Census Shows Hercules Population Grew Over 23 Percent Since 2000

Figures released today from the 2010 Census show Hercules’ population growing 23.5 percent over the last decade.

The city’s population is 24,060, an estimated 4,572 increase in residents since 2000.

California’s population rose from 33.9 million residents to 37.3 million, roughly 10 percent since 2000.

Most of that growth appears to have come in the counties that span the middle of the state.

Riverside County had the biggest jump, increasing 41 percent from 2000 to 2010. The city of Beaumont in that county leaped 224 percent from 11,384 to 36,887 people.

Next was Placer County with a 40 percent jump. The city of Lincoln skyrocketed 282 percent from 11,205 to 42,819 people.

Other counties that grew more than 20 percent included Imperial, Kern, Madera, Merced and Tulare.

Los Angeles County’s population edged up 3 percent.  San Francisco County’s population also rose 3 percent, while San Diego County jumped 10 percent.

The only counties that saw population decreases were three small regions in the Sierra Nevada. They were Alpine County (down 3 percent), Plumas County (down 4 percent) and Sierra County (down 9 percent).

Check out more Census data on American Fact Finder.

Associate Regional Editor David Mills contributed to this story.