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Inyo County, California

A county in California, ranked 52 of 58 by population.

CountyFIPS 06027

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

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Population
18,158
-831 (-4.4%) since 2020
Land area
10,197
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
1.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Independence
Seat of county government.
Established
1866
159 years ago
Largest city
Bishop city
Population 3,696.

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 Inyo 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 Inyo 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 561 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 Inyo 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
Population18,15852nd of 581,926th of 3,144
Land area10,197 sq mi2nd of 5822nd of 3,144
Population density1.8 per sq mi57th of 583,007th of 3,144
Median household income$73,99138th of 58917th of 3,143

Full data for Inyo County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,158Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,989Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,020Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area10,197 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area29.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area10,227 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,991American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$348,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,040American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,524American 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
-101
129 births, 230 deaths
Net migration
-43
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 8 areas bordering Inyo 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
San Bernardino CountyCalifornia113 mi2,224,091
Nye CountyNevada101 mi57,336
Tulare CountyCalifornia98 mi485,146
Fresno CountyCalifornia78 mi1,035,456
Mono CountyCalifornia52 mi12,505
Esmeralda CountyNevada50 mi729
Kern CountyCalifornia22 mi927,068
Clark CountyNevada15 mi2,407,226

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

All 58 counties of California

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