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Willits, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Willits had a population of 5,073 people.<1>

The following table shows the recent changes in population. Other than 2000, the population counts have been estimated by the Census Bureau.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
20084,972-1.99%+1.16% since 2007
20074,915-3.11%-0.83% since 2006
20064,956-2.31%-0.86% since 2005
20054,999-1.46%-0.44% since 2004
20045,021-1.03%-1.3% since 2003
20035,087+0.28%+0.2% since 2002
20025,077  
20015,092+0.37%+0.37% since 2000
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20005,073The Last Census

The city of Willits is located in Mendocino County and for a more general look at the area, please visit our Census Page for Mendocino County.

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Willits.

The 2000 Census shows that Willits has an area<2> of 2.8 square miles [7.24 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Willits had a 2000 population density of 1,813 people per square mile [700 people/km²].

Willits had 2,013 Housing Units<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

Mendocino County

Willits is located in Mendocino County.

The county had a population of 86,389 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 5,073 people, Willits contained 5.87% of the Mendocino County total.

In addition, where the community of Willits has a population density of 1,813 people per square mile [700 people/km²], Mendocino County averages 24.62 people per square mile [9.51 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Mendocino County.

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Willits.

A Census Quickfact is available for Mendocino County (QF-06045).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Mendocino County.

  CountyCensus
QuickFact
Direction2008
Population
Change Since 2000
 GlennQF-06021   E28,2376.74% increase
 HumboldtQF-06023   N129,0002.06% increase
 LakeQF-06033   SE64,86610.78% increase
 SonomaQF-06097   SE466,7411.36% increase
 TehamaQF-06103   NE61,5509.64% increase
 TrinityQF-06105   N14,31710.07% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Willits:

 State Code:06 (California)
County Code:045 (Mendocino County)
Place Code:85600 (Willits)
  
State & County Code:06045 (California/Mendocino County)
  
State & Place Code:0685600 (California/Willits)

Willits is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Willits.



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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<2>The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Willits. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.

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<3>A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).

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