| Age |  |
Education | |
Race | |||
| 65
and older |
11.3% | College (4 years plus) |
24.4% | White | 76.5% | ||
| 45-64 | 22.9% | Some College (2-4 years) |
39.5% | Hispanic | 12.0% | ||
| 25-44 | 28.1% | High School | 23.5% | Asian | 4.0% | ||
| 5-24 | 30.0% | Some High School | 12.6% | Black | 3.5% | ||
| Under 5 | 7.4% | Other | 2.9% | ||||
| Employer | |
Type of Business | |
Employees |
| Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake & Tenant Commands | Defense RDT&E | 880 (Military) | ||
| Searles Valley Minerals | Soda Ash Products | 625 | ||
| Sierra Sands Unified School Dist | Education | 620 | ||
| Ridgecrest Regional Hospital | Acute-Care Hospital | 340 | ||
| Wyle Laboratories |
Defense Contractor |
280 | ||
| SA-Tech (Systems Applic. & Tech) | Defense Contractor | 187 | ||
| WalMart | Discount Dept Store | 184 | ||
| Cerro Coso Comm. College | Education | 175 | ||
| DART (Desert Area Resources & Trg) | Training and Social Services | 164 | ||
| AltaOne Federal Credit Union | Credit Union | 161 | ||
| City of Ridgecrest | Municipality | 134 | ||
| Drummond Medical Group | Medical | 125 | ||
| Jacobs Sverdrup Naval Systems Group | Defense Contractor | 120 | ||
| Ridgecrest Healthcare Center | Convalescent Hospital/Rehab | 118 | ||
| Titan Natl Sec Sol/EC3 | Range Technical Support | 111 | ||
| Lockheed Martin | Defense Contractor | 110 | ||
| Albertson's (two stores) | Grocery | 100 | ||
| L-3 Communications Government Svcs. | Defense Contractor | 95 | ||
| DCS Corporation | Defense Contractor | 90 | ||
| Carriage Inn | Hotel/Restaurant | 80 | ||
| Coso Operating Co. | Geothermal Power Production | 80 | ||
| K-Mart | Discount Dept. Store | 80 | ||
| The Home Depot | Retail Home Improvement | 75 | ||
| New Directions Technologies, Inc. | Network Systems Administration | 75 | ||
| Mervyn's | Department Store | 74 | ||
| Stater Bros. | Grocery | 60 | ||
| Immanuel Baptist Church, Ministry Ctr., School | Church and School | 80 | ||
| Staples, Inc. | Office Supplies | 50 | ||
| Computer Sciences Corporation | Defense Contractor | 60 | ||
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