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Merced County

county in California, United States
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Summary

Merced County is a county of California[1]. It draws 779 Wikipedia views per month (county of california category, ranking #43 of 58).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Merced[5]
  • Shares border with: Stanislaus County[6], Tuolumne County[7], Mariposa County[8], Madera County[9], Fresno County[10], San Benito County[11], Santa Clara County[12]
  • Named after: Merced River[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Merced[14]
  • Commons category: Merced County, California[15]
  • Inception: 1855[16]
  • Coordinate location: 37.19, -120.71[17]
  • Authority: County of Merced[18]
  • Official website: https://www.countyofmerced.com/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Merced County, California[20]
  • Population: 255,793[21], 256,752[22], 259,620[23], 261,632[24], 263,228[25], 268,455[26], 282,928[27], 277,680[28], 281,202[29]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Merced County, California[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Merced County, California[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Merced County, California[32]
  • Number of households: 81,306[33]
  • Native label: Merced County[34]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107897[35]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Merced County, California[36]
  • Area: 5107[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 2.19[38]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Merced County, California[39]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Merced metropolitan area[40], San Joaquin Valley[41]
  • Per capita income: 23,677[42]

Why It Matters

Merced County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Related Entities

California United States University of California, Merced

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Merced County. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/merced-county
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_merced-county_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Merced County}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/merced-county}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Merced County, Cali
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Merced County, California.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presiden"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 22224681
    Taxonomicon id → 1804334
    Umls cui → C3829126
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of California
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Merced County, California
    Country → —
    Official website → https://www.countyofmerced.com/
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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