%	4.0%
2025	4.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Alameda County, California	United States
2014	12.5%	15.5%
2015	11.5%	14.7%
2016	10.7%	14.0%
2017	9.3%	13.4%
2018	9.0%	13.1%
2019	8.9%	12.3%
2020	8.6%	11.9%
2021	9.4%	12.8%
2022	10.1%	12.6%
2023	9.5%	12.5%
2024	8.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Alameda County, California	United States
2015	−4.3% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.3% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.2% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.8% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+7.4% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+12.6% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+15.6% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+15.3% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+16.4% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+20.1% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Alameda County, California	United States
2014	9.6%	13.5%
2015	6.0%	10.9%
2016	5.3%	10.0%
2017	5.8%	10.2%
2018	5.0%	10.4%
2019	5.1%	10.8%
2020	4.9%	10.4%
2021	5.0%	10.2%
2022	4.5%	9.5%
2023	4.8%	9.5%
2024	4.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Alameda County, California	United States
2014	7.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	12.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	13.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	11.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.9/1k	16.6/1k

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

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What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined6

Counties like Alameda County, California five years ago that improved

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Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

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Representation in Congress

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Metro area

Cities and towns in Alameda County

Neighboring counties

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Data and sources

Improved12

Declined6

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

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