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Tulare County, California

A county in California, ranked 18 of 58 by population.

CountyFIPS 06107

Within California
Tulare County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Visalia, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
485,146
+11,231 (+2.4%) since 2020
Land area
4,824
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
101
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Visalia
Seat of county government.
Established
1852
173 years ago
Largest city
Visalia city
Population 146,541.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Tulare County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Tulare County, California from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 617 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Tulare County ranks

Position among the 58 counties of California, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn CaliforniaNationally
Population485,14618th of 58153rd of 3,144
Land area4,824 sq mi7th of 5886th of 3,144
Population density101 per sq mi33rd of 58900th of 3,144
Median household income$71,30040th of 581,103rd of 3,143

Full data for Tulare County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population485,146Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020473,915Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?473,118Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area4,824 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area4,838 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?101 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$71,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$330,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households143,195American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units154,202American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+3,204
6,641 births, 3,437 deaths
Net migration
-1,956
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 4 areas bordering Tulare County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Inyo CountyCalifornia98 mi18,158
Kern CountyCalifornia86 mi927,068
Fresno CountyCalifornia82 mi1,035,456
Kings CountyCalifornia57 mi154,327

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.