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Dentists and orthodontists in Mariposa County, CA
How Mariposa County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,212 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 16,918
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dentists and orthodontists in Mariposa County. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households.
Households in Mariposa County spend about $9.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,212 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.5M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Mariposa County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,251 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Mariposa County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, Mariposa County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Mariposa County compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the dentists and orthodontists counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Mariposa County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 17.9 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $817K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,251 | 595 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.8% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,212 | $1,464 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $68,412 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Mariposa County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Mariposa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,918−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,508
- Median age
- 51.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,449 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $68,412+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,438
- Median home value
- $387,900
- Jobs located here
- 5,459
- Daytime population
- 13,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 89 | 7 | 2.4 | $5.1M | +8.2% | #9 of 1,886 |
| 2Amador County, CA | 72 | 13 | 8.1 | $1.6M | +3.2% | #220 of 1,886 |
| 3San Benito County, CA | 67 | 24 | 11.7 | $1.3M | +8.6% | #361 of 1,886 |
| 4Imperial County, CA | 63 | 31 | 6.2 | $1.8M | +1.1% | #456 of 1,886 |
| 5Calaveras County, CA | 62 | 16 | 8.7 | $1.5M | +2.8% | #504 of 1,886 |
| 6Lake County, CA | 60 | 22 | 8.2 | $1.4M | −0.6% | #566 of 1,886 |
| 7Inyo County, CA | 56 | 6 | 7.5 | $1.7M | −4.4% | #698 of 1,886 |
| 8Yolo County, CA | 51 | 92 | 12.0 | $1.2M | +3.1% | #900 of 1,886 |
| 9Lassen County, CA | 50 | 6 | 6.5 | $1.8M | −13.1% | #920 of 1,886 |
| 10Colusa County, CA | 50 | 7 | 9.3 | $1.3M | −0.1% | #929 of 1,886 |
| Mariposa County, CA | Not scored | 2 | 2.7 | $4.5M | −1.2% |
Other business types in Mariposa County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Auto
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Mariposa County, CA?
There are 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Mariposa County as of September 2026. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Mariposa County, CA spend on medical and dental services?
About $9.1M a year, or $1,212 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,508 households in Mariposa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mariposa County, CA compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Mariposa County has 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Mariposa County would have about 9, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,251 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Mariposa County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Mariposa County at 16,918 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,508 households. The median household income in Mariposa County is $68,412 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Mariposa County has no market score for dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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