Mecca is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 8,219 people and three associated neighborhoods, Mecca is the 441st largest community in California.

You will also find that a lot of people in Mecca work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

Being a small town, Mecca does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Mecca has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.26% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Mecca in 2022 was $19,529, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,116 for a family of four. However, Mecca contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mecca is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mecca home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Mecca, accounting for 98.98% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Mecca residents report their race to be Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Mecca include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.

In addition, Mecca has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (51.08%).

The most common language spoken in Mecca is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.