County · California

Imperial County, California

Imperial County, California has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #2,633 of 3,143 US counties. Within California it ranks #55 of 58 counties. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), suicide rate (low) and injury deaths (low). It ranks worst on unemployment rate (high), hot days (high) and high school diploma or higher (low).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #2,633 of 3,143 counties
California: #55 of 58 in CA
Population: 181,411 (2025)
Land area: 4,175 mi²
Density: 43.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 06025

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.

Safety67#1,011/3,096
Economy8#2,903/3,143
Housing1#3,105/3,140
Health64#1,123/3,144
Healthcare42#1,837/3,143
Environment0#3,096/3,108
Education2#3,076/3,144
Infrastructure58#1,318/3,144
Community7#2,915/3,144
Leisure & amenities22#2,460/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Comfortable days · high35.7%
99/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Suicide rate · low7.3 /100k
99/100California 9.9 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Injury deaths · low58 /100k
97/100California 67 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · low7.4 /100k
96/100California 6.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Depression · low20.0%
89/100California 20.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · high10.5 /10k
87/100California 17.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high18.9%
0/100California 5.5%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Hot days · high177 days
0/100California 66 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
High school diploma or higher · low71.5%
1/100California 84.7%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Days with unhealthy air · high12.1%
1/100California 12.4%2025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Median Air Quality Index · high64
1/100California 602025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Severe housing problems · high25.5%
1/100California 25.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
98% (2021) → 20% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−78 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
11 days (2017) → 3 days (2022)
−73%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drug overdose deathsWorsening
10.6 /100k (2021) → 17.9 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
+69%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
32.8% (Dec 2021) → 46.1% (Aug 2026)
+13 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Property crime rateImproving
1,955 /100k (2020) → 718 /100k (2025)
−63%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.5% (2015-2019) → 90.1% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Imperial County, California improved on 10 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 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.

Improved10

Real income+40%$39,089 → $54,760
Unemployment−4.3 points23.2% → 18.9%
Property crime−63%1,955 /100k → 718 /100k
Overdose deaths−48%34.5 /100k → 17.9 /100k
Broadband+13 points77.5% → 90.1%

Declined1

Price / income+1.3×4.1× → 5.4×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Imperial County, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.1 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	65%
Average commute time	22.1 min2015-2019	22.1 min2020-2024	−0.0 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Average weekly wage	$8792020	$1,0832025	+23%	Improved	45%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%2015-2019	16.1%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Broadband subscriptions	77.5%2015-2019	90.1%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	69%
Child poverty rate	30.7%2019	25.1%2024	−5.6 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Distance to an airport	88 mi2020	88 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	34.5 /100k2020	17.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−48%	Improved	74%
Effective property tax rate	0.97%2015-2019	0.83%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	60%
Firearm deaths	5.6 /100k2020	7.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+32%	Within the margin of error	14%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	83%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+7.2%	Within the margin of error	62%
High school diploma or higher	69.7%2015-2019	71.5%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	5.4×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	5%
Homicide rate	4.2 /100k2020	3.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−24%	Within the margin of error	46%
Income adjusted for local prices	$39,0892019	$54,7602024	+40%	Improved	86%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4702015-2019	0.4662020-2024	−0.004	Within the margin of error	63%
Median household income	$48,1022019	$60,4772024	+26%	Improved	54%
New business applications	4.9 /1k2020	7.2 /1k2025	+48%	Improved	54%
Pharmacies	1.1 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+8.9%	Within the margin of error	88%
Poverty rate	22.0%2019	18.8%2024	−3.2 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Property crime rate	1,955 /100k2020	718 /100k2025	−63%	Improved	90%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−9.5%	Within the margin of error	12%
Rent as share of income	32.4%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	54.9%2015-2019	53.0%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Restaurants and bars	4.6 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	−8.2%	Within the margin of error	29%
Suicide rate	6.7 /100k2020	7.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9%	Within the margin of error	37%
Traffic deaths	17.3 /100k2015-2019	18.5 /100k2020-2024	+7.1%	Within the margin of error	46%
Unemployment rate	23.2%2020	18.9%2025	−4.3 points	Improved	87%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.6%2019	7.7%2024	−1.9 points	Improved	67%
Violent crime rate	336 /100k2020	267 /100k2025	−21%	Improved	56%

“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 Imperial County, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Imperial 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, Imperial County, California itself moved +4.4 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

180,202 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

49,644 households (±655)

Imperial County, California
California share

Under $25k22%11,152
$25k–50k21%10,614
$50k–75k17%8,434

Homes

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

Owners and renters

49,644 households (±655)

Imperial County, California
California share

Own57%28,210
Rent43%21,434

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

60,888 workers (±1,506)

Imperial County, California
California share

Drive alone79%48,101
Carpool8.8%5,371
Public transit0.3%†195

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 El Centro, 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.

Imperial County has 2,677 employer establishments, 148 for every 10,000 residents (0.60× the US rate of 248; 0.56× California's), with 34,323 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,926. The Census Bureau also counts 11,184 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,677; 11,184 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 148; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 34,323
Average annual pay: $46,926; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	225	12.5	0.68×Fewer than typical	3,792	$24,941	89
Ambulatory health care services	203	11.2	0.54×Fewer than typical	2,876	$60,598	379
Truck transportation	156	8.6	1.71×More than typical	834	$57,707	691
Lessors of real estate	155	8.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	525	$36,777	618
Limited-service restaurants	110	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	2,133	$23,906	18
Specialty trade contractors	104	5.8	0.37×Fewer than typical	966	$61,104	551
Clothing and accessories stores	88	4.9	1.34×More than typical	1,648	$19,928	178
Offices of physicians	88	4.9	0.75×Fewer than typical	898	$74,468	48
Full-service restaurants	73	4	0.53×Fewer than typical	1,275	$26,740	35
Automotive repair and maintenance	69	3.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	386	$41,034	225
Gasoline stations	63	3.5	1.08×About typical	721	$29,935	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	60	3.3	0.76×Fewer than typical	210	$56,452	145

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 180,683 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 $1.7B on contracts performed in Imperial County, California: $9,502 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $1.7B; +94% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,502; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; 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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$1.6B95%
Public Buildings Service$36.5M2.1%
Department of the Navy$14.5M0.8%
Defense Logistics Agency$7.6M0.4%
Bureau of Reclamation$7.2M0.4%
Internal Revenue Service$6.8M0.4%
Department of the Army$5.2M0.3%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$2.5M0.1%

Top recipients

FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO$996.4M58%
SUNDT CONSTRUCTION, INC.$443.1M26%
HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO$150M8.7%
BARNARD SPENCER JOINT VENTURE$30.9M1.8%
HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO.$29.3M1.7%

Spending by fiscal year

66.1MFY2017
111.1MFY2018
66MFY2019
319.2MFY2020
110.4MFY2021
160.5MFY2022
126.4MFY2023
268.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1.7B96%
Facilities support services · 5612$14.4M0.8%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$10.3M0.6%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$7.6M0.4%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$7.4M0.4%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$7.3M

Largest awards

CONSTRUCTION BORDER BARRIER EL CENTRO, CA$1.2B
FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO· Imperial County, CA· Construction & real property· Sep 26, 2025 – Mar 10, 2026· 70B01C25F00001112
SOUTHWEST BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION$443.1M
SUNDT CONSTRUCTION, INC.· Imperial County, CA· Construction & real property· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· 70B01C26F00000403
SOUTHWEST BORDER BARRIER DESIGN/BUILD PROJECT ELC-2$345M
FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO· Imperial County, CA· Construction & real property· May 4, 2026 – May 4, 2026· 70B01C26F00000319
CONSTRUCT/INSTALL 60 MILES OF SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES (DETECTION, LIGHTING, CABLING, ETC..).

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 $882.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Imperial County, California: $4,863 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $882.2M; −2.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,863; US $12,957
Loan face value: $39M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$458.4M52%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$79.3M9.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$70.1M8.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$61.4M7.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$52.7M6.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$26.1M3.0%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$15.1M1.7%
10.427 · Rural Rental Assistance Payments$12.1M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

IMPERIAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT$29.2M3.3%
IMPERIAL, CA
IMPERIAL VALLEY HOUSING AUTHORITY$17.3M2.0%
BRAWLEY, CA
QUECHAN INDIAN TRIBE$10.6M1.2%
WINTERHAVEN, CA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA$10.5M1.2%
SACRAMENTO, CA
CLINICAS DE SALUD DEL PUEBLO, INC

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

Social Security Administration$642.6M73%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$89.2M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$36.3M4.1%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$23.7M2.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bureau of Reclamation$13.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

853.8MFY2021
745.3MFY2022
846.8MFY2023
988.7MFY2024
904.8MFY2025
882.2MFY2026

County aggregates

84%

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 Imperial 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.

Imperial County, California
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Imperial County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Imperial County, California	United States
FY2017	$365	$1,436
FY2018	$614	$1,552
FY2019	$366	$1,654
FY2020	$1,778	$1,880
FY2021	$618	$1,810
FY2022	$894	$1,917
FY2023	$699	$2,079
FY2024	$1,471	$2,047
FY2025	$4,909	$2,165
FY2026	$9,502 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Imperial County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Imperial County, California	United States
FY2017	$175	$93.28
FY2018	$379	$105
FY2019	$123	$128
FY2020	$1,243	$145
FY2021	$138	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Imperial County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Imperial County, California	United States
FY2021	$1,347	$5,748
FY2022	$1,403	$5,221
FY2023	$1,528	$5,364
FY2024	$2,859	$5,501
FY2025	$5,348	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Imperial County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Imperial County, California	United States
FY2021	$99.62	$298
FY2022	$105	$357
FY2023	$171	$301
FY2024	$6.34	$319
FY2025	$41.27	$360
FY2026	$78.36

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Imperial County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Imperial County, California	United States
FY2021	$164	$239
FY2022	$187	$185
FY2023	$198	$229
FY2024	$204	$229
FY2025	$187	$249
FY2026	$208

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Imperial County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Imperial County, California	United States
FY2021	$266	$2,304
FY2022	$236	$2,197
FY2023	$215	$2,274
FY2024	$85.25	$2,267
FY2025	$104	$2,397
FY2026	$89.57

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Imperial County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Imperial County, California	United States
FY2021	$792	$1,186
FY2022	$403	$465
FY2023	$76.36	$76.52
FY2024	$48.31	$120
FY2025	$111	$148
FY2026	$76.00

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.

Imperial County, California
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Imperial County, California and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Imperial County, California	United States
2014

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.

Construction contracts · FY2020

$1,243 per resident in FY2020, against an earlier average of $226 (5.5× that).

Compared with 7 similar counties

Imperial County, California
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2019points

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/06025

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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.

Imperial County, California is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Raul RuizD-CA-25 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.2%

Senate

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Metro area

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

El Centro, CA12Central county

Cities and towns in Imperial County

Places whose residents live mostly in Imperial 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 2026-10-06
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
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Year

Imperial County, California

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−1.0 points

−0.3 points

−1.7 points to +0.8 points

Year −2

−0.9 points

+0.0 points

−0.9 points to +1.1 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

−5.5 points

−9.2 points

−10.8 points to −5.9 points

Year +1

+4.2 points

+1.1 points

0.0 points to +2.9 points

Year +2

+2.0 points

Year

Imperial County, California

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Imperial County, California

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Contracts and grants · FY2024

$2,859 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $1,426 (2× that).

Compared with 11 similar counties

Imperial County, California
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2023points

In the year after: +1.1 points compared with the comparison counties' average. The county's change is outside the range of its comparison counties.

Compared with 5 similar counties

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Job growth: Imperial County, California and its comparison counties, by year from the money
Year	Imperial County, California	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+4.6 points	+2.8 points	+2.3 points to +3.7 points
Year −2	+2.4 points	+3.3 points	+2.4 points to +5.2 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+1.6 points	+0.3 points	−1.0 points to +1.7 points
Year +1	+0.7 points	−0.4 points	−1.4 points to +0.5 points

Median household income: change since 2023%

Compared with 5 similar counties

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Median household income: Imperial County, California and its comparison counties, by year from the money
Year	Imperial County, California	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−13.3%	−12.1%

Poverty rate: change since 2023points

Compared with 5 similar counties

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Poverty rate: Imperial County, California and its comparison counties, by year from the money
Year	Imperial County, California	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	0.0 points	+0.2 points

Calendar years	Imperial County, California	United States
2014	−6.4%	−4.2%
2015	−3.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.0%	+3.3%
2018	+7.4%	+6.8%
2019	+11.6%	+10.5%
2020	+22.4%	+19.4%
2021	+27.4%	+26.1%
2022	+34.7%	+30.6%
2023	+42.1%	+35.0%
2024	+46.4%	+41.0%
2025	+50.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Imperial County, California	United States
2014	24.3%	6.2%
2015	24.6%	5.3%
2016	24.5%	4.9%
2017	19.9%	4.4%
2018	19.0%	3.9%
2019	21.1%	3.7%
2020	23.2%	8.1%
2021	18.0%	5.4%
2022	15.3%	3.7%
2023	17.6%	3.6%
2024	18.4%	4.0%
2025	18.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Imperial County, California	United States
2014	−4.2%	−5.5%
2015	+2.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.9%	+4.1%
2018	−0.1%	+8.9%
2019	+6.8%	+13.5%
2020	+31.8%	+20.8%
2021	+37.8%	+32.1%
2022	+31.7%	+35.4%
2023	+36.9%	+42.9%
2024	+47.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Imperial County, California	United States
2014	1.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Imperial County, California	United States
2014	−10.6%	−6.9%
2015	−7.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.2%	+4.7%
2018	+7.6%	+7.5%
2019	+11.0%	+14.0%
2020	+9.9%	+16.9%
2021	+17.6%	+21.0%
2022	+28.1%	+29.7%
2023	+35.6%	+34.9%
2024	+39.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Imperial County, California	United States
2014	23.6%	15.5%
2015	24.3%	14.7%
2016	23.6%	14.0%
2017	20.7%	13.4%
2018	21.4%	13.1%
2019	22.0%	12.3%
2020	18.1%	11.9%
2021	17.3%	12.8%
2022	21.2%	12.6%
2023	17.3%	12.5%
2024	18.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Imperial County, California	United States
2014	−13.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+23.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+31.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+48.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+53.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+63.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+73.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+85.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Imperial County, California	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	—	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Imperial County, California	United States
2014	16.0%	13.5%
2015	10.6%	10.9%
2016	8.3%	10.0%
2017	7.9%	10.2%
2018	8.2%	10.4%
2019	9.6%	10.8%
2020	8.9%	10.4%
2021	7.9%	10.2%
2022	8.6%	9.5%
2023	8.4%	9.5%
2024	7.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Imperial County, California	United States
2014	3.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	3.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	3.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	3.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	4.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	6.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.2/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Imperial County, California	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.2 per 1,000 people	−0.6 per 1,000 people	−0.9 per 1,000 people to +0.2 per 1,000 people
Year −2	+0.0 per 1,000 people	−0.4 per 1,000 people	−1.3 per 1,000 people to +0.4 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.5 per 1,000 people	−0.6 per 1,000 people	−0.9 per 1,000 people to −0.3 per 1,000 people
Year +1	+0.9 per 1,000 people	−0.4 per 1,000 people	−1.0 per 1,000 people to +0.1 per 1,000 people
Year +2	+0.9 per 1,000 people	−0.6 per 1,000 people	−1.5 per 1,000 people to +0.2 per 1,000 people

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved10

Declined1

Counties like Imperial County, California five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 7 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Imperial County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved10

Declined1

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 7 similar counties

Compared with 11 similar counties

Compared with 6 similar counties

Compared with 11 similar counties

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought